Targeted initiatives through Vermilion Advantage include a strong focus on keeping our retail base strong and growing, grooming future leaders and connecting and recruiting young professionals to our area.  Use the links on the left to look further in this section to see how you can get involved.

Click above logo for listing and description of "Uniquely Our Own" retail shops

Click above logo for listing and description of shops featuring collectibles to home décor or unique gifts and everything in between, including antiques

Click above logo for listing of unique places to dine in Vermilion County

Click below to watch 2013 "Business Hall of Fame" Inductee Videos:

~ Entire  Video (70 minutes)

~ Charles Henry Clapp, Jr. (35 minutes)

~ The late Arthur Fleming (35 minutes)

~ The late Lowell Loving (37 minutes)

Click below to watch 2012 "Business Hall of Fame" Inductee Video:

~ Entire Video (121 mins.)  Inductions of: The late Robert R. "Kish"

    Bookwalter; James "Big Jim" Darby; Lou & Sybil Mervis;

    and the late C. S. "Sherm" Paxton.