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BALLE Nova Scotia  Membership Categories
Large Business:
25+ employees and/or sales greater than $500,000 = $500
Medium Business:
less than 25 employees and/or greater than $50,000 and less
$500,000 = $250
Small Business:
Less than 10
employees = $125
Sole Proprietor:
Individual business
owner = $100
Large Organization:
annual budget greater than $250,000 = $150
Small Organization:
annual budget less than $250,000 = $100
Individual:
$75

Associate Member:

$100 for businesses and organizations which do not meet our membership guidelines but still support our mission and goals.
Charter Members: businesses, organizations, or individuals who contribute $1,000.
Why Join BALLE?

Our members care about the multiple bottom lines:
People, planet and profits, BALLE Nova Scotia is about life-enhancing commerce that supports our communities and allows them to flourish.

BALLE Nova Scotia is committed to creating thriving local economies in our Province.

Here are just a few of the things you get when you join BALLE:
  • Access to a network of like-minded entrepreneurs with ideas to share
  • Promotion of your products and services to like-minded customers
  • Access to key partners and resources
  • Newsletters, peer-to-peer conference calls, conferences, workshops and forums that bring together dynamic leaders
  • Media visibility and promotion of the buy-local philosophy
  • Collaboration with strategic partners, such as the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia, the Ecology Action Centre, and the Atlantic Sustainability Initiative
  • A website with member directory, online marketplace for listing local businesses, and events calendar.
  • As a member you will be able to manage your own listing plus post your own business events which will be attached to your listing.
By joining BALLE-NS, you will be helping to empower communities, strengthen economies, and build a green future for Nova Scotia — and have fun doing it!

Membership Fees:
After the initial start-up phase, BALLE Nova Scotia will be entirely funded by membership fees. Without members, we won’t have a BALLE network.

Locally owned and operated businesses, cooperatives, organizations and individual supporters are invited to join us.

The annual membership fees for 2010 are as follows:

  • Large Business: 25+ employees and/or sales greater than $500,000 = $500
  • Medium Business: less than 25 employees and/or greater than $50,000 and less $500,000 = $250
  • Small Business: Less than 10 employees = $125
  • Sole Proprietor: Individual business owner = $100
  • Large Organization: annual budget greater than $250,000 = $150
  • Small Organization: annual budget less than $250,000 = $100
  • Individual: = $75

  • Associate Member: $100 for businesses and organizations which do not meet our membership guidelines but still support our mission and goals.

  • Charter Members: businesses, organizations, or individuals who contribute $1,000.
 
For those who choose to mail their BALLE Subscription you can open and print out an application form here
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