Preserving Paradise Business Partners (PPBP) are local businesses who share a common goal with the VIWMA, namely, to “preserve paradise”. This includes working together to sponsor programs, projects and events that educate and inform the public about VIWMA initiatives that strive toward improving our services to the community. PPBP can make in-kind, monetary or other contributions to VIWMA programs that introduce environmental educational information to students, community or civic organizations. Each business that participates in a VIWMA program or becomes a VIWMA vendor or contractor becomes a Business Partner. Upon completing the Partnership Agreement forms, the VIWMA presents that business with a certificate of participation and a window decal announcing their membership into the Partnership. Also, businesses that participate or co-sponsor any VIWMA event is also included in the advertisement for that program.