2017 Vermont Financing Working Landscapes Conference

This all day conference includes a panel discussion with financial lenders as well as a panel with four small businesses focusing on the question, “What does your business want to be when it grows up?” Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the financial resources available to your small businesses that can help it get off the ground, grow to increase production or employee numbers, purchase new equipment, or transition to new ownership.

Afternoon breakout sessions will follow the structure of the business life cycle (development, startup, growth, expansion, succession), providing attendees resources and programs at each level of the cycle. Attendees will have access to one-on-one or small group discussions with capital and service providers that allow them to go deeply explore answers to their questions specific to their business.

 

Capital and Service Providers Attending:

USDA Rural Development

VT Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation

VT Agriculture Credit Corp-VEDA

VT Farm Fund

Yankee Farm Credit

VT Community Loan Fund

Community Capital of VT

Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

VHCB- Farm and Forest Viability Program

VT Small Business Development Center

UVM Extension

VSFJ Vermont Agriculture & Forest Products Development Program

BDCC- INSTIG8

Windham Grows

MM Financial Group

FoodConnects

Land for Good

Vermont Employee Ownership Center

 

The perennial Financing Working Landscapes conference has its origins in Addison County where it began in 2011. Since its inception, the conference has toured the state, most recently hosted in the Northeast Kingdom by Northern Vermont Development Corporation and the Center for Agriculture Economy.