BDCC Community Programs
The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation serves the 27 communities in the Windham Region.
BDCC Programs offered to our communities:
- Southern Vermont Economy Project: The Southern Vermont Economy Project 3.0 provides webinars, small conferences, mini-summits, technical assistance and training to help advance local economic and community development projects that are critical to creating prosperity in rural Southern Vermont.
- Community Facilities Technical Assistance: We are not currently taking on new projects through this program, but we invite you to take a look at our past projects to learn more. Consider reaching out directly to the USDA if you believe your project may be a fit for their Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Programs.
- Southern Vermont Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and CEDS Projects: the 2019 plan created by Windham and Bennington County stakeholders is a long-term strategy to grow the Southern Vermont Economy Zone – a region facing significant economic challenges established by the Vermont State Legislature in 2015.
Building Better Boards: Takeaways from SVEP’s Bennington and Brattleboro Board Development Workshops
BDCC’s Southern Vermont Economy Project (SVEP) recently led a series of board development workshops in Bennington and Brattleboro. Through our work to equip local leaders (such as our Get on Board program) and as organizations come to us for help…
Strategies for Cultivating Local Leaders: Meg Staloff Presents at the Vermont Downtown Conference
As part of the Vermont Downtown and Historic Preservation Conference in Bellows Falls this summer, SVEP program manager Meg Staloff presented a talk on “Inviting New Voices for Leadership,” based on takeaways from the Fall/Winter Get on Board program. A…
Press Release: Southern VT Economy Project: Board Development Workshops
Participants at a previous workshop held by the Southern VT Economy Project. Photo: BDCC Staff Southern Vermont: Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC)’s Southern Vermont Economy Project is providing regional workshops for local nonprofit organizations interested in guiding their board’s ongoing…
Community Leaders Up Their Facilitation Skills at a Summertime SVEP Training
What needs to be true of a facilitator to ensure a good meeting experience? Consultant and facilitator Felicity Ratté, a former Marlboro graduate school professor, who helped develop local nonprofit boards through Marlboro’s capacity building programs, says: Planning & preparation…
SVEP Hosts Grant Writing Event in Wilmington
No matter what projects you are trying to accomplish with grant funding, there are tools and resources to help you be successful in your applications. To learn about these tools and resources, 45 participants from across Southern Vermont gathered at…
“Leadership looks different for everyone”: Reflections from 2024 Emerging Leader Morgan Wilbur
Athens resident Morgan Wilbur, town administrator for the town of Grafton, has been named a 2024 Southern Vermont Emerging Leader, along with 23 other young people from across the Bennington and Windham regions. Individuals were nominated based on their work…
“An open heart, a curious approach, a passion for equity”: Reflections from 2024 Emerging Leader Marion Major
Westminster resident Marion Major, outreach coordinator at Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, has been named a 2024 Southern Vermont Emerging Leader, along with 23 other young people from across the Bennington and Windham regions. Individuals were nominated based on their…
“We can make a life better, even if only for a moment”: Reflections from 2024 Emerging Leader Kris Plante
Vernon resident Kris Plante, finance manager at Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation and board member of the Women’s Freedom Center, has been named a 2024 Southern Vermont Emerging Leader, along with 23 other young people from across the Bennington and Windham…
What does it take to conserve land? An outing with the Southern Vermont Young Professionals and Bull Creek Common Lands
Last year, Vermont set a goal to have 50 percent of the state set aside as permanently conserved lands by 2050. At a Raymond Bemis Community Forest hike in Athens on Saturday, Bull Creek Common Lands (BCCL) board chair Hannah…