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.
Sessions Announced for the Southern VT Economy Summit May 21, 2024 at Mt. Snow Resort in Dover, VT
Southern Vermont community and business leaders: Plan to join hosts Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) and Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) at Mt. Snow in Dover, VT, on May 21 for the 7th annual Southern VT Economy Summit! The agenda…
Practical Ways Towns Can Welcome Newcomers
Getting connected in a new town When someone moves to a new town in Vermont, there are all kinds of ways they interact with the local municipality – getting a dog license, figuring out trash pickup or drop-off, registering to…
Nominations Sought for Southern Vermont Emerging Leaders
2024 Marks Eighth Annual Cohort to Be Recognized SOUTHERN VERMONT – Our communities are full of extraordinary individuals who are working to make a difference. Help honor and celebrate the next generation of leaders (age 21 to 40) by submitting…
Windham Region Priority Projects Announced
Regional Development Projects to be Recommended to the State for Funding Consideration BRATTLEBORO, VT – Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC), the Windham Region’s economic development commission, announces today its Regional Project Prioritization list for 2024. This list ranks the region’s…
Wrapping up the SoVT Get on Board Program: “We don’t have to do this work alone!”
“Anyone can join a board!” “There are a lot of engaged people, we just need to figure out where to put them.” “This class helped me learn that we can connect, we don’t have to do this work alone!” Those…
GROW Program Welcomes Newcomers
BDCC and Local Partners to Participate in Statewide Network BRATTLEBORO, VT – Vermont is aging. We face declining school populations, a dwindling pool of volunteers who keep our communities running, and a labor shortage affecting everything from healthcare to trucking.…
The CAPP Community Process: From ‘Someone Should’ to ‘It’s Happening!’ in Windham
Over the past year, the Southern VT Economy Project (SVEP) has worked with several communities via our Community Assessment and Project Prioritization (CAPP) program. This program helps towns take all the ‘someone shoulds’ swirling around their community, set priorities, then…
SoVT Get on Board: Working Together as a Community
Without productive dialogue, all the leadership in the world won’t lead to a successful community project. The third in-person session of the SoVT Get on Board program, “Working Together as Community,” focused on strategies for effective community engagement. Recognizing that…
Learning and thinking about Vermont’s Local Government: the SoVT Get on Board program continues
“In larger communities and other places in the country… we tend to think of government as this sort of vending machine where it’s like – you put your tax dollars in there, and the services come out here, and if…