During the second weekend in August, the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, the Brattleboro Area Chamber and the Downtown Alliance welcomed 16 guests for the third Stay to Stay weekend, a pilot program created by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and…
Innovative Workforce Plan Unveiled Posted Friday, September 21, 2018 8:06 pm By Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro Reformer TOWNSHEND — An innovative plan designed to boost the shrinking Windham County workforce — from both the employer and student point of view — was unveiled…
WASHINGTON, DC (October 02, 2018) – The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation and Bennington County Industrial Corporation received a Silver Excellence in Economic Development Award for their Southern Vermont Economic Development Summit, a project in the category of Special Event of the…
Southern Vermont is in trouble. Its population is declining and aging. Tourism has not recovered from pre-recession levels; residential construction is at half the level of 2006; retail sales are down. Between 2000 and 2013, the under 18 population in…
Dummerston, Vermont Monday 09/17/2018 Vermont Business Magazine Paul and Barbi Schulick, founders of the P&G subsidiary New Chapter, have announced their next venture, byOM life, LLC in Dummerston. Thirty-five years ago, Paul Schulick's vitamin and herbal formulations initiated a paradigm shift in the natural products…
BDCC/SeVEDS staff are out visiting with Selectbaords across the Windham Region to provide updates on programs and projects. In 2018, twelve towns funded SeVEDS, representing 75% of Windham residents. That funding has added staff capacity, allowed us to increase regional programming…
In case you missed the 2nd Annual Southern Vermont Economic Development Summit on May 30th, 2018, Brattleboro Community TV recorded the entire day and produced individual videos of each of the sessions. You can find those sessions here. The Southern…
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine In a dramatic restructuring that will allow employee-owned Chroma Technology Corp in Bellows Falls to take advantage of rapidly expanding international markets, the company announced today that former IBM-GlobalFoundries leader Janette Bombardier has accepted…
Vermont Council on Rural Development Board Members enjoyed a brief tour at True North Granola at the Cotton Mill during their two-day regional tour and retreat which included a stop at the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation offices to meet with…