BDCC’s Development Solutions help businesses and nonprofits locate, expand, acquire, or redevelop facilities across Southeastern Vermont. These services are central to our mission of advancing economic resilience by enabling strategic investments in infrastructure, employment, and revitalization.
We offer support throughout the full development lifecycle—including site selection, feasibility analysis, brownfield remediation, permitting, capital stack assembly, and construction coordination. Whether facilitating private expansion or community redevelopment, BDCC brings together the expertise and partners needed to move complex projects forward.
Recent projects have included:
These services are often the critical link between vision and execution, enabling projects to succeed where capacity or capital would otherwise be a barrier.
Mocha Joe’s, a cornerstone of Brattleboro’s downtown, is expanding its impact beyond coffee. Learn how a strategic partnership with BDCC and support from WCEDP helped relocalize operations and revitalize a key site.
Long Falls Paperboard Acquisition Project Summary
Preserving Industrial Capacity and Regional Employment through Strategic Real Estate and Financial Engineering. In the final quarter of 2018, Neenah Paper announced it would shut down its Brattleboro facility, terminating 100 jobs and liquidating a fully equipped 219,000 sq. ft. paperboard plant. As the region’s designated RDC (Regional Development Corporation), Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) swiftly intervened. The LFP deal required a novel structure to separate real estate ownership from operational assets. BDCC acquired the land and buildings for $1 million while LFP purchased all equipment and inventory separately. This structure preserved the operating business, avoided a fire-sale liquidation, and maintained the integrity of a 100-job manufacturing operation.
G.S Precision, Inc.
G.S. Precision manufactures high-precision machined components and assemblies for commercial and military aircraft engines, power generation turbines, defense systems, thermal imaging devices and other commercial industries. The company has been doing business in Southern Vermont for almost sixty years. GSP has recently undergone a $17 million expansion that will bring 100 new jobs to Brattleboro.
Chroma Technology Corporation
Chroma Technology Corp., a global leader in optical filter manufacturing and an employee-owned business, completed a $22 million expansion of its Bellows Falls facility. The 37,000 square foot addition more than doubled the company’s space, enabling it to retain 113 high-quality jobs and add 26 new positions in a region impacted by the closure of Vermont Yankee.
Commonwealth Dairy
BDCC played a pivotal role in the establishment and subsequent expansions of Commonwealth Dairy in Brattleboro, Vermont. This collaboration exemplifies BDCC’s mission to foster economic growth through strategic partnerships, infrastructure development, and leveraging financial incentives.
WheelPad L3C
Wheelpad L3C designs and builds modular, accessible living spaces for people with mobility challenges. This includes veterans, individuals recovering from injuries, and older adults who wish to age in place. WheelPad has helped countless people modify their homes to better suit their needs, and in 2025, WheelPad prepared to expand its own physical space to meet growing demand. BDCC was proud to help make WheelPad’s expansion possible.
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