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- Select CDFIs in VT
- Community Capital of Vermont, Inc.
- Northern Community Investment Corporation
- Opportunities Credit Union, Inc.
- Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation
- Rutland West Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
- Select Small Business Resources in Vermont
- Lamoille Economic Development Corporation - Small Business Development Center
- Bennington County Industrial Corporation - Small Business Development Center
- Montpelier U.S. Export Assistance Center
- Community College of Vermont - Vermont SBDC
While the federal government does not provide grants for starting or growing small businesses, it does provide a myriad of services to assist entrepreneurs in pursuit of their dreams. One of the mechanisms in place to promote small business growth and economic development are Community Development Financial Institutions.
The U.S Small Business Administration supports both the Small Business Development Center Program and SCORE to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. These programs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations.
Featured Government Grant Resources
Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.
Secondary Market Lending Authority Program
The Small Business Administration has constituted the Secondary Market Lending Authority program, one which aims to provide liquidity for the secondary market, thereby ultimately encouraging new lending opportunities from banks of Small Business Administration guaranteed loans.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Exeter Sees Growth in Social Enterprise Sector
A partner at The Fruit Tree for Business LLP and co-founder of ESSENCE, Lorna Turner, discusses why Social Enterprise Day is a good time to celebrate Exeter’s thriving social enterprise scene.
