BDCC Quarterly Newsletter
BDCC publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting news of interest to the Southeastern Vermont business community. The titles of the front page articles from past editions are highlighted below, with links to a PDF of each newsletter.
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2007 Newsletters
Number 31 - Summer 2007 — "June Members Meeting Focuses on Brattleboro as a Place to Run a Business — Would you recommend Brattleboro to a friend or family member as a place to run a business?"
Also in this edition — BDCC Launches New Website; Birch Joins BDCC for Summer Internship; Profile of Side Hill Farm; Your Feedback Requested: PDF or Hard Copy; BDCC Prepares for Third Annual Business Plan Competition; BDCC's Annual Members Meeting is Slated for October 23.
Number 30 - Spring 2007 — "Governor Presents Awards to BDCC Business Plan Competition Winners— BDCC's second annual Business Plan Competition came to a grand finale on March 12, 2007."
Also in this edition — February Member Meeting Report; Reminder of June Member Meeting; Bruce Gardner Hired as New BDCC Assistant Director; BPC Honorable Mention Award to Tyler Smith.
Number 29 - Winter 2007 — "Thirteen Finalists Vie for Top Prizes in Business Plan Competition — The Business Plan Competition was narrowed down from 43 entrants to 13 finalists on January 17."
Also in this edition — Member Meeting Reminder for February; New Board Member Cheryl Bedard; Cotton Mill Tenant Daniel Omondi Wins Award
2006 Newsletters
Number 28 - Fall 2006 — "BDCC Hosts Annual Meeting on October 24 — BDCC hosted its Annual Meeting of Trustees and Members on October 24, 2006, at the Marlboro College Technology Center."
Also in this edition — Tom & Sally’s Chocolates; New England Fitness; BDCC Announces 2nd Annual Business Plan Comptetition; Founders Award to Steve Baker; Cotton Mill Open Studio
Number 27 - Summer 2006 — "Cotton Mill Tenant Earns First-Place Award — In this year's third annual Vermont Fine Furniture and Wood Products Design Competition, woodworking artist and Cotton Mill tenant T. Breeze VerDant won first place for his box entitled, 'Midnight Iris,' in the Custom Woodenware category."
Also in this edition — New Tenants at the Book Press; Profile of Vermont Islands; Reminder for Annual Meeting; Early Announcement of 2nd Annual Business Plan Competition
Number 26 - Spring 2006 — "BDCC Awards $20K in First Annual Business Plan Competition — In its first annual Business Plan Competition, the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation awarded a $20,000 first-place prize to Nimble Arts Trapeze and Circus School in a grand finale on March 16."
Also in this edition — BDCC Hires Lewis as New Executive Director; From the Judges’ Perspective; Honorable Mention Goes to Local Teen; New Windows Installed at Cotton Mill
Number 25 - Winter 2006— Special Edition — "Business Plan Competition Finalists — Seven companies are finalists in the $25,000 competition; winner to be awarded $20,000 first-place prize on March 16."
Also in this edition — Isaacson Leaving BDCC
Number 24 - Winter 2006 — "Book Press Building Nearing Full Occupancy — "It's great for this building to have books in it again,' says Rich Norford, the warehouse manager for Chelsea Green Publishing at the Book Press building."
Also in this edition — Annual Business Plan Competition; BDCC Annual Meeting; Boyle Elected President; Bill Johnson Retires
2005 Newsletters
Number 23 - Summer 2005 — "Vermont Plumbing Supply at the Book Press — Have you looked at your toilet lately? Probably not in any clinical way, but perhaps you should."
Also in this edition — BDCC Profile of John Meyer, Treaurer; Creative Economy Symposium; Festival 05301
Number 22 - Spring 2005
" American Traders Relocates to West Brattleboro — If high-end products and being on the water are for you, the new American Traders showroom and distribution center on Route 9 two miles west of I-91 is a place to visit."
Also in this edition — Brattleboro Labor Market, Peebles Department Store, Profile of BDCC Vice Chair Debbie Boyle
Number 21 - Winter 2005 — "Sovernet Celebrates 10 Years — Remember the days before downloading, uploading, computer viruses, and googling?"
Also in this edition — Granite City; BDCC Profile of Bill Palumbo, Chair
2004 Newsletters
Number 20 - Fall 2004 — "ForesTrade Sells Spices and Oil the Fair Trade Way — ForesTrade, located on Spring Tree Road in Brattleboro, is helping spread the word that businesses can obtain high- quality spices and coffees and help Third World farmers at the same time with sustainable agriculture."
Also in this edition — Founders Award to Dr. Robert Johnson of Omega; 5x5x5 Awards to Local Companies; BDCC Bylaws Changed; Cotton Mill Open Studio
Number 19 - Summer 2004 — "BDCC Celebrates 50 Years of Service — On June 24, BDCC celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gathering at the brand new Windham Regional Career Center."
Also in this edition — SRI World Group
Number 18 - Spring 2004 — "Oak Meadow Publishes Homeschooling Materials — Oak Meadow, a publisher of homeschooling curricula and supplies, as well as an approved independent distance education school, has a new home at the Cotton Mill."
Also in this edition — Foreign Trade Zone; Hold the Date for 50th Anniversary
Number 17 - Winter 2004 — "Brattleboro is Home to New Chapter Herbal Supplement Supplier — Quietly, at 22 High Street, on two floors of the four-story building, New Chapter is building an important business as an herbal supplement supplier."
Also in this edition — Economic Outlook for 2004; Isaacson Elected to VMEX Board
2003 Newsletters
Number 16 - Fall 2003 — "Chroma Technology Has New High-Tech Plant — Chroma Technology is settling into its new plant on Imtec Lane in Rockingham."
Also in this edition — BDCC Annual Meeting; Cotton Mill Open Studio
Number 15 - Summer 2003 — "J.S. Benson Woodworking: Replicating Historic Doors and Windows — When a historic replica of windows in buildings in Boston's Beacon Hill section was needed, J.S. Benson Woodworking in Brattleboro got the call."
Also in this edition — Isaacson is New Executive Director; BDCC Spotlight on Chamber Director Besty Gentile & Brattleboro’s Construction Season
Number 14 - Spring 2003 — "Cersosimo Lumber Builds a Strong Business — Cersosimo Lumber is abuzz with work these days."
Also in this edition — McGrath Leaves BDCC; BDCC Spotlight on Representative Bob Rustun & Legislative Session
Number 13 - Winter 2003 — "Vermed EKG Makes Creative Products — Rick Kalich beams as he points to a video of a CNBC report from the Homeland Security Expo held last September in Washington."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Senator Rod Gander
2002 Newsletters
Number 12 - Fall 2002 — "Vermont Gold Maple Syrup Producer Prospers — Peter Vogel probably never intended to become a maple products producer when he graduated as a graphic artist from Windham College in the 1970s, but today he owns the Brattleboro-based Vermont Gold."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Bill Palumbo & Deerfield Valley Economy
Number 11 - Summer 2002 — "SCA Plant Produces Specialty Paper Products —The next time you down a Dunkin Donuts cruller or eat a Big Mac or Burger King hamburger, and wipe your hands on a napkin, think Brattleboro."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Green Mountain Optics
Number 10 - Spring 2002 — "Richards, Gates, Hoffman & Clay Insurance — Richards, Gates, Hoffman & Clay, the Brattleboro area's largest insurance agency, has a history stretching back over 150 years."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Mark Richards & 9/11 Impact on Insurance; Vermont’s ISO-9000
Number 9 - Winter 2002 — "BBZ Inc. Builds Cameras — Some of the finest photographic equipment available is built in Brattleboro at the Cotton Mill."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Vermont Governor Marketing Assistance Center
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2001 Newsletters
Number 8 - Fall 2001 — "Cooperman Fife & Drum Company — The next time you hear a banjo, attend an Irish music concert, watch a Civil War reenactment or play Jacks, think of Cooperman Fife & Drum Company."
Also in this edition — BDCC Spotlight on Summer Tourism
Number 7 - Summer 2001 — "Putney Paper Flourishes on Recycling — The paper napkins, paper towels and wrapping tissue used by consumers in New York and elsewhere on the East Coast could well have come from the paper trash that southern Vermonters bring to local recycling bins."
Also in this edition — BDCC Interview with Representative Michael Obuchowski; BDCC Business Park Grand Opening
Number 6 - Spring 2001 — "Solinglass Studio of Brattleboro — It is early April but temperatures at the Solinglass Studio at the Cotton Mill are sultry."
Also in this edition — BDCC Interview with Representative Patricia O’Donnell
Number 5 - Winter 2001 — "Creative Designs Bolster the Mary Meyer Company – The Meyer family of Townshend has built a very profitable business while having fun at the same time."
Also in this edition — BDCC Interview with Representative Rick Hube
2000 Newsletters
Number 4 - Fall 2000 — "Sonnax, An Automotive Industry Leader — If you've ever had part of your car's transmission fixed, it probably contains a part made by Sonnax in Bellows Falls."
Also in this edition — Deb Carpenter of DET on Area Job Market
Number 3 - Summer 2000 — "G.S. Precision Becoming An International Player — Business is booming for G.S. Precision, the precision production machining company."
Also in this edition — Senator Peter Shumlin & 2000 Legislature; McGrath Attends NPE 2000
Number 2 - Spring 2000 — "Award-Winning Glass Designer Robert Du Grenier — When the MTV-commissioned statue of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Cramden is placed in Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal this summer, it will have a distinctive Vermont connection."
Also in this edition — Peter Hayward & Local Workforce Investment Board; McGrath Visits German Manufacturing Show
Number 1 - Winter 2000 — "Fibermark: Brattleboro's Quiet Company — For a company that employs 258 people in Brattleboro and 1500 people worldwide, FiberMark has kept a surprisingly low profile in the Brattleboro community."
Also in this edition — Senator Peter Shumlin outlines 2000 legislative agenda; Cotton Mill Incubator