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The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) and Strolling of the Heifers announce the finalists for the 2011 Business Plan Competition. From the 39 submissions received by the April 11th deadline, the selection committee chose 20 finalists as follows below. Finalists...

Carol Finalists in the "General Business Existing Business" category are (in alphabetical order): (1) Dreamcatcher Entertainment by Bill Forchion; (2) Kaye Audio, Inc., by George Kaye; (3) Laura Zindel Design by Laura Zindel; (4) Saxtons River Distillery, LLC, by Christian Stromberg; and (5) Spirit Hill Farm Back Roads Granola by Virginia Vogel. Finalists in the "General Business New Business" category are (in alphabetical order): (1) Muse Tec by Daniel Kasnitz; (2) Next Step Sustainable Business Consultancy by Ben Griffin and Bonnie Sigwalt; (3) Pinewood TMS, LLC, by Julie Plummer; (4) Rock River Studio by Christine Triebert; and (5) Student Cultural Exchange, LLC, by Peter and Jesse Friedman. Finalists in the "Food/Farm Existing Business" category are (in alphabetical order): (1) Downstreet Cafe by Adreana Porteur; (2) High Meadows Farm by Howard Prussack; (3) New Leaf CSA by Elizabeth Wood; (4) Putney Mountain Winery by Kate and Charles Dodge; and (5) Side Hill Farm by Kelt and Kristina Naylor. Finalists in the "Food/Farm New Business" category are (in alphabetical order): (1) Big Picture Farm by Louisa Conrad and Lucas Farrlell; (2) Entera Artisanal Catering by Tristan Toleno; (3) Just Pies by Andrea Waisman; (4) The Fox Shop by Cindy Logan; and (5) Whetstone Cider Works, LLC, by Jason MacArthur. The finalists' full business plans are due at BDCC by 4 p.m. May 23. Final presentations, lasting up to 12 minutes per finalist with an additional 10 minutes for questions, will take place on the morning of June 1 at the Marlboro College Graduate School. Winners will be announced that afternoon, and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has been invited to present the awards. For the General Business division, the top prize in the "Existing Business" category will be $12,000, the second-place prize will be $6,000, and the prizes for up to three runners-up will be $2,000 each. For the General Business "New Business" category, the top prize will be $6,000, the second-place prize will be $3,000, and the prizes for up to three runners-up will be $1,500 each. In the Food/Farm division, the top prize in the "Existing Business" category will be $10,000, the second-place prize will be $5,000, and the prizes for up to three runners-up will be $1,500 each. For the Food/Farm "New Business" category, the top prize will be $5,000, the second-place prize will be $2,500, and the prizes for up to three runners-up will be $1,000 each.]]>