BRATTLEBORO, VT — Two Windham County manufacturing businesses using Vermont-based raw materials to create products for sale in the USA and beyond are the grand-prize winners of the third annual Business Plan Competition, offered by the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC). The competition came to a grand finale at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at the Marlboro College Technology Center, where Vermont Governor Jim Douglas presented the awards to this year's two winners and 10 finalists.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — January 7 was the deadline for entries in Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation’s 2008 Business Plan Competition, and 28 Windham County entrepreneurs submitted their business plans. Seventeen of the applicants entered in the Existing Business category and 11 in the New Business category.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Ten community businesspeople have agreed to serve as judges for Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation’s 2008 Business Plan Competition. Six of them have participated in previous years’ competitions.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — At its annual meeting on October 23, 2007, the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) announced its 2008 Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the competition runs from late October 2007 until winners are announced in mid-March 2008. Each year the competition has drawn more than 40 entries.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) hosted its Annual Meeting of Trustees on October 23, 2007, at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. In addition to reports from the president, the executive director, and the treasurer, the meeting featured the election of 11 new members and the election of officers.

BRATTLEBORO, VT —  The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) has launched a brand new website at BrattleboroDevelopment.com. Designed to be informative, comprehensive, and easy to navigate, the site is geared for two general audiences: (1) current Vermont residents, workers, and business owners who are looking to create or grow a business in southeastern Vermont and need assistance, guidance, expertise, relationships, and networks; and (2) nonresidents who are looking to relocate an existing business to Vermont or to move to Vermont to create a new business.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Book Press Business Park and Incubator owned by the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) has proven to be a particularly fitting home for an organization that is intent on meeting high standards of efficiency and affordability for local housing.

The Brattleboro chapter of Habitat for Humanity is renting 3,800 square feet in the former Book Press building at a cost substantially subsidized by BDCC, enabling Habitat to afford expansive space for building a modular home in a safe and dry indoor facility before setting the nearly complete house on its foundation.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — Planning for ownership succession is an extremely important step, but one often avoided by business owners. One approach to such planning -- that of selling some or all of the business to the employees -- can have significant advantages over selling to an outsider.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The second annual Business Plan Competition, offered by the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC), came to a grand finale at 3 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2007, at the Marlboro College Technology Center. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas made a special appearance to present the awards to this year's finalists, runners-up, and grand prize winners.

Guest speakers will include Ralph Meima, director of the new MBA Program in Managing for Sustainability at the Marlboro College Graduate Center, and Kristin McLaughlin, chief operating officer and senior vice president at World Learning, Inc., who will talk about new strategies and programs at their schools.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — Forty-three candidates have submitted entries to the 2007 Business Plan Competition being offered for the second year in a row by the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC).

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) has launched a new website to promote its second annual Business Plan Competition: http://bdccbusinessplancompetition.com/.

The website provides an overview of the competition, as well as information on eligibility, rules, awards, and judging. It also outlines the schedule, how to register, and how to utilize free resources, and highlights last year's top-prize winner and the six runners-up.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) is launching its second annual Business Plan Competition, which has been expanded this year to include two entry categories and multiple prizes totaling $46,000.

For the “Existing Business” category, the top prize is $20,000, with three runner-up prizes of $2,000 each and two finalist prizes of $1,000 each. For the “Start-Up Business” category, the top prize is $10,000, with three runner-up prizes of $2,000 each and two finalist prizes of $1,000 each.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — Brattleboro native and family business owner Stephen E. Baker is the recipient of the 2006 Founders Award, presented by the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) at its Annual Meeting of Trustees on October 24, 2006.

BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC)
hosted its Annual Meeting of Trustees on October 24, 2006, at the Marlboro College Technology Center. In addition to reports from the president, the executive director, and the treasurer, the meeting featured the election of 14 new members and the re-election of officers.