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THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 PROGRAM SPONSORS: Read Custom Soils, Prides Corner Farms & Saratoga Sod Farms
May 24, 2021
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2022 PROGRAM SPONSORS ARE: READ CUSTOM SOILS, PRIDES CORNER FARMS, AND SARATOGA SOD FARMS! We are very grateful for their program support and please thank them on our behalf! Please click on the logos to visit their websites.
Read MoreVermont Blooms Passport Event 2023
April 8, 2021
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE VERMONT BLOOMS PASSPORT EVENT FOR 2023 (see all the detail below)! Here is a list of this year’s winners! The top 5 winners who earned 23+badges: Priscilla Reidinger Rachel Sooter – GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Katherine Willever Kimberly Peck June Sweeney Winners of a $25 gift certificate & Flower…
Read MoreVT Specialty Crop Block Grants AVAILABLE!
January 12, 2021
What is a Specialty Crop? Did you know, most agriculture products that are not animal products or grain, fiber, and oil field crops are considered specialty crops by USDA. The most common specialty crops we see in Vermont are fruits and vegetables; culinary herbs, spices, and medicinal plants; nursery, floriculture, horticulture, and Christmas trees; honey;…
Read MorePPP to Reopen on January 11, 2021
January 12, 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, announced today that the Paycheck Protection Program will re-open the week of January 11th for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. This round of the PPP continues to prioritize millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $284 billion toward…
Read MoreEmerald Ash Borer in Vermont
October 20, 2020
UPDATE: The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on 12/15/20 they are removing the domestic quarantine regulations on the Emeral Ash Borer which will go into effect on January 14, 2021. You can learn more HERE. Since October there have been new detections that have expanded the infested areas within the following…
Read MoreVT Emergency Economic Recovery Grants
August 5, 2020
The Economic Recovery Grant Program is fully subscribed at this time. The Legislature is working on another round of money for the program and the VT Agency of Commerce will announce details of that program soon. If you have an application that is in process, ACCD is continuing to process those in the order they…
Read MoreVT ACCD Business Impact Survey
July 10, 2020
The VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development wants to hear from all Vermont businesses impacted by the response to the COVID-19 virus. Please share these impacts via the ACCD Business Impact Form, which will help us assess the full impact as we work toward solutions. Please visit this link to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/vtcovid19
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