Previous Grants: 2002
Grants made from State Appropriation & Other Sources
Grantee : Project |
Purpose |
Location |
Amount |
| Composting Association of Vermont: Network Development |
Funds used to help this new industry association complete their strategic planning and membership development activities. | Burlington, Chittenden County |
$15,000 |
| Cornerstone Project: VSJF Market Development Project |
Funds used to help connect the purchasing needs of Vermont’s large institutions with the state’s forest products industry. | Montpelier, Washington County |
$12,050 |
Learning Communities Project: VSJF Community Development Project |
Wendling Foundation funds used to support citizens and community leaders in developing and implementing sustainable economic development plans in Alburgh, Island Pond and Morrisville. | Alburgh, Island Pond, Morrisville; Grand Isle, Essex, and Lamoille Counties |
$39,312 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association: Organic Seed Growers Exchange | Funds used to develop a program that helps Vermont farmers produce and market high value organic seeds. | Richmond, |
$9,935 |
| Nulhegan Gateway Association: Economic Planning | Funds used to help the communities in the Northeast Kingdom cooperate to develop economic plans that will stimulate business activities. | Northeast Kingdom | $23,468 |
| VT Alliance of Independent Country Stores II: Market Development |
Funds used to help the association enhance the viability of member businesses through marketing and membership development. | Rutland, Rutland County |
$5,000 |
| Vermont Council on Rural Development: NEK Connect | Funds used by VCRD to develop a plan to aggregate and access the high speed telecommunications demand for the Northeast Kingdom and elsewhere in Vermont. | Northeast Kingdom | $10,000 |
| Vermont Earth Institute: The Natural Step Workshop I |
Funds used to organize a set of workshops with national leaders on The Natural Step, a business tool used to increase profitability by decreasing environmental impacts. | Norwich, Windsor County |
$2,000 |
| Vermont Family Forestry Partnership (2nd of 5 year project) |
Ford Foundation funds used by VT Family Forests, National Wildlife Federation, and VSJF to establish replicable models of ownership of forestland that are ecologically sound and support economically viable community based forest product industries. | Bristol, Addison County |
$93,219 |
Vermont Food Venture Center: Tilling the Soil Business Program |
Funds used to provide scholarships to new and experienced farmers to offset costs of participating in a Vermont Food Venture Center agricultural business development program. | Fairfax, Franklin County |
$1,400 |
| VT HITEC: Workforce Development | Funds used to help fund development of an information technology pilot project designed to educate and retain dislocated high-tech workers. | Williston, Chittenden County |
$5,000 |
| VT Sustainable Ag Network I: Market Development |
Funds used to link local food producers and form new markets for value-added food products in Burlington, the Upper Valley, and the Northeast Kingdom. | Various | $2,071 |
Total |
$218,455 |
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