August 29th: Sarah Phillips Joins VCLF as Director of Housing & Community Facilities Programs
Sarah Phillips has joined the leadership team at the Vermont Community Loan Fund as Director of Housing & Community Facilities Programs..Read More
Recent News
VCLF is Hiring an Impact Investment Manager
VCLF is hiring an Impact Investment Manager to focus on impact investor and donor relations, investment and grant management, events, and support for the Board of Directors. This position is VCLF’s main point of contact with our diverse community of impact investors. Read More
July 24th: Dig into "Loan to Plate" VCLF's Summer 2024 Edition of NoteWorthy!
Read all about VCLF's restaurant owner/chef borrowers, and find out what they've been cooking up! Read More
"Dogs' Best Friends": VCLF Borrowers Bring the Love to Richmond's Crate Escape
Customers, employees and community members – both the two-and four-legged varieties – know they can count on Ned Robinson who, along with his wife Shannon Mead, recently purchased Richmond’s The Crate Escape. I’ve always loved dogs, he admits..Read More
VCLF's Summer NoteWorthy Addresses Innovative Solutions to Vermont's Housing Shortage
VCLF's new Career Technical Education and Rehabilitation Experiential Learning Program and Revolving Loan Fund will support training of a new generation of skilled building trades workers. Plus our latest housing loans and social impacts!.Read More
Seven Days Covers VCLF's Justice Forward Fund and New JFF Borrowers
A New Lending Initiative Helps Vermonters of Color Launch and Build Businesses - Seven Days goes in-depth on the development of VCLF’s Justice Forward Fund, and new JFF borrowers Burlington Trolley Tours and Haji Driving Academy..Read More
"A Good Journey": Burlington Trolley Tours Hits the Road with Help from VCLF
Catherine Turyamureeba can’t forget the day she climbed into an Uber and uttered a few words providing directions to the driver. To her surprise, he immediately recognized her distinctive Ugandan accent. Catherine and her driver, Hannington Kasagga, shared that they’d both emigrated to Vermont from Uganda, as had Catherine’s sister, Barbara Asiimwe. A friendship - and then a business - was launched..Read More