Delayed Building Bright Spaces for Bright Futures Grants Round
Attention! The grant round for Building Bright Spaces for Bright Futures will be delayed this year..Read More
Recent News
June 10th: VCLF is Hiring a Senior Staff Accountant
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is hiring a Business Advisor to provide a variety of financial and business management advisement, technical assistance, and related educational services to new and existing small and micro businesses and organizations as part of VCLF’s Business Resource Center. Read More
May 8th: New Tasty Bites Diner Tempts Barre, with Help From VCLF
“When you’re starting up a business, there are a lot of things you need to know, and a lot of resources to know about. The Loan Fund was there to direct me down the right path.” Read More
April 30th: VCLF is Hiring a Business Advisor
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is hiring a Business Advisor to provide a variety of financial and business management advisement, technical assistance, and related educational services to new and existing small and micro businesses and organizations as part of VCLF’s Business Resource Center. Read More
Building Bright Futures Issues New Early Care & Learning Industry Report
In January, Building Bright Futures (BBF), Vermont’s early childhood state advisory council, issued their latest report, Building Vermont’s Future from the Child Up, outlining the think tank’s recommendations to ensure high-quality, affordable, accessible early care and learning opportunities for all Vermont families..Read More
VCLF Lends $609,500 in Q4 2018
Learn about recent loans to the Skinny Pancake, Amber Bollman Child Care, Cedar Sawmill of Vermont, NU Chocolat, and West Meadow Farm Bakery..Read More
Seven Days Profiles Loan Fund Borrowers at Stone's Throw Pizza
The plates at the new pizzeria in Fairfax are nine-inch pizza pans that cost 70 cents apiece. The silverware is left over from a Stowe wedding. The base of the table by the front door, a low wooden pedestal, was found in the woods by chef and co-owner Silas Pollitt when he was foraging for mushrooms. It holds a slab of rock that evokes the name of the restaurant: Stone's Throw Pizza..Read More
New Year, Nu Chocolat: New Loan Fund Borrower in Seven Days
New year, new chocolate. By the end of this month, NU Chocolat will open at 180 Battery Street in Burlington, co-owner Kevin Toohey told Seven Days earlier this week..Read More