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RDCs urge state to revive small‑business technical assistance grant after high demand
Summary
Regional Development Corporations told the committee a prior small‑business technical assistance program funded 209 projects statewide and left roughly 300 applicants waitlisted; RDC leaders requested the program be reconsidered for funding this session.
Andy Jewel, president of the Regional Development Corporations of Vermont, told the committee that a recent statewide small‑business technical assistance program administered by RDCs funded 209 projects and left roughly 300 applicants on a waitlist.
Jewel said the program distributed about $1.25 million in the last round and that average awards were small—designed to pay Vermont vendors to provide technical services such as websites, marketing and inventory management. “The average award was $3,463,” he said in describing the program’s…
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