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State economic development staff and growers press for equity funding, technical assistance in S.278
Summary
Agency of Commerce and Community Development staff and growers' groups told the committee the social‑equity program needs sustained appropriations and technical assistance; witnesses described existing beneficiary payments, vendor support and limited remaining fund balances.
Tim Tierney, senior economic development director at the Agency of Commerce & Community Development (ACCD), and Nathan Davidson, economic development specialist, briefed the committee on Vermont’s cannabis social‑equity program and funding needs. They described the program’s early appropriations and its delivery model: technical assistance via a contracted provider and $5,000 beneficiary payments to qualifying…
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