Our Partners
VEDA is able to do its work because of the relationships and assistance we get from our partners. Working partnerships cultivated over decades – with Vermont’s commercial lenders and with state and federal finance agencies – help us do our part to help Vermont businesses grow and create jobs.
Our Vermont banking partners are critical to the work we do. For instance, VEDA’s Direct Loan program requires that VEDA partner with a bank or other independent and responsible lender in every project we finance.
Our regional, state and federal partners bring a vast array of resources to the table in helping VEDA assist Vermont businesses in every corner of the state. Local and regional knowledge and support, and state and federal assistance in the form of grants, other financing and technical knowledge, all help VEDA assure the most advantageous financing is made available to Vermont’s businesses and farms.
Commercial Partners
- Regional Development Corporations (RDCs)
- Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs)
- Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Vermont Department of Economic Development
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
- Vermont Bankers Association
- Vermont Business Roundtable
- Vermont State Chamber of Commerce
- Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Vermont Venture Network
- Associated Industries of Vermont
- Vermont Small Business Development Center
- Women’s Business Owners Network
- Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce
- Capstone Community Action
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- U.S.D.A. Rural Development – Vermont
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC)
Agriculture and Working Lands Partners
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Working Lands Enterprise Initiative
- Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
- Vermont Small Business Development Center
- Vermont Council on Rural Development
- Vermont Working Lands Coalition
- Vermont Farm Bureau
- Vermont Land Trust
- Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program
- The Center for an Agricultural Economy
- Vermont Farm to Plate Network
- Vermont Agriculture Development Program
- Vermont Farm First Program
- NOFA-VT
- UVM Extension
- The Vermont Community Foundation
- Castanea Foundation, Inc.
- Intervale Center
- U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency
- U.S.D.A. Rural Development – Vermont
Technology Partners
Energy Partners
- Energy Action Network
- Efficiency Vermont
- Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)
- Drive Electric Vermont
- Renewable Energy Vermont
- Vermont Public Service Department Clean Energy Development Fund
- Vermont Agency of Transportation
- U.S. Federal Highway Administration
