Success stories

Success stories

  • Fat sheep farm and Cabins owners pose together with pet dog

    Beauty and the Sheep

    Tucked away on a hilltop in Hartland, VT, sit five stand-alone cabins offering breathtaking views of the Green Mountain State. It is rare for one to be unoccupied. But the owners of these cabins, Todd...

  • Tara and Fred photographed standing in front of an office desk.

    The Road To Success Is Paved

    Ten years ago, a newly established business didn’t have trucks, employees, or even a paver, which seems like it would be pretty important if that new business is a paving company. “But we did have...

  • Windsor Vermont jams on a shelf

    Specialty Foods Are Their Jam

    Raspberry with Wild Bergamot Flower, and Jalapeño & Lime may not seem like typical jam flavors, but it is unique offerings like these that have made a Windsor Vermont jam maker a consistent national...

  • Climate tech infographic

    BTV Climate Tech Firm Sold

    Some mission-driven entrepreneurs could never imagine selling their growing business, whereas other entrepreneurs start an enterprise with the primary goal to sell it one day. It appears Paul Hines...

  • QCY Fitness

    VT Fitness Studio Bouncing Back After Pandemic

    Every new year millions of Americans vow this is the year they are going to lose weight, join a gym and workout every day, and yet every year in the middle of February about 80% of Americans who made...

  • Adirondack Guideboat boat design

    COVID Forces Boat Builders To Innovate

    As COVID-19 spread across the state in 2020 closing schools, restaurants, theaters and countless other places of employment the pandemic forced Vermonters to learn and work from their homes. When it...

  • Vermont Salumi

    VT Salumi Purchases Historic Barre Building

    By Danny Monahan Small Business Administration Vermont District Office The Small Business Administration approved more 504 loans in Vermont during fiscal year 2021 than in any other year the past...

  • Four Chimneys Inn

    EIDL Assists Inn During Pandemic

    By Danny Monahan Small Business Administration Vermont District Office Following a stateside disaster declaration on March 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Phil Scott informed small business...