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Over $15,000 supports greenhouse and tree nursery businesses expansion

Working Lands Enterprise Board Announces FY20 Grantees

WLEB offers funding to help state’s working lands economy respond and recover during pandemic

The Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) plans to award a total of $180,000 in COVID-19 Response Business Development Grants within the sectors of agriculture and forestry.

The primary service area for FY2020 proposals is: Building Executive Business Skills in Working Lands businesses that existing programs and providers have previously struggled to reach.

The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative supports innovative entrepreneurs at the forefront of Vermont’s Working Lands economy.

$823,000 Invested in Vermont Ag & Forestry Businesses

Eighteen Vermont working lands businesses and service providers were recognized today at an event celebrating the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative (WLEI), created by the Legislature in 2012 to stimulate economic development in the agricultural and forestry sectors