Many areas are experiencing housing shortages right now, but few are as challenged as northeast Vermont, known as the Northeast Kingdom. A search for short-term or rental housing turns up nothing. No affordable housing, no market housing. Nothing.
Based in Quechee, Vermont, Afya Brands International, Inc. d/b/a Global Village Foods (GVF) is a specialty food manufacturer of clean-label, allergy-friendly, ready-to-eat meals, bulk entrees and snacks for institutional food service, grocery prepared foods and frozen retail grocery.
Based in Randolph, Vermont, LEDdynamics, Inc. (LED) was founded in 2000 by William McGrath (Bill). The Company develops, manufactures and sells LED light technology, products, software, and systems.
Founded in 2017 by Rob Conboy, Glavel is a Vermont-based company that specializes in selling a lightweight building material from post-consumer recycled glass known as foam glass gravel. Because cellular glass is derived from recycled glass, it’s petroleum and chemical-free. Glavel began by importing foam glass gravel from Europe, with the plan to introduce the product to the U.S. market, build up a customer base, and eventually open a domestic manufacturing facility—all while helping to solve the country’s glass recycling problem.
Map of Vermont Flexible Capital Fund CDFI Branches and Stories
Thank you to our partners at Inclusive and CDBA for sharing data on CDFI Bank and CDFI Credit Union branch locations. In addition, about 100 of our CDFI Stories come from OFN’s story database.
Vermont Flexible Capital Fund Investment Map
CDFI Investment Map
Mapped CDFI investment data (2005-2023), via the CDFI Coalition's partnership with CDFI Friendly America.
