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The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation ( BDCC ) is a private, nonprofit economic development organization that serves as a catalyst for industrial and commercial growth in Windham County. Our primary objective is to create and retain a flourishing business community that supports vibrant fiscal activity, and improves the quality of life of all its residents. Since its founding in 1954, BDCC has been at the hub of economic progress in Southeastern Vermont. We have successfully worked for local business growth and expansion, as well as attracting new businesses to the region. Our primary objective is to create and retain a flourishing business community that supports vibrant fiscal activity and improves the quality of life of all its residents. BDCC has played a pivotal role over the past five decades in creating more than 10, 000 new regional jobs in service and industrial trades combined. We are happy to assist start-up companies, growing companies, and global businesses alike, in order to support continued success stories in the greater Windham County region of Southeastern Vermont. BDCC is the owner and manager of the Cotton Mill industrial park/incubator just south of downtown Brattleboro, the new Business Park at the former Book Press building on Putney Road in North Brattleboro, and the Act 250-approved Exit One Industrial Park off Interstate 91. We are able to offer low-cost viable rental space as well as developmental acreage. To read more about BDCC's history, download a PDF of our Special 50th anniversary publication ( 1.4MB PDF ). BDCC is one of 12 Vermont Regional Development Corporations ( RDCs ). We serve the following towns in Southeastern Vermont: Athens, Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Grafton, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Readsboro, Rockingham, Searsburg, Somerset, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, Weston, Whitingham, Wilmington and Windham. Among BDCC's many accomplishments over the years is the launch of what is Vermont's first-ever Business Plan Competition, an annual event that began in 2006. For more information about the Business Plan Competition, visit the BPC website. Additional accomplishments include the development and construction of the Exit One Industrial Park during the 1980s. This was the first property owned by BDCC. Since then, BDCC has purchased and redeveloped two distressed properties in Brattleboro--the Cotton Mill and the Book Press, both of which are now popular and successful incubator spaces providing support for many local businesses. Read more about BDCC's commercial properties. BDCC has also played a key role in retaining major employers in the area by developing attractive retention packages.