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Six new businesses get Kick Start in Middlebury

Over $100K granted to businesses in downtown Middlebury

Donations double cash grant awards for Kick Start Middlebury business recruitment program

With additional funding up to five businesses will receive $20,000 cash grants Vermont Business Magazine The Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) announced today that as a result of generous donations from two community organizations, Kick Start Middlebury has doubled the size of the grants offered in its business recruitment effort, from $10,000 to $20,000 in start-up cash. Now with a total of $110,000 cash at its disposal, plus services donated by area businesses, the Kick Start Middlebury program is poised to change the town’s business and retail landscape.  The increase comes after a donation from Table 21, a non-profit founded by the Congregational Church of Middlebury (UCC).  After the church received a generous charitable gift earlier this year, Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson, senior pastor and president of Table 21, assembled a board of directors that issued $280,000 in grants to selected Middlebury restaurants and area farms.  Table 21 also provided $20,000 to fund a current pr

Editorial: It's a start, but is it enough?

Thu, 02/11/2021 - 12:24pm meganj By:  Angelo Lynn Middlebury’s $50,000 appropriation to boost the downtown is a needed step in the right direction. The money will seed “Kick Start Middlebury,” an effort to fill downtown storefronts with viable businesses by way of offering $10,000 incentive packages for interested entrepreneurs. It’s a bit of a gimmick, and the timing’s not perfect being as we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, but the hope is that the $10,000 will jumpstart conversations about what types of potential businesses would not only succeed in the downtown, but contribute to its vitality. The hurdles are high. Retailers, as well as eateries and bars, have been hit hard by the pandemic and entrepreneurs in that sector might hesitate to open shop in a downtown that has struggled for the past four years. Pedestrian traffic through the downtown has diminished significantly in the past two years because of construction, and the fin