6. Provide Technical Support to Emerging as well as Established Culturally Based Businesses.

Provide technical support to micro and small, emerging or established, culturally based businesses through a $50,000 increase in the annual appropriation to the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The funds should be used specifically to:

a.         Train technical assistance providers to work with artists and other culturally based businesses.

b.         Offer focused FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training classes for artists and other culturally based businesses.

c.         Provide scholarships for business training for small cultural enterprises.

LEAD: Small Business Development Center

PARTNERS: VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development, VT Business Roundtable

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