CI acts as agent for See It Made, a unique commercial park
located in historic Windsor, VT.
See It Made is part industrial park, part theme park, part
natural science center, part retail shopping center all
located on 85 acres immediately accessible to Interstate 91.
Current businesses located in the park are
Catamount Brewery and
Simon Pearce Glassblowing.
Pictured in front of the new
Catamount facility at See It Made
are CI Principal Jill Michaels with Catamount President Steve Mason
(center), Springfield RDC Director Patricia Moulton Powden,
representatives of SBA, Vermont Economic Development Authority,
and Vermont National Bank.
Simon Pearce Glassblowing is a Vermont success story.
Started in Quechee, VT, it was the first business to locate in
what is now known as See It Made in 1992. In 1995 it was ready to
expand. CI packaged the public sector financing for the project
and provided the company with technical assistance in securing
additional public and private funding.
Vermont Castings, Bethel, VT
Before forming CI, principal Jill Michaels served as Executive Director
for Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation. During that time,
Vermont Castings was looking for a new corporate headquarters and
considering locating in New Hampshire. Ms. Michaels developed a
public-private financing package that kept the company in Vermont
and has served since then as a model for industrial development
recruitment and financing throughout the state.
Pictured here are VT Castings President Dennis Dillon,
Gov. Howard Dean, and Jill Michaels at the April 1992
Groundbreaking.
Other Projects
CI has also developed financing for a wide variety of Vermont companies
including Ben and Jerry's Rockingham facility, Vermont Pure Springs,
Bread and Chocolate, Concepts ETI, Bradford Veneer Mill, and Blue Mountain
Lumber.
