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Grants to help repurpose carriage barn and more

SUNRISE ORCHARDS WILL use a portion of a recently announced  $86,400 economic development grant to move this carriage barn (in foreground) from Otter Creek Child Center in Middlebury to the orchard in Cornwall and repurpose it as a new farmstand. Sunrise, another local farm and the Vergennes Opera House will share a combined $464,615 in state grants to strengthen their operations through major capital improvements. Independent photo/Steve James

Two local agricultural operations and the Vergennes Opera House have been awarded a total of $464,615 in state grants to strengthen their operations with major capital improvements.

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