MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Six Vermont organizations will benefit from more than $3.8 million in Northern Border Regional Commission grants to support projects including early childhood education, a new surplus crop processing center and food hub, and rural health care clinic upgrades.
The NBRC is a federal-state partnership in northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York designed to stimulate economic growth and inspire collaboration to improve rural economic vitality.
Over $24 million is going to projects in the four states.
The 2024 Catalyst Fall Competition awardees in Vermont include:
- Carlos G. Otis Heath Care Center (Windham County) – $1,000,000:
- Orange County Parent Child Center (Orange County) – $379,124.82:
- Northeast Kingdom Community Action (Essex County) – $62,888:
- Salvation Farms (Lamoille County) – $469,621.30:
- Town of Essex (Chittenden County) – $500,000:
- Vermont Council on Rural Development (Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor Counties) – $472,192.28: