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Essex County Businesses                                                                                                    Essex County Businesses

                                                                  Valleybrook Farm                                                                       E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Round 2 Recipients

                                                                  Angela Hooker                                                   Grant Recipient                Business Name                    City              Business Website

                                                                  Maidstone
                                                                  http://www.valleybrookfarmvt.com/                               Bruce Edwin Rumball-Petre      Historic Arbor House Inn         Brighton
                                                                  2 Years in Business                                             David R.White                  David White Trucking             Lemington

                                                                  “I cannot thank you enough. The
                                                                  pandemic has made it even harder

                                                                  for us to reach markets being

                                                                  so rural. The elimination of our

                                                                  markets entirely has been a very
                                                                  real struggle for the farm this year.

                                                                  Thank you very much for your

                                                                  support.”







                                                      The Hearth & Home Country Store


                                                      Timothy Carey O’Bar
                                                      Island Pond
                                                      http://www.hearthandhomecountry.com/
                                                      7 Years in Business

                                                      “We were so happy that the smaller mom and

                                                      pop type businesses Vermont is known for
                                                      finally received some assistance. Our business,
                                                      like so many others in the Northeast Kingdom,

                                                      doesn’t have any employees as this is our source
                                                      of income and almost every assistance program

                                                      developed to address this pandemic left us out.
                                                      I would encourage our legislators to prioritize
                                                      assistance to these small businesses as they are

                                                      the future of rural Vermont.”



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