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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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