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VOLUME 48, NO. 29
Local farms join forces to ensure their future
Summer sky
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
What does the future of farming in Vermont look like? For a group of four prominent farmers in South Burlington and Shelburne — Bread and Butter Farm, Killeen Crossroads Farm, Blank Page Café and Chrysalis Landworks — a future might only be possible by working together. Through a new nonprofit known as The Agrihood Collective, these farmers are exploring
solutions to the ever-growing challenges of working in agriculture and are collaborating on an innovative land-ownership model in partnership with the Vermont Land Trust. And now, plans are coming to fruition as the group moves through fundraising to purchase nearly 360 acres of land in South Burlington to support its agricultural dreams to build a comprehensive sharedSee FARMING on page 11
Supreme Court rules in favor of Higher Ground, Burton Corp LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY JANICE RUSSOTTI
Janice Russotti took this photograph of the colorful summer sky from Overlook Park in South Burlington on July 12.
A years-long battle over relocating Higher Ground, the state’s largest live music and entertainment venue, from South Burlington to the Burton campus in Burlington’s South End may have finally ended last week after the Vermont Supreme Court rejected an appeal from residents who opposed the move. Last Friday, after nearly
two months of deliberation, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the permit granted by the city and a state Act 250 permit were properly issued, moving the project five years in the making closer to the finish line. Project plans include converting an 11,560-square-foot portion of a warehouse building owned by Burton next to the company’s headSee HIGHER GROUND on page 13
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