Conant s Riverside Farms in Richmond In 2017, the Tipton family Benjamin, Michelle and two teenage children returned to Vermont after nearly a decade away to establish a family farm. They found and purchased a 20-acre former farmstead in Burke Hollow whose only remaining structure was a deteriorating barn. It had sunk a foot into the ground in places, many of its timbers had rotted, and the roof was near collapse. People in town knew it as the red barn on the hill that the foxes lived in, Benjamin Tipton said during a phone call from his other job as a physician s assistant.
Akron organizations finish year with a giving spirit
AMY MORONA and DAN SHINGLER
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
On the off chance that readers might be in the mood for some good news for a change, let s talk about some of the stuff going on in Akron with a focus on giving.
First off, Kent State University is getting some help via its philanthropic partnerships with six Akron-area foundations. The university s emergency grant fund received a gift of $21,500 in total, from The Lehner Family Foundation, Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, Akron Community Foundation, Laura R. and Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation, Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation, and Glenn R. and Alice V. Boggess Memorial Foundation, Kent State announced Wednesday, Dec. 23.