Updated on March 16, 2021 at 7:06 pm
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Entrepreneurs could get $10,000 to open a business in Middlebury, Vermont, through a new program that aims to fill vacant storefronts downtown.
“I look at it as opportunity,” said Lisa Phelps, the owner of a Middlebury salon called Parlour. “Small businesses are part of the community it’s what keeps us thriving.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Phelps has been imagining what new businesses would be a good fit for the college town, such as a juice bar, clothing boutique or a family restaurant.
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John Flowers ANDY NAGY-BENSON, SENIOR pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, is spearheading “Table 21,” a pop-up nonprofit that will disburse $300,000 in donated money to local restaurants and farms financially hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Found pennies come from heaven
That’s what my grandpa told me.
He said Angels tossed them down
Oh, how I loved that story!
So goes the Charles Mashburn poem, a cute ode to found money.
The Congregational Church of Middlebury is living its own version of the poem, and it speaks to a much larger sum $300,000 recently donated by a distant angel dedicated to easing the financial burdens of Middlebury-area restaurants and farms hurt by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.