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by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine While the Agency of Transportation s list of highway projects this year is prodigious (see below), the agency does a lot more than replace worn pavement and fix bridges on Vermont s state, federal and interstate roadways.
AOT and its many partners also reconfigure city streets, maintain state-owned rail corridors, develop bicycle-pedestrian trails, build sidewalks, and perform an abundance of other infrastructure chores.
These other projects, often managed by towns and cities, tend to be more interesting than the usual routine of installing traffic lights and paving over potholes. This year, for example, AOT s work list will include reinforcing the stone underpinnings of the covered bridge that connects Windsor with Cornish, New Hampshire.
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What is the place?
Located on a 250-acre former dairy farm just south of Hinesburg, Champlain Valley Hops processed 24,000 pounds of the beer ingredient in its first harvest for commercial use last year. The farm, founded by Julian Post and Peter Briggs, grows hops on 37 acres in Starksboro, with 18-foot poles rising from the flat, sandy ground to support the vines that climb skyward. Champlain Valley Hops has 42 commercial-brewery customers, more than 30 of which are in Vermont, as well as several homebrewing customers.
Most hops in the United States – 98 percent, according to Max Licker, sales manager for Champlain Valley Hops – are grown in the Pacific Northwest. “Proprietary hops are pretty sexy right now,” he said of varieties such as Citra and Mosaic that are grown in Washington, Oregon and Idaho and whose rights are maintained solely by large corporations.