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Private sector businesses are stepping up to help the homeless this year, and Vermonters are more in need than ever due to coronavirus regulations put in place by Republican Gov. Phil Scott. Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel is one of many local businesses participating in efforts to help people displaced by hardship amid the state’s economic crisis. The company is working with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity to donate 145 pairs of warm winter boots to the cause. “We are currently running the largest homeless shelter in the state right now at the Holiday Inn, and there are 148 people there that are homeless,” CVOEO spokesperson Joan White told True North in a recent phone interview. ....