Stowe residents say yes to conserving farm
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Published: Mar. 1, 2022 at 9:14 PM EST|Updated: Mar. 1, 2022 at 11:07 PM EST
STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) - Stowe residents have voted in favor of helping to conserve a farm.
Voters said yes on a count of 1024-79 on Town Meeting Day.
The 217-acre Ricketson Farm will cost $2.5 million to conserve.
State and federal funding will cover about half the project and residents voted to pitch in $200,000 from the budget.
About 400 donors and the farmer himself have made contributions, but the last push is community-centered.
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