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Woody Hollow Cooperative Goes Over and Under the Challenges of Aging Infrastructure
Woody Hollow Cooperative in Boscawen, New Hampshire is a 30-lot, resident-owned community that had to face the reality of aging water infrastructure. With a system dating back to the 70s, residents suffered the effects of poor surface drainage, constant leaks and ruptures, and… [Read More]
Vermont and New Hampshire
RD Partners Up to Help VT Communities Impacted by Disaster
When natural disaster strikes, rural communities across America struggle to capitalize on state, federal and nonprofit funding. Local leaders are often unpaid volunteers already donating significant time to various municipal functions, so the extra hours, energy and expertise… [Read More]
Vermont and New Hampshire
NEK Broadband Builds High-Speed Internet Access for Rural Residents
For people living in rural communities, the crucial need for connection to the online community can often be a hit-or-miss proposition. Modern goods and services of the information age have proven an essential part of everyday life for those who live in areas where a doctor’s… [Read More]
Vermont and New Hampshire
The Innovative Inspiration Behind Rutland’s Evolving Makeover
What makes a place what it is? Not just any place, but a good place? Somewhere people recognize, think about, talk about, hope for, travel through, travel to, work in, and live in? If cornered into summing it up with one sentence, community development guru Lisa Glover… [Read More]
Vermont and New Hampshire
RN Finds Her Goldilocks Home
At 65, Joyce Caldwell is hitting the reset button. Since closing a USDA Single Family Housing Direct Loan to buy a home in Berlin, NH last February, her outlook on life has turned 180 degrees. “There's nothing like having your own home and your own security,” she says. “It's… [Read More]
New Hampshire