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Story Circles Aid Emotional Recovery From Storm
The Vermont Folklife Center is leading a project to collect and preserve flood stories from Tropical Storm Irene. The project was partly funded by the Community Foundation's SUN-Irene Recovery Fund. Folklife Center ethnographer Greg Sharrow says future generations will benefit from these eyewitness accounts.
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Governor Shumlin announces Green Up to Recover initiative
Governor Peter Shumlin was joined by Green Up Vermont officials Tuesday to announce the Green Up to Recover Initiative to renew volunteer efforts to help the state recover from the damage left by Tropical Storm Irene, being kicked off on Green Up Day. This year the annual clean-up event scheduled for May 5 will target the increased trash left by Irene's floodwaters as well as other recovery projects in hard hit areas.
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FHA to allow $4 million Irene reimbursement for Vermont National Guard work
Governor Peter Shumlin said today that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will reimburse the state for $4 million in Irene-related expenses for work performed by National Guard units.
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Efforts Underway To Make Mobile Homes More Resilient, Efficient And Affordable
Today, Vermont Edition focused on how hard it is for people to get affordable loans for mobile homes in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, in addition to the efforts now underway to come up with a better financing model for mobile home owners.
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Vermont farmers grappling with silt and sand from Irene
More than 460 Vermont farms were damaged by Irene. Seven months later, farmers are still grappling with what the floodwaters left behind, including rocks, trees, gravel, sand and silt that has turned some fields from a fertile brown to a tinge of gray or even sandy white. The composition of the soil will affect yields.
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In Waterbury, Irene recovery efforts get big boost
The long road to recovery from Tropical Storm Irene continues throughout much of Vermont, but the local effort in Waterbury got a big boost on Monday. The Stiller Family Foundation, created by the family that started Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, announced it will make a $250,000 matching grant to help continue making repairs to homes severely damaged when the storm triggered flooding in August.
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The source of storm stories in Vermont
Many organizations have worked to collect and preserve Irene stories in Vermont. Hundreds of people have told their stories in small groups organized by the Vermont Folklife Center, a project that was partly funded by a Special & Urgent Needs Grant from the Community Foundation.
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