The Yellow Barn Business Accelerator Project will provide space for businesses to locate and grow while staying in the Northeast Kingdom. Thirty new jobs are expected to be created within 5 years of project completion. The Town of Hardwick is acquiring the property, which will be operated in partnership with the Center for an Agricultural Economy and the Northeast Kingdom Development Corporation. The project is nearing completion of the environmental permitting and design phase, and construction is planned to start October 2019.
$16,000 state funding from the VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development has leveraged commitments in federal, local, and private lending sources totaling more than $300,000.
