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Goal: Burlington's 200+ acre agricultural breadbasket - home to
market farming, community supported agriculture, community gardens, farmer
training, and composting - thrives.
Five-Year Focus:
- Support self-employment opportunities created in agriculture and
agriculturally-related business through the Intervale Foundation.
- Build the Intervale Community Food Enterprise Center.
- Support the use of the Intervale for the production of market quality food
crops.
- Support the redevelopment of the Abair and Caulkin's houses for community
education purposes.
The City expended Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds on the following projects and programs in program years 2003-05 to further the
priority of the Intervale:
| Project Title
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Relation to Consolidated Plan |
Program Year |
CDBG Funds Expended |
Other Funds Leveraged |
Projected Accomplishments |
Actual Accomplishments |
| Intervale Community Food Security |
Technical assistance and facility improvements to support small
farmers on the Intervale agricultural land |
2003 |
$13,500 |
$25,369 |
Marketing and business plan assistance |
Increased wholesaling
opportunities and started 2 new farmers markets |
| Create 3 year-round jobs |
2 jobs created
(2 new farm owners) |
| 2004 |
$10,000 |
$144,000 |
Technical assistance for Intervale
farms |
Farm recruitment, improved soil
fertility, maintained employment levels, and adopted comprehensive
policies and procedures |
| Create 3 year-round jobs |
Created 3 jobs (2 new farms)
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| Entrepreneurial training for 12
youth farmers |
Trained 15 youth entrepreneurs |
| 2005 |
$10,000 |
$214,000 |
Youth entrepreneurial
training and marketing and business plan assistance to support 11
farms |
All participating farmers
maintained employment levels1 new full-time job created |
| Trained 15 youth entrepreneurs |
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Page last updated
July 25, 2007
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