BRATTLEBORO — In its most recent grant round, the 1772 Foundation, based in Providence, R.I., worked with the Preservation Trust of Vermont and other Northeastern states to administer matching grants of up to $10,000.
One of the recipients was the Retreat Farm, which will use its $10,000 to help repair and preserve barns at the farm.
Ten other such projects in Vermont also received funding. The Retreat Farm was the only recipient from Windham County.
“These small grants will not only provide dollars for restoration work, but will also employ local tradespeople, support local businesses, and enable the nonprofits that own the buildings to have more resources available to serve their communities,” noted Preservation Trust of Vermont's Field Service Representative Lisa Ryan in a news release. “This will be especially important as we enter the economic recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
This is the first year that the 1772 Foundation opened its matching grant program up to all six New England states.