by Trisha Ingalls
NEWPORT — A new partnership has formed to bring experiential learning opportunities and more housing to downtown Newport, beginning with the farmhouse at the corner of East Main Street and Union Street.
Through a new revolving loan fund created by the Legislature, the North Country Career Center (NCCC) and Newport City Downtown Development (NCDD) are giving students in the construction trades the chance to work on completely renovating the house, which has been vacant for several years.
Representative Mike Marcotte of Coventry, who represents the Orleans-Lamoille District, along with Rick Ufford-Chase, director of Newport City Downtown Development, and Gwen Bailey-Rowe, director of North Country Career Center, met with the Chronicle on-site while students were in the process of setting up scaffolding to begin replacing the roof….
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