The Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores plans to hold its annual membership meeting on Thursday, June 13 at the Barnard Town Hall. The meeting will include several sessions designed to help storekeepers improve their operations as well as a visit to the newly re-opened Barnard General Store.

Meeting agenda and registration

Congratulations to Jillian Bradley & Joseph Minerva who re-opened the historic Barnard General Store on May 1. The market, which is one of the state's oldest country stores, has been closed for the past year. 

Friends Of Algiers Village, Inc., (FOAVI), a 501(c)(3) organization, is seeking proposals from qualified store operators to lease and run the store operation in the historic 1817 Broad Brook House. The building is in the heart of the Algiers Village section of Guilford and stands at the busy intersection of U.S. 5, the Coolidge Highway, and the Guilford Center Road. If any interest, have someone email Anne Rider 

Governor Peter Shumlin proclaimed September as independent country store month in Vermont at Dente's Store in downtown Barre. The Dente family has been serving Barre by over 100 years.