In July 2007, I was on summer break from college when a torrential rain hit my hometown of Barre. The north end of the city, where my grandparents had owned a convenience store for decades, was underwater. Sixteen years later almost to the day, this summer's devastating flood brought me back to that very same spot, where my personal and professional lives collided in ways I'd never experienced.
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BARRE — When it comes to the future of the city’s flood-ravaged north end, city councilors just greeted a peek at the possible — one hand-delivered by Gov. Phil Scott