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BENNINGTON — David Newell and his wife, Carol, “were looking for a change of scenery” when they moved here from central Pennsylvania in 1976.

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A one-month fundraising effort to help with the planning and...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A one-month fund drive to support planning and redevelopment efforts on the former Southern Vermont College campus has easily surpassed the ambitious $500,000 goal. Leaders of the Grateful Bennington campaign and of Southwestern Vermont Health Care, which purchased the 371-acre campus in December, announced Thursday afternoon that the total raised was more than $566,000. “This was a tremendous testimony to the level of support our community has for, not only the health system, but it also highlights the importance of...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine On February 1, two community members set out to raise $500,000 in support for Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s (SVHC) project to reimagine the former Southern Vermont College campus by February 28. They called it The Grateful Bennington Fund.  “We started The Grateful Bennington Fund as a show of support and appreciation for SVHC’s good works in our community,” stated David Newell, whose idea sparked the concept. “We are in the final week of the time we have to get this done,” said Michael McKenna, the fund drive’s co-organizer. �...