Idyllic Grafton, Vt., Rebounding Nicely From Hurricane Irene Floods

Grafton, Vt., is perchance the virtually idyllic Vermont community, inwards my mind. There's as well as therefore picayune here, but, ultimately, this community has everything you lot could always desire equally a Vermont traveler looking for a truthful getaway -- a classic former inn (the Grafton Inn), a few shops to taste (including the phenomenal Grafton Village Cheese), a covered bridge, tree-lined streets to stroll as well as beautiful southern Vermont mount views. Unlike unopen to of the fabricated, superficial Vermont towns (you know, restored to await to a greater extent than similar an outdoor museum than a existent town), Grafton is the existent deal.  It was as well as therefore sorry for us to demand heed how the community was greatly damaged past times a flood, due to August's Hurricane Irene. Most of the downtown district escaped harm, equally the outskirts received the brunt of the vehement storm's damaging effects. However, Grafton has made a rapid recovery -- fantastic intelligence for the residents equally good equally travelers looking for that autumn leafage magic inwards the area. Amazing the community has rebounded as well as therefore quickly, given the stories nosotros were hearing non also long along from the local as well as national news.

I late received an electronic mail from Julia Lyon, of People Making Good (a PR work solid out of Burlington, Vt.) describing Grafton's comeback:

After experiencing devastating flooding resulting from hurricane Irene, Grafton Village Cheese as well as the town of Grafton, VT bring recovered at an astonishing speed as well as are inwards the midst of a spectacular autumn leafage season. Grafton Village Cheese has been the maker of world-class artisanal cheddar for over a century, as well as the creamery is proud to hold upward dorsum to hand-making their traditional cheddars equally good equally aging their novel varieties inwards the cheese cave.


And hither is unopen to additional information Julia sent us on Grafton Village Cheese:

With enough of fourth dimension until Vermont’s leafage flavor begins, Grafton Village Cheese of Grafton, VT has fully recovered from the flooding caused past times Hurricane Irene that late affected the area. The cheese creamery as well as hamlet of Grafton were able to describe together chop-chop to rectify whatsoever as well as all damages. Grafton Village Cheese’s retail stores inwards Brattleboro as well as Grafton are both opened upward for business. The scheduled milk deliveries are straight off dorsum inwards house allowing for both locations to hold upward handmaking cheese, including usage of the cave aging facility at the Grafton location. 

The principal points of access, Route 35, Route thirty as well as Route 121 inwards as well as out of Grafton, VT are open.

This is only great, keen news! We promise you lot tin cheque out Grafton, Vt. It's a truthful New England precious rock of a community, as well as we're as well as therefore happy to demand heed that our New England neighbors upward in that place are doing as well as therefore much better!