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When we say "genuine by nature" we mean we're genuinely looking forward to welcoming you on your next visit and hope you plan to stay for a while. Seeing is often more helpful that reading so check out our https://vimeo.com/newportvt Vimeo channel for more reasons to check out our little corner of the Northeast Kingdom. Still need more convincing? The foodie in you will appreciate our Fresh by Nature program. It is "farm to table" defined. Learn more about the farms that supply our local restaurants for their signature dishes.

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Stenger said he expected around 2,500 to 3,000 jobs to be created in the Newport-Jay-Burke area. He has secured the downtown property he needs for the Renaissance Block and hopes to sign an agreement with Pomerleau on the lakefront property next week.

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Come fly with me...  Only 25 minutes from Jay Peak Resort.

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Vintage plane over #DowntownNewportVT and #LakeMemphremagog. | Courtesy of Old Stone House.

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The architect's rendering of the Newport Marina Resort Hotel & Conference Center for downtown Newport VT. Projected opening in 2017.

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#NewportVT. If you haven't been there in the last couple of months, it's changed. Amazing! Check it out and try the watermelon gazpacho at theBrown Dog Bistro at the brand new Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center. — @Vicky Parra Tebbets with Patricia M Sears.

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From the mountain (Jay Peak) to the lake (Memphremagog). Get excited. Now. Downtown Newport is about 20mins from Jay Peak Resort and 10 days of 2,000 Porsches in 2016. 

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Check out what Newport. Fresh by Nature. means when we say, "Everything tastes better when you shorten the distance between field and fork. So come to the table for local food. Dig in to Newport."

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Proposed Renaissance Block on Main Street in downtown Newport, Vermont.

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"Newport is being recognized more and more as a destination for unique opportunities for economic development," said Patricia Sears, Newport City Renaissance's Executive Director.

"Members of the Boston Federal Reserve's New England Community Development Advisory Council’s Strengthening New England’s Rural Economies 2013 Regional Convening will bring new resources for us to leverage for success," Sears said.

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Visuals include proposed developments around and in downtown Newport, Vermont.

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Bill Stenger/Jay Peak Resort showing Congressman Peter Welch and Patricia Sears/Newport City Renaissance plans for the forthcoming Renaissance Block on Main Street, downtown Newport, Vermont.

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Vermont Convention Bureau and Jay Peak welcome Porsche Club of America | Discover Newport VT ... only 20 minutes from Jay Peak Resort

The Vermont Convention Bureau aligned with its member, Jay Peak, to successfully sign an agreement with Porsche Club of America to host their 2016 Porsche Parade.

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Congressman Peter Welch (c) toured the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center and met Eleanor Leger (r), co-owner of Eden Ice Cider. (Patricia Sears, executive director of Newport City Renaissance (l)). 

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City aldermen, promoters and developers touted Newport City's unique zoning codes to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch during his visit downtown Wednesday at noon.

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DiscoverNewportVT | Community Matters to our growth and wellbeing

Newport, Vermont (pop +/- 5K), is located in the most remote rural area of Vermont. We are on the cusp of $200M of new development in our downtown between now and 2017. A new biotech plant, window manufacturing plant, a whole new city block, a whole new waterfront resort hotel & conference center and $20M in enhancements and expansion of our airport will take place and be completed by the end of 2017. Within the next 4 years. 

While not an Orton Family Foundation 'Heart & Soul' community Newport has benefited tremendously from Orton's CommunityMatters program having served as a pilot location for an all day workshop in February 2013. In March 2013, Newport City Renaissance and Newport Community Justice Center started CommunityCommons, a monthly meeting with community members in an effort to let the air out of the balloon before it popped as some in the community are feeling this new surge in economic development is happening 'to' them. 

The listening and connecting has been a tremendous advance in positive change. While not always smooth, they are really gelling into *productive* listening and learning sessions and are becoming more sought out by other organizations as 'the place' to share info and get feedback that provide 'reality checks' for next steps. Amazing and true. Click here.

And our connection to Orton Family Foundation started at a National Main Street conference that developed into Newport City Renaissance presenting on our successful form-based code experience where members of the community developed it and the City Council adopted it (2010), to the 2010CommunityMatters conference in Denver. 

Included in the CM10 was a visit to Golden. It inspired us so much that we have a remarkable community garden burgeoning from one plot to eight. And it was about listening. And doing. Click here.

And now our public television station (VPT) has discovered the gardens' impact on our downtown neighborhoods and you can see this incredible real-life story here.

And all of this, community gardens, CommunityCommons and more are enriching our heart and soul and keeping us true to 'Newport. Genuine by Nature.' So when the new biotech manufacturing, window manufacturing, aviation assembly & distribution and more... come to Newport bringing over 1K new job opportunities, the prospective new employees will DiscoverNewportVT as a wholesome place to live, work and play. 

We are working with AARP to attain certification as an Age-Friendly City that's recognized by WHO and others. That means implementing Complete Streets. It also means heavy-duty advocacy for gig-pipe robust fiber bringing the best high-speed broadband internet service to our downtown. 

In the meantime, The Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center has opened in downtown Newport bringing an array of local foods in a marketplace under one roof that includes fabulous $5 tastings of your selection of 5 ice ciders/wines/spirits made in Vermont. A bistro serving locally grown/produced items in every menu selection. A butcher shop featuring local meats. A bake shop using locally grown grain for flour and fruit. A maple shop teeming with locally produced products. And the Tasting Center is open 7 days/week ... 8a - 8p. A HUGE Change in downtown retail culture. Think about it. 

This Tasting Center is the newest addition to the Newport City Renaissance Newport. Fresh by Nature. program that links our downtown restaurants to farms in neighboring communities in a meaningful contractual way, celebrates our community gardens and promotes the Newport Farmers Market... and now the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center, too. Newport is a culinary destination for a true farm-to-table experience. 

These will be reasons why millennials and kids my age who are in their 3rd or 4th chapter of their life will choose to live, work and play in our downtown. DiscoverNewportVT. Only 2.5hours from Montreal and only 3.5hours from Boston. Think about it.

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Day 4: Waterfront park looking out on Lake Memphremagog. Newport, Vermont

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Photo credit: Newport VT resident, Bradleigh Stockwell