Crews have been spending part of the summer tackling projects on 67 undeveloped acres in Barre known locally as the “Cow Pasture.”
The name is a bit deceiving because the municipally owned property was actually used as a pasture for the city’s work horses in the late 1800s.
Not anymore.
Now, it’s a valuable recreational resource due in no small part to the hard work of VYCC participants like Osadchey-Brown.
Barre puts youth crew ‘out to pasture’
Volunteers shore up river walk bridge
The sun shone with a fervor and resilience that a pair of sunglasses couldn’t dim. But along the wooded trail which heads the Lamoille River Walk, off Checkerberry Square, all was quiet and cool. Mosquitoes assailed visitors who forgot their bug spray while the river babbled down falls and trickled over stones.
This was the setting of the town’s Lamoille River Walk bridge replacement and the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps’ fourth week of work around Chittenden County.
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During their eight-hour day, they put down cellphones and focus on nature and team work.
“I think it's a lot greater than being bored at home all summer,” crew leader Mitchell Miller said.