State conservation money boosts Prospect Mountain purchase

A nonprofit group that wants to purchase Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center in Woodford has secured a $285,000 state grant. Bennington Banner photoWOODFORD — Efforts by a nonprofit group to buy the Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center were energized this week with receipt of a grant from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board.
The board on Thursday authorized $285,000 toward the approximately $900,000 needed by mid-August for the purchase of the 144-acre site and trail grooming equipme