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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 14, 2010
Cross-country skiing and other winter activities abound at the Mountain View Grand Resort.
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reSort from 1 able for the wind turbine steps we have taken to
Director in 2006 and hit but the owners of the lower our carbon foot-
the ground running in Mountain View Grand de- print,” said Diego.
not only bringing back cided to absorb the whole The Mountain View
that heritage but also cost themselves. Grand Resort was run by
in making The Moun- “We figured that some- generations of the Dodge
tain View Grand a leader one else could use that Family and had the dis-
in environmental initia- money,” Diego said. tinction of being the old-
tives. Once a wind turbine est resort in the United
The wind turbine is the was decided on the en- States to be owned and
most noticeable display tire process took about a operated continuously by
of The Mountain View year and a half including the same family living on
Grand’s assimilation into the six months it took the same property until
“going green.” to find Northern Power it was sold by William F.
“We didn’t do it for eco- Systems, the permitting Dodge in 1979.
nomic reasons. We did process, the scheduling Over the next few years,
it for environmental rea- of construction and the several different own-
sons,” Diego pointed out. construction itself. ers came and went and
A government grant of “The wind turbine and finally, facing economic
thirty percent of the con- green power initiative hardships, the Mountain
struction cost was avail- are just two of the many
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The newly renovated greenhouse and gardens will be used
to grow their own produce and cut flowers. The Mountain
View Farm, in the rear, houses a variety of farm animals and
is the place for the popular “Meet The Farmer” program.
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Kindred Spirit Farm
Registered Shetland Sheep!
NASSA Flock #1755
OUR FIRST LAMB OF 2010!
KINDRED SPIRIT BLUE MOON!
603-387-1070 • Center Sandwich, NH • www.Kindredspiritfarmnh.com
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