Zion Growers at the former Vermont Marble Company and Ascend Housing Allies in Rutland among recipients
By Katy Savage
Zion Growers, an industrial hemp processing company in Proctor, was one of nine companies in the state that received a U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant.
Zion was awarded $60,000 to conduct a site feasibility study, draw architectural and engineering plans, review code compliance and conduct an environmental analysis of the former Vermont Marble Company building in Proctor — a 84,000 square foot building.
Travis Samuels, the co-owner of Zion, said he plans to renovate part of the building into an industrial hemp processing facility and turn the rest into a rental space for other businesses, similar to a makerspace.
“The money is being used for planning toward some of the changes we have to do to the building, including some of the…
