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    General Retail Market Profile

    Poultney serves three classes of retail customers: Year round residents and visitors from surrounding towns, second home owners, and tourists. The Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce, the Poultney Downtown Revitalization Committee, Inc and other organizations hold events through out the year which attract visitors and tourists. In the summer and fall months a very popular and well known weekly farmers market attracts repeat visitors. (Visit Downtown Poultney & East Poultney).

    Retail trade areas consist of the Poultney Core area which captures households that shop in Poultney on a weekly or near weekly basis. This area includes Poultney, Hampton, Wells and Middletown Springs. The Poultney Regional area captures households that shop in Poultney occasionally on a recurring basis. This area includes the Core area plus the towns of Fair Haven, Castleton and Granville, NY.

    Data on the population, household income, labor force and education levels given in the accompanying tables are derived from the United States Census of 2000.

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    • Martin Devlin Memorial 5K Fun Run & 4th of July Float Contest

    • Race Winners:Female Categories:(last name, first name) 0-12 McChesney Olivia 13-19 Gethard Corrie 20-29 Duffy Katie 30-39 Eckrote Erika 40-49 Mango Helen 50-59 Macura MaryAnn 60 + Showalter Kim Male Categories: (last name, first name) 0-12 Rienas William 13-19 Loughlin Brian 20-29 Best Tim 30-39 Fiske Eric 40-49 Perlmutter Kevin 50-59 Scott Carley 60+ Rowlands Peter Float Winners: The 2010 Float Categories and Winners: Most Patriotic – Young At Heart Senior Center – Poultney , Vermont Best Depicts Theme - Fair Haven Knights of Columbus – Fair Haven, Vermont Best Depicts The Organization – Poultney Women’s Club, Poultney , Vermont Most Photographic – Pampered Paws, Poultney , Vermont Best Out of Town Float – West Rutland ATV Club, West Rutland , Vermont All category signs for the parade were carried by Poultney Goat Goers 4H Club.

    • 8th Annual Horace Greeley Writers Conference

    • Saturday, October 23, 2010

      A full day of writing workshops and presentations at the Poultney United Methodist Church. 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. $80 for adults $20 for students. For registration information contact:(802) 287-2577.

    • East Poultney Day 2010!

    • Celebrate some of the town’s heritage Saturday, August 14th, on the Green in East Poultney. Century Schoolmaster will conduct class in the 1791 Union Academy, while British Army disturbs the peace with musket fire. Vendors offer crafts, traditional demonstrations, needle arts, slate splitting and candle making. Sponsored by Poultney Historical Society. For more information contact the Historical Society at (802) 287-5252. or visit the website at poultneyhistoricalsociety.org