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Article: Red Barn: Fundraising with Vermont-only products

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December 1, 2008
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Having worked for several years as Vermont representative of the Innisbrook product-sales fundraising company, Amy Barr knew that the North Carolina-based firm was part of a big, though unheralded, business. Five years ago, she decided to go get a piece of it for herself.

Based on discussions with parent-teacher organizations, Barr identified a potentially profitable niche in the form of school fund raisers that sold only products made Vermont. The state's image of wholesomeness, combined with the burgeoning buy-local trend, might serve as the basis for a successful company, she figured.

Barr appears to have gotten it right.

Red Barn Fund raising, the business she launched in Hinesburg in ...

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