Green Bay Barn in Peacham

Barns across the state are slowly falling apart or being abandoned all together. Governor Douglas finds it important to support the owners in keeping these barns in use.

The Green Bay farm was built in the late 1800s and in 1975 the dairy farm fell into the hands of Farmer, Omri Parsons, who was looking for a place to raise his family.

"I kept looking at it, course the previous owner kept saying come on I'll show you the house and I was sort of drawn toward the barn and then he told me what I want to do with that is bull doze it in and plant grass."

Omri didn't see it that way. He slowly repaired and restored the barn over the years preserving it as much as he could to save the history and sharing it with the people around him is something he has taken pride in.

"This is sort of my way of saying thank you to the state of Vermont for helping revive what's in disrepair, and keep this thing standing. It's quite an attraction to everyone."

Omri Parsons next to his beloved barn

Out of the $200,000 dollar grant being distributed to 25 farms through out the state. Parsons will $2,500 dollars of the grant to repair the foundation of his barn. Two previous grants repaired other parts of the foundation. Dave Bogie of Barnet was the man behind the foundation work on the last repair and will be the man for this job as well. Parsons has nothing but high praise for Dave.

"Dave is a good worker and the work he does is in relationship to what the state of Vermont requires and how they want it done. They want to stay as original as possible."

Today News 7's John Gallagher will take us to another barn in the area that received money from the grant.