Photo: St. Johnsbury. Photo Courtesy Downriver Media. by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine The Northeast Kingdom is open for business. In many ways, it never closed, despite a global pandemic. Economic development projects have continued across the region, new businesses have opened in Newport and St. Johnsbury, and home sales have remained steady. The pandemic has yet to finish with Vermont. The NEK has experienced some of the highest rates of new COVID infections in the state, according to the state Department of Health's COVID-19 dashboard.

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