The Campaign

For the community, built by the community

Join our capital campaign to create a thriving community center — a space where Upper Valley residents and local groups can gather for meals, celebrations, performances, and connection.

Join us

We aim to include every neighbor in our restoration and revitalization project. By fostering broad-based support through individual donations, community events and outreach we can ensure that everyone has a chance to contribute to the future of the Norwich Grange Hall.

Thanks to the generosity of early donors we’re almost there! Help us raise the final $100,000 needed from community donors—every gift makes a difference.

Donate

  • A thriving community center where residents and local organizations can gather.

  • An energy-efficient renovation that preserves the historic charm of the original Grange and adds a commercial kitchen.

  • An inclusive, accessible space that fosters connection and creativity through food, the arts and cultural programming.

Your support will create

Line drawing of a two-story house with a steep triangular roof, front porch, and staircase on the right side.

Project Budget

The total estimated cost of the renovation is $1.75 million. We plan to raise approximately half the funds for this project through grants and tax credits, and the other half through foundation and individual contributions in a capital campaign.

The Norwich Grange Hall has been meeting with state, and federal grantmakers as well as local foundations to develop a project that fits with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation. To date we have received significant grants from:

  • The 1772 Foundation

  • Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation

  • The Butler Foundation

  • Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation

  • Couch Family Founcation

  • Help for the People Foundation

  • Historic New England

  • King Arthur Baking Company

  • Mascoma Bank Foundation

  • National Park Service

  • National Trust for Historic Preservation

  • Northern Border Regional Commission

  • Norwich Lions Club

  • Norwich Women’s Club

  • The Preservation Trust of Vermont

  • Ann H. Symington Foundation

  • Vermont Arts Council

  • Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

  • Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

  • Windover Foundation