Anne Wallace Allen - VT Digger - Oct 4 2020
A solution to some of the health access problems arrived in 2002 with the establishment of the Northern Tier Center for Health, or NOTCH, a not-for-profit health center that provides family medicine, behavioral health, a pharmacy, a lab, and dental services ... It’s unusual for a health center to operate a grocery store, said Robert Ostermeyer, director of Franklin/Grand Isle Community Action. But it fits into recent thinking about using community solutions for wellness.
A solution to some of the health access problems arrived in 2002 with the establishment of the Northern Tier Center for Health, or NOTCH, a not-for-profit health center that provides family medicine, behavioral health, a pharmacy, a lab, and dental services ... It’s unusual for a health center to operate a grocery store, said Robert Ostermeyer, director of Franklin/Grand Isle Community Action. But it fits into recent thinking about using community solutions for wellness.
Despite rumors, Richford’s only grocery store will likely remain open come spring. According to leadership at the Northern Tier Center for Health (NOTCH) and the Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE), a verbal commitment has been made for NOTCH to take over the Vista Foods in Richford in lieu of its possible closure.
