BREAKING NEWS: The $1,000,000 goal has been REACHED! And then some…
You did it! We did it! Amazing and Spectacular: the donors, the support, and what it was all for, the beautiful Exit 4.
Read Preservation Trust’s announcement.
Good music, fun times, and further steps that reached our goal! A big thank you to everyone that attended, the wonderful local musicians, the local artists and businesses that donated items for the silent auction/raffle.
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Sharon Wight of Lebanon, NH, stating her perspective on donating: “I have always loved the view at Exit 4, even though I do not go through there much. It makes me angry to see people just thinking about the commercial aspect of things rather than quality of life.”
Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003, with a resounding ‘YES!!!!’, has endorsed our cause with his own donation.
Paul MacAdams, who once farmed the land in the 1960’s and 70’s, is happy it’s being conserved. “Perfect!” said McAdams. “It’s gonna be fields, dammit! Let it stay that way. Too much of Vermont is getting chewed up.”
— credit Steve Zind/VPR
EXIT 4 FARMLAND TO BE PURCHASED FOR CONSERVATION

You did it! We did it! We have raised $1 million and Exit 4 will be saved!
View the media coverage of this precedent in Vermont conservation in Press.
Review how far we have come in our quest to conserve our farmland, scenic views, and downtown, click here.
Exit 4 Open Space is a group of Randolph area residents who believe that the proposed development of the “Green Mountain Center” at Exit 4 will permanently damage the working landscape of this region, the viability of our unique downtown, and local tourism. This mixed use project, totaling 1,150,000 square feet located on 172 acres, will replace an iconic view shed and prime agricultural land with large-scale development designed to profit non-local entities, which will adversely impact our local economy. The promise of good jobs for local people has been elusive at other, similar, interstate development projects. The community we cherish will never recover if the proposed development proceeds. Also, large-scale development at Exit 4 would damage this valuable resource appreciated by travelers through central Vermont.
Therefore, we have come together as Exit 4 Open Space to alert the citizens of the region as to the consequences of this development proposal. We will perform research, attend hearings, provide testimony, distribute information and spare no effort to protect our way of life based in a working landscape, not urban sprawl. Please join us in efforts to conserve this irreplaceable local resource.
Willie Nelson singing old standard about the Green Mountain State, Moonlight in Vermont. Take a listen…no mention of concrete, steel, or asphalt