Indoor Recreation of Orleans County

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Indoor Recreation of Orleans County, called IROC, is a not-for-profit recreation center for the people of Orleans County, Vermont. It is located off US 5, the Newport-Derby Road, in Derby, Vermont. The President is Phil White.

5,000 people visited IROC 150,000 times (total) in 2006. The indoor rotary track is open to the public for free. There were 25,000 visits to it in 2006.[1]

In 2007, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas gave IROC the Healthy Aging Award as Organizational Champion.[2]

[edit] Funding

The building cost $6.3 million. The association raised $4 million in donations and grants. In 2007, $2.3 million was still needed to fully pay for the building. The association was paying $100,000 annually in interest charges.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b IROC (November 14, 2007). IROC needs to raise $2.3 million. the Chronicle. 
  2. ^ office of the Governor (November 21, 2007). Clapper and IROC receive Healthy Aging Awards. the Chronicle. 

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