New general store with groceries set to open in Johnson after the Sterling Market remains closed from 2023 floods [Video]

<YOU’RE WATCHING NBC5 NEWS> THIS IS WHAT JOHNSON LOOKED LIKE IN JULY OF 2023 WHEN MANY PARTS OF VERMONT WERE DEVASTATED BY HISTORIC FLOODING. IN JOHNSON IT KNOCKED OUT THEIR MAIN GROCERY STORE… AND POST OFFICE ALONG WITH OTHER BUILDINGS AND HOMES. NOW A LOCAL MAN IS LOOKING TO DO HIS PART TO BRING BACK A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BUY GROCERIES IN THEIR TOWN. NBC5 STEPHEN BIDDIX HAS THAT STORY. 00:01:25:09-00:01:39:18 IMG 4307 THE STERLING MARKET WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE IN JOHNSON WENT TO BUY GROCERIES BUT SINCE THE HISTORIC FLOODS OF 2023 IT’S BEEN CLOSED MAKING IT THAT MUCH HARDER FOR PEOPLE IN JOHNSON TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. 00:00:52:51-00:01:03:49 BUT ONE JOHNSON LOCAL WHO’S LIVED HERE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS IS NOW LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT, BY CREATING JOHNSON GENERAL STORE HERE BEHIND US AND HE HOPES TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING …