Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Elise Brunelle
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Elise Brunelle, Executive Director
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Vermont Symphony Orchestra
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 2020
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT ...
Central Vermont
Longtime Customer Becomes New Café Owner
For years, Nadia Dole had stopped at Vergennes Laundry on her way to visit family in Montreal. She loved the simplicity of the French-style café and bakery on Main Street in Vergennes, and even ...
Vermont Offers Advantages for Manufacturing Businesses
For a company based in California, an expansion to Vermont was just the right move.
KAD Models and Prototypes, a company founded in California, opened its Randolph arm in 2019, after owner ...
Emily and Todd Lewis Forge Connections in Vermont
For Emily Lewis, 36, and her husband, Todd, 37, life in Vermont is all about the outdoors and forging community connections, and that’s just the way they like it.
Lewis had turned the idea of
The Budrow Family Finds a Home in Rutland
For the Budrow family, the choice to move to Vermont was already made in the back of their minds during a 2018 trip, during which the family of four drove the state’s federally designated scenic ...
Covid-19 Opens Up Opportunities for Independent Bottler
“Despite Covid-19, we were struck by the support we’ve received,” said Adam Polonski, co-owner of Lost Lantern Spirits, a Vermont-based independent bottler of American whiskey. “From our bank ...
Maple Landmark, America’s “Local Toy Company,” Rooted in Family, Forest
Mike Rainville, founder and owner of Maple Landmark, landed his first wholesale account at age 15, when a traveling salesman noticed the wooden tic tac toe boards Mike had for sale at the Lincoln
Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Executive Director
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Vermont Humanities
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 2018
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT ...
Loggers and Lagers: How Healthy Forests Help Brew a Better Pint
The story of von Trapp Brewing begins fifty years ago in the forested hills behind the resort, where a natural spring bubbles clear water up to the surface of the earth. The spring is fed by ...
Second Home to Home Base
Almost twenty years ago, Jean and Jack Sharry’s son went to summer camp in Vermont. At the end of his stay, his parents visited and they were hooked on the outdoor spaces, community, and natural ...
Nomads Find Home in Vermont
“This was our zombie apocalypse house,” said Justin Will, gesturing to the two-story open floor plan home where he and his wife, Elise Willer, have unexpectedly spent the past six months.
For ...
Vermont Wood Banks Offer Neighborly Heating Assistance
By MARGARET GRAYSON
On a windy stretch of Bristol Road in Monkton, Lee Kauppila was ready to tell a story. Clad in a red checkered jacket, toque and work gloves, he was all booming voice and ...