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Lamoille County is home to 375 farms — according to the DC-based Environmental Working Group — and not one food co-op. Residents seeking to own a stake in their farm-fresh food have to purchase a CSA, or head to co-ops in Hardwick or Montpelier. That may change soon, thanks to a feasibility study approved last Friday. Morristown could have a member-owned co-op as soon as next summer if the plan proves economically sustainable, says the town’s community development coordinator, Tricia Follert.

Publication Date: 
03/21/2012

Leaving RutVegas: A blue-collar city reinvents itself — and refutes its reputation

“Let’s talk about RutVegas.” Jim Sabataso is sitting at a small table in Café Terra, “Rutland’s best coffee shop” — and only one, he admits. Sabataso is 28 years old, bearded and friendly. His family goes back a long time in these parts: His great-grandparents emigrated from Italy and landed in Rutland; the Sabataso family has run the Palms restaurant downtown since 1933. Jim Sabataso is Rutland through and through. Which brings us back to “RutVegas.” “That’s our word, not yours,” Sabataso says.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2012

Mentorship Program Pairs Elementary Students with High School Mentors for Game Development and Website Building– Sign Up Now

December 19, 2011 ~ Digital Wish has partnered with Microsoft to bring two different after-school programs to Vermont towns participating in the e-Vermont project. There’s one program for Microsoft Kodu game development and another for Microsoft Expression web design. These after-school programs will be coordinated by Digital Wish staff and run by local high school mentors in the 24 e-Vermont elementary schools. High schools and tech centers located near any of these towns are invited to sign up a team of student mentors.

Publication Date: 
12/19/2011

Vermont Towns Vie for Next Round of EVermont Broadband Assistance

Earlier this year, the federal government announced that Vermont would receive the nation’s largest per-capita share of federal stimulus money — more than $170 million — to expand high-speed Internet access to every community in the state. It was welcome news for dozens of rural towns and villages that still don’t get it.

Since then, most of the public debate about universal broadband access has focused on the infrastructure: Who will supply it, by what means, how soon and for how much?

Publication Date: 
10/17/2010

Action steps

By KEVIN O'CONNOR Staff Writer

Publication Date: 
12/02/2009

Artful Dodger

...It was a lot of words, but the message was simple: At a time when public funding for necessities such as roads and schools is imperiled, public arts funding could simply cease to exist. When the recession chopping block comes out, programs that enhance people’s lives in intangible ways — say, by putting paintings and sculptures in public spaces, or funding the artists toiling in every community — tend to be the first to go.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2009