Roger Crouse has had a camp on Lake Iroquois for over four decades. In 2005 he went to a meeting of the Vermont Federation of Lakes and Ponds and learned that many similar bodies of water were overseen by local associations. He met with fellow camp owners and within two years they had filed papers… Read More »
It all started because Dan Webster snored. Exiled to the living room couch so his wife Katrina could catch up on her sleep after the birth of their second child, Dan had surgery on his airway in the hope of regaining his place in the bedroom. The elective procedure was not covered by insurance, and… Read More »
Marcela Pino’s interest in coffee growers began in 2003 when she started working for Grounds for Health, a group that provides cervical cancer screening and treatment to women in coffee-growing communities. The Shelburne resident spent five years with the nonprofit in a variety of roles, including site selection, strategic planning, donor outreach, and monitoring… Read More »
Drew Slabaugh was working in a butcher shop in Philadelphia and his wife Brittany was about to start an accelerated nursing program at Drexel when they realized that neither of them was thrilled with what they were doing. They loved gardening and growing things, and when they talked to a friend who had interned on… Read More »
For as long as she can remember, Kim Johansen loved horses. “When I first started talking that’s all I wanted to talk about,” she recalls. Johansen started riding when she was five years old and took her horses to shows well into adulthood, only stopping when she handed the reins down to her daughter. These… Read More »
Suzy Hodgson moved to Charlotte in 2008, and it wasn’t long before she became actively involved in her community. Inititally, Hodgson was a member of the Conservation Commission, which included energy issues as part of their mission. She and another member decided to form a separate group to follow up on the work a prior… Read More »
Michael Grillo had enough of the corporate grind, so on Jan. 1, 2000, he packed up his family and moved to Vermont. “I decided to spend my life with less money and more time and enjoyment,” he said. “There was a service component to that, as well.” After initially settling in Williston, Grillo moved to… Read More »
Dave Quickel’s first farming experience was running the CSA at Pizza on Earth. “That was my first farm job when I really didn’t know anything,” he said. Quickel subsequently moved to Oregon to start a CSA during the early days of that movement when the concept was not well-known across the country. In the late… Read More »
Her two-year-old son was the inspiration Anne Broussard needed last year to open Wiggle Room, an indoor play area for children in Hinesburg. “I thought there were limited activities for that age group,” she said, “and I thought that offering a space where caregivers could come would be a good service, and needed in the… Read More »
It’s rare to find a teenager who knows exactly what he wants to do with his life, but Mike Lizotte was that teenager. At the age of 13 he started working for American Meadows in Williston, and he never left. In 2009, he bought the company. This summer, he and his business partner Ethan Platt… Read More »