I sat down with Craig Hahn this week to talk about his pet project, The International Party in Rutland, Vermont. About 11 years ago, while Craig was a DJ on Killington, he noticed there were a lot of young international ski area workers – many from South America. He wanted to give them a night where …
Locavore
One of my favorite parts about Rutland is having access to fresh organic food. While many would think that fresh produce is hard to come by this time of year, I would direct you to the Rutland Area Food Co-op located at 77 Wales Street. They are open 7 days a week for your shopping …
Last night I did you all a favor by going to Griffin’s Publick House on Center Street and trying the Hill Farmstead Brewery beer that they are now serving. For those of you who don’t know, Hill Farmstead was recently named THE best brewery in the WORLD. It’s located in Greensboro, Vermont and run by …
This year, I set a goal to buy most of my Christmas presents locally and as many as possible made in Vermont. I also tried to buy consumable products that would not be more “crap” people had to incorporate into their homes. I bought all the adults on my list (mostly couples) local food products. …
Yesterday, I spent 6 hours at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland, Vermont volunteering for the Gift of Life Marathon. I performed one of my favorite volunteer tasks: registration. When you register people for an event, you get to greet them and see how excited they are to participate. Wearing a Santa hat and …
I’m so thankful to Vermont Environmental Consortium for holding their fall tradeshow in downtown Rutland! What an awesome decision. The show was held in the Opera House space formerly occupied by GMP’s Energy Innovation Center. Vendor spaces for the tradeshow sold out, and a great crowd of people showed up for the event. I was …