VT League of Cities and Towns’ Ted Brady Powers VT Forward
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann What most people notice when they meet Ted Brady, especially on Zoom, are his open-hearted smile and generous laugh, plus his unwavering focus on listening intently before he comments or asks any questions. Brady, 45, is ...
Read More Mentor Connector’s John Woodward Invests in Our Youth
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann Long before recently launched Vermont nonprofits began promising to help disengaged youths “feel valued and experience belonging,” there was Mentor Connector. Working with families, educators, caretakers, business leaders, and other nonprofits, Mentor Connector offers a broad ...
Read More Pedestrian Safety Is Essential, Especially in Winter
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Seniors are in a hovel when people don’t shovel. It’s an extraordinary public service that Arwen Turner and Come Alive Outside’s many spirited allies are providing in encouraging seniors to become more active outside in winter, per a recent Herald ...
Read More Joshua Collier, Hitting the High Notes for Barn Opera
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann Tawdry treachery! Dastardly deeds! Sinful sex! Unrequited love between distraught divas and vain villains! More melodramatic mayhem than in whole seasons of Law & Order and Lifetime Movies! Yes, please! More to the point, “Bravo!” Growing ...
Read More Nonprofit wish list 2022
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
The lyrics of the holiday ballad “Grown-Up Christmas List,†reference fervent hopes for peace and a better world, a poignant contrast to blaring jingles that play on endless repeat. The song, written three decades ago by renowned composer David Foster, ...
Read More At The MINT: Build it and you’ll have fun
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
There is an expansive physical space in Rutland, over 14,000 square feet to be exact, known as “The MINT – Rutland’s Makerspace†— where almost anyone, of any age, interest or skill level, can fulfill the popular mantra to “find ...
Read More Put on your Santa cap for Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Giving Tuesday, which falls on Nov. 29, began in New York City in 2012, as a way to intensify awareness of nonprofits, as well as generate gifts and loyalty during the holidays. Today Giving Tuesday is a global movement that ...
Read More Rutland’s own Emerald City
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
The region’s civic leaders, community advocates, business owners, nonprofit professionals, and others representing the innumerable talents of the Killington-Rutland community gathered Monday evening, Nov. 14, to celebrate the much-anticipated grand opening of The Hub CoWorks in downtown Rutland. For this ...
Read More ‘Tis the season to appreciate… hospitality workers
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
The professionals who run our romantic country inns, family-friendly motels, cozy coffee shops, creative restaurants, unique boutiques, state-of-the-art recreational facilities, and striking jewel-box arts venues are excited to welcome guests again, so this is a friendly nudge for all of ...
Read More Vermonters are we, not second to thee
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Last weekend, the Herald ran a deplorable op-ed, the likes of which I’ve never seen in the four decades I’ve been a Rutland homeowner. The epitome of enmity, the piece denounces Vermont homeowners that the “realish” author classifies as “second,” ...
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