Episode 36

REBROADCAST: Rural Issues in a rural state

REBROADCAST 10/20/23

October 29, 2021 (prerecorded 10/28): A conversation about issues facing rural communities is a nuanced one in Vermont that is... well... rural. But are some communities more rural than others? And if so, do their economic challenges differ from the less rural - or is it more urban? - communities?

Member Rep. Charles Kimbell (D-Woodstock)of the Rural Economic Development Working Group (REDWnG) joins the conversation to share what issues the caucus has been working.

As food for thought on our recent conversations around tourism, below are links to two videos about Vermont made by visitors. As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts. You can email themontpelierhappyhour@gmail.com:

"VERMONT: Exploring Woodstock & More!" by James and Meg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk7slCS8Rmo

"How is Life in Rural Vermont?" by Jon Wason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioah69_EGCk&t=25s

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.