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How One Couple Built a Business on Peace and Healing
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert When Mary Cobb and her husband Jim bought their first alpacas in 2005, they had no intention of starting a business. Two decades later, their hobby farm has grown into Coventry Falls Alpacas and Peaceful Path, a year-round wellness destination in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. It all began when the couple built a […]
Newcomers to Vermont Revive Historic Inn
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert Andrew and Josh Jonestein visited Vermont on a whim in 2023, after catching glimpses of the state on social media. It was November–arguably the least inviting month of the year–but they were impressed by what they found. Over the next few months, they purchased a historic inn in Brookfield, Vt.; pulled up […]
New Owner Brings a Fresh Vision to Middlebury Gallery
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert Step inside PhotoPlace Gallery, a rustic-modern space on Park Street in Middlebury, Vermont, this month, and you’ll find yourself transported to distant corners of the globe. The current exhibition, “Travel: People, Places, and Things,” is a thoughtfully curated collection of photographs captured around the world—from Vietnam’s tea fields and the Russian Arctic […]
St. Johnsbury Couple Turns a Side Hustle into a Full-Service Business Center
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert Curtis Larrabee’s entrepreneurial journey is a classic example of “one thing led to another.” Growing up in West Danville, Vermont, Curtis was surrounded by the spirit of small-town entrepreneurship. His parents owned a general store, where his mother also served as a justice of the peace and his father was a notary. […]
Mother-Daughter Duo Grows Ice-Cream Business in Downtown Rutland
2 minute read“I am just so blessed to be here,” said Sherri Shearer-Prouty, as she glanced around her new ice-cream shop in downtown Rutland, which she runs with her daughter Paige. This spring the pair relocated their business, Prouty’s Parlor, to a recently purchased building on Merchants Row—just one block away from their original spot, which first […]
Shelburne Chiropractor Touts the Power of Expert Guidance
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert As an entrepreneur, it’s easy to lose sight of your business plan after the early stages of ownership, when daily operations start to overshadow long-term goals. But this is a missed opportunity, explained Stephen Brandon, who co-owns Health in Focus, a chiropractic care center in Shelburne, Vt., with his spouse Shelley Crombach. […]