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Landscaper Turns Side Gig into Thriving Business
2 minute readBy Amanda KuhnertCeilidh Galloway-Kane had the perfect side hustle. Having grown up helping out at her family’s nursery in East Hardwick, she started taking on seasonal landscaping projects while working for the school district. Then, while on maternity leave in spring 2022, the requests picked up.“The phone just kept ringing,” she said. “It was the […]
Middlebury Art Supply Store Brings Artists Together
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert When Beth Bluestein was designing sets for New York theatergoers nearly a decade ago, she didn’t realize she was preparing for a future career as a retail business owner in Vermont. “The type of work I did was referred to as immersive theater,” she said. “I was creating a 360-degree experience for […]
Spa Owner Builds Stability with Membership Program
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert Thanks to a new community membership program, Day Glow Skin and Body Care now has 35 guaranteed bookings each month. Members receive discounts on products and services in exchange for a six-month commitment to monthly facials. “It’s been really attractive to our regulars because they don’t have to think about it—they have […]
Vermont Entrepreneur Gets to the Root of It (ROI)
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert “If you have a good idea about how to solve a problem and can clearly articulate it, then it’s a matter of bringing the right people together to fill in the gaps of what you don’t know. From there, you can figure it out together.” That philosophy has guided Marie Ambusk throughout […]
Former Biochemist Finds Her Calling in St. Johnsbury
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert When Sabine Watson closed on the building that now houses her integrative health clinic in St. Johnsbury, community members sent bouquets of flowers and congratulatory notes. “The community has been a backbone for me,” she said. Watson, originally from Haiti, relocated with her husband and children from Massachusetts to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom […]
From Hiking Trail to Business Partnership
2 minute readBy Amanda Kuhnert When Kara Hardman and Arwen Turner met on a Colorado hiking trip in 2018, they discovered they shared a similar frustration. As plus-size women, technical hiking gear simply wasn’t made for their bodies. With most outdoor clothing sized only up to size 12, they were stuck wearing leggings on the trail. “We […]