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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Real VT: Not one, but TWO chicken pie community suppers
Posted
By Cathy Resmer
on Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 9:41 AM
Jessamyn West has this first-hand account of social capital, alive and well in Central Vermont.
Says our friend the intrepid librarian: People who nod their heads and say "That is JUST how community is disintegrating" when they read Bowling Alonemay want to come for a visit to Vermont during the Autumn. There is alot of celebrating going on what with the harvest, the leaves and thelast gasp before it gets too cold to really want to go anywhere. Wewent to chicken pie suppers in Chelsea and in East Bethel. Astutereaders may remember the East Bethel Grange because it was the site ofthe talent show last month...
Incidentally, I'm one of those Bowling Alone fans. I interviewed Robert Putnam when he came to speak at Middlebury in March. He didn't tell me much about Vermont specifically, but he talked about how, after a hurricane or an earthquake, you see a spike in "community-mindedness" that then falls off again after awhile. I think we're in that drop-off now with the hurricane survivors.
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Cathy Resmer
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Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
