Nest — Spring 2023
American Meadows Sows Seeds for a Better Planet; HGTV’s “House Hunters” Comes to Lake Champlain; In St. Johnsbury, Haven Puts Secondhand Style First; Woodworker Nathan D’Aversa Carves Out a Niche
Last Quarter: Spring 2023 Vermont Housing News
Mass Appeal A Northeast Kingdom entrepreneur hopes to set up a mass timber manufacturing facility to help solve the region’s housing crisis. Josh Oakley, who lives in Waterford, is working with local economic development officials to find factory space where he can make building components such as beams, posts and panels from the engineered wood…
Nest — Spring 2023
It’s still early spring, but things are heating up out there. And it’s the beginning of the busy season for homes and gardens, as this issue of Nest attests.Lake Champlain-adjacent listings garnered national attention in a recent episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters,” and the state is seeing a bumper crop of million-dollar homes. The housing…
A Shelburne-Based Wildflower Biz Is a Leader in Meadowscaping
At the end of a long industrial drive in Fairfax is a warehouse piled floor to ceiling with seeds. Workers weave between aisles of neatly stacked bins with labels such as “Partial Shade” or “Northeast Mixture.” Ultimately, the seeds will be packed up in little muslin sacks and shipped off to all corners of the…
A Local Realtor and a Milton Couple Appear on HGTV’s ‘House Hunters’
Kaitlynn and Ian Donahue wanted a second home close to Lake Champlain that they could use to get away, host friends or rent out for extra income. Starting the search in late summer last year, they expected to deal with limited options in the tight market and high asking prices, even for buildings in terrible…
Haven Champions Community and Secondhand Home Goods in St. Johnsbury
Saving up for a treasured object is a childhood rite of passage. Some kids stash cash to purchase snazzy bikes. Others dream of having the coolest pair of kicks at school. When Maggie Gray was in third grade, she pocketed her allowance money until she could bring home a deep-green steamer trunk — with cute,…
With Custom Woodworking, Vermont’s D’Aversa Furniture Blends Form and Function
When Nathan D’Aversa first moved to Vermont from New Jersey in 2013, pursuing a career as a furniture maker wasn’t even on his long-term radar. Despite the fact that his father is a carpenter whose interior work includes refinishing and upholstering chairs, “I didn’t have much carpentry skill myself,” D’Aversa said. “I was very much…
