A_map_of_New_England,_being_the_first_that_ever_was_here_cut_..._places_(2675732378).jpg

RWhitcomb-editor 1/14/24 RWhitcomb-editor 1/14/24

Small, precious and laconic

*Main Street in Danby, Vt.*
*— Photo by* *Redjar*

*Battery Park, overlooking the Burlington Waterfront and* *Lake Champlain*
*— Photo by* *Tania D*ey

“All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.”

— Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Nobel Prize-winning novelist. She lived in Danby, Vt.

xxx

“I don’t have a PR rep. I live in Vermont.”

Colin Trevorrow (born 1976), film director who has lived in Burlington. Vt.

RWhitcomb-editor 6/11/20 RWhitcomb-editor 6/11/20

'Vermontiness'

The University of Vermont’s Old Mill building, in Burlington — *The University of Vermont’s* *Old Mill building, in Burlington*

“In Burlington, I can call anyone anyone and learn from their experience. The degrees of separation are lessened here. There’s a shared Vermontiness.’’

— Marguerite Dibble, founder of Burlington-based GameTheory

*View of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks from the Burlington waterfront*