News that Middlebury business leaders, town officials and Middlebury College are combining forces to spur economic development (job growth) and economic activity among existing businesses should be embraced enthusiastically by all who value a healthy commercial center with the amenities needed to serve a vibrant community.
The challenge facing those community leaders, as selectboard chair John Tenny aptly noted, is how to allocate appropriate resources within a limited budget. (See story on Page 10.)
The past couple of weeks have brought on quite a few changes for this young reporter who is trying her best to transition from being a college student in Middlebury to being a full-fledged member of the community. And it hasn’t been easy, let me tell you.
A little over a month ago I graduated from Middlebury College. This meant that I had to start pondering a number of things such as, “How will I find a job?” “Where will I be next year?” and, especially, “Where am I going to put all this stuff?” For the past four years, I have accumulated pile upon pile of old clothes that I “might like again someday” — notes from all of my classes, stacks of the college newspaper that I wrote articles for, etc.
