| 11 | | - | Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op was the brainchild of, among others, Lee |
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| 12 | | - | Crowley, Jack Fredericks, Cliff Adler, Lynn Levine, Carl Hirth, Peter Stolle, Billy |
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| 13 | | - | Fitzgerald, and Alex Gyori, and their initiative to start a small buying club has evolved |
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| 14 | | - | into a community-owned cooperative food emporium, and |
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| 15 | | - | Whereas, the organizers’ dream became a reality on February 20, 1975 when the |
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| 16 | | - | Brattleboro Food Co-op opened to the public in a small garage located at 40 High Street |
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| 17 | | - | in Brattleboro, a cramped facility measuring approximately 150–200 square feet, and |
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| 18 | | - | Whereas, the opening day’s sales tallied $600.00, a meager sum in comparison with |
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| 19 | | - | the latest year’s gross sales of nearly $25.5 million, and |
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| 20 | | - | Whereas, in 1988, the Brattleboro Food Co-op moved into a structure at the rear of the |
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| 21 | | - | current parking lot, and in 2012, the current beautiful four-floor building, which is a hub |
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| 22 | | - | of activity at 2 Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, began serving the public, and |
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| 23 | | - | Whereas, renovated through a collaboration with the Windham & Windsor Housing |
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| 24 | | - | Trust (the Trust) and Housing Vermont, the four-floor facility features a 14,580 square |
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| 25 | | - | foot first-floor natural foods market with a deli, the Whetstone Café, which often |
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| 26 | | - | welcomes live music; the organization’s offices; a commissary kitchen; a cooking |
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| 27 | | - | classroom; a conference room; a second-floor community room that is available for |
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| 28 | | - | rental; and 24 Trust-owned apartments that occupy the top floors, and |
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| 29 | | - | Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op contains the following departments: beer and |
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| 30 | | - | wine; catering; cheese; deli, with Brattleboro’s largest selection of eat-in and take-out |
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| 31 | | - | food offerings; grocery; bulk food; meat and seafood; produce and floral, which supports |
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| 32 | | - | local farmers and offers floral and plant choices year-round; and health and wellness, |
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| 33 | | - | selling holistic products, and |
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| 34 | | - | Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud of its half-century serving Windham |
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| 35 | | - | County residents, now therefore be it |
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| 8 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutioncongratulatingtheBrattleboroFoodCo-oponits50thanniversaryand |
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| 9 | + | extendingbestfuturewishes |
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| 10 | + | Whereas,theBrattleboroFoodCo-opwasthebrainchildof,amongothers,LeeCrowley,JackFredericks, |
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| 11 | + | CliffAdler,LynnLevine,CarlHirth,PeterStolle,BillyFitzgerald,andAlexGyori,andtheirinitiativetostarta |
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| 12 | + | smallbuyingclubhasevolvedintoacommunity-ownedcooperativefoodemporium, and |
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| 13 | + | Whereas,theorganizers’dreambecamearealityonFebruary20,1975whentheBrattleboroFoodCo-op |
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| 14 | + | openedtothepublicinasmallgaragelocatedat40HighStreetinBrattleboro,acrampedfacilitymeasuring |
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| 15 | + | approximately150–200squarefeet, and |
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| 16 | + | Whereas,theopeningday’ssalestallied$600.00,ameagersumincomparisonwiththelatestyear’sgross |
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| 17 | + | salesofnearly$25.5million,and |
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| 18 | + | Whereas,in1988,theBrattleboroFoodCo-opmovedintoastructureattherearofthecurrentparkinglot, |
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| 19 | + | andin2012,thecurrentbeautifulfour-floorbuilding,whichisahubofactivityat2MainStreetindowntown |
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| 20 | + | Brattleboro,beganservingthepublic, and |
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| 21 | + | Whereas,renovatedthroughacollaborationwiththeWindham&WindsorHousingTrust(theTrust)and |
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| 22 | + | HousingVermont,thefour-floorfacilityfeaturesa14,580squarefootfirst-floornaturalfoodsmarketwitha |
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| 23 | + | deli,theWhetstoneCafé,whichoftenwelcomeslivemusic;theorganization’soffices;acommissarykitchen;a |
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| 24 | + | cookingclassroom;aconferenceroom;asecond-floorcommunityroomthatisavailableforrental;and24 |
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| 25 | + | Trust-ownedapartmentsthatoccupythetopfloors, and |
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| 26 | + | Whereas,theBrattleboroFoodCo-opcontainsthefollowingdepartments:beerandwine;catering;cheese; |
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| 27 | + | deli,withBrattleboro’slargestselectionofeat-inandtake-outfoodofferings;grocery;bulkfood;meatand |
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| 28 | + | seafood;produceandfloral,whichsupportslocalfarmersandoffersfloralandplantchoicesyear-round;and |
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| 29 | + | healthandwellness,sellingholisticproducts, and |
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| 30 | + | Whereas,theBrattleboroFoodCo-opisproudofitshalf-centuryservingWindhamCountyresidents,now |
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| 31 | + | therefore be it |
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