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2025
VT LEG #382335 v.1
No. R-83. House concurrent resolution congratulating the Brattleboro Food Co-op
on its 50th anniversary and extending best future wishes.
(H.C.R.63)
Offered by Representatives Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Burke of Brattleboro, and
Goodnow of Brattleboro
Offered by Senators Harrison and Hashim
Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op was the brainchild of, among others, Lee
Crowley, Jack Fredericks, Cliff Adler, Lynn Levine, Carl Hirth, Peter Stolle, Billy
Fitzgerald, and Alex Gyori, and their initiative to start a small buying club has evolved
into a community-owned cooperative food emporium, and
Whereas, the organizers’ dream became a reality on February 20, 1975 when the
Brattleboro Food Co-op opened to the public in a small garage located at 40 High Street
in Brattleboro, a cramped facility measuring approximately 150–200 square feet, and
Whereas, the opening day’s sales tallied $600.00, a meager sum in comparison with
the latest year’s gross sales of nearly $25.5 million, and
Whereas, in 1988, the Brattleboro Food Co-op moved into a structure at the rear of the
current parking lot, and in 2012, the current beautiful four-floor building, which is a hub
of activity at 2 Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, began serving the public, and
Whereas, renovated through a collaboration with the Windham & Windsor Housing
Trust (the Trust) and Housing Vermont, the four-floor facility features a 14,580 square
foot first-floor natural foods market with a deli, the Whetstone Café, which often
welcomes live music; the organization’s offices; a commissary kitchen; a cooking
classroom; a conference room; a second-floor community room that is available for
rental; and 24 Trust-owned apartments that occupy the top floors, and
Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op contains the following departments: beer and
wine; catering; cheese; deli, with Brattleboro’s largest selection of eat-in and take-out
food offerings; grocery; bulk food; meat and seafood; produce and floral, which supports
local farmers and offers floral and plant choices year-round; and health and wellness,
selling holistic products, and
Whereas, the Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud of its half-century serving Windham
County residents, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly congratulates the Brattleboro Food Co-op on its 50th
anniversary and extends best future wishes, and be it further
Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the Brattleboro Food Co-op.