‘Banker with a conscience’ John Ewing dies, leaving environmental legacy

John Ewing. File photo by Dorothy Weicker/Vermont Folklife Center
A banker who became one of the leaders in Vermont’s environmental community has died.John Ewing, the former president of the Bank of Vermont who founded a group to combat suburban sprawl, died Monday of cancer. He was 85 and lived in Burlington overlooking the Winooski River.
Colleagues recalled his commitment to the environment. He and land use planner Beth Humstone started the Vermont Forum on Sprawl in 1997. She called Ew