Christine McGowan: Vermont’s new working landscape

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Christine McGowan, who is the Forest Program director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. 
Sawmills were East Burke’s first industry, bringing brave and adventurous souls to the northern reaches of Vermont to work, establish farms and, eventually, build the local school, church and meeting house that would become the village of East Burke. It wasn’t until the mid-1900s that residents began to think about building a tourism industry ar