Kevin Chu and Amy Spear: Eclipsing 802,000, making Vermont a destination for a lifetime

This commentary is by Kevin Chu, executive director of the Vermont Futures Project, and Amy Spear, vice president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
On April 8, more than 160,000 people visited Vermont to observe the solar eclipse. Vermont briefly surpassed the 802,000 population goal that the Vermont Futures Project set last year, and we saw a glimpse of the vibrancy that’s possible in our state. Our downtowns and villages were full of life, full of people engaging in commerce and conne