The Deeper Dig: A ‘new ruralism’ for Vermont

Interstate 91 in Rockingham. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerJon Margolis has written columns for VTDigger since 2010. This week, his piece on a national survey showing the relative economic strength of metropolitan areas compared to rural ones raised broad questions about the future of Vermont’s economy.
“Metropolitan areas grow organically,” Margolis says. Vermont is unlikely to build new ones from scratch. So how can a predominantly ru