Reposted from Vermont Life Magazine, “Creative Solution” by Melissa Pasenen. Photographs by Jerry Swope.
Over the past fifteen years, the Rose Street Artists’ Co-op in The Old North End of Burlington transformed from a deteriorating warehouse to a thriving arts space and community center. The Co-op demonstrates the importance of supporting artists and arts-programming within a community, and how it serves to strengthen neighborhoods. According to Polly Nichol, the Housing Programs Director at the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, “The arts community is a really important partner in revitalizing downtowns and village centers.” View PDF of Full Vermont Life Article