Putney General Store Frame Raising December 2010

Over the last 30 years, the Preservation Trust of Vermont has traveled to every corner of Vermont providing encouragement as well as technical and financial support. We've gotten to know many communities that are successfully working hard to save and reuse their historic buildings. We see story after story of how people have come together to rescue and reinvent a dilapidated building, a struggling village store, a deteriorated bridge, a vacant church and more. In a world chock full of bad news, these stories of real people doing real things for Vermont are a true inspiration.

Now, in an effort to share and celebrate these stories with everyone, we are pleased to launch PTV's Storytelling Project with the production of our first short movie on the frame raising of the Putney General Store. Faced with not one but two major tragedies, the residents of Putney, Vermont have rallied together in amazing ways in the name of saving the heart of their village.

Video production by Meg Campbell, music by Stephen Kiernan, used with permission.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Preservation
• Trust
• of
• Vermont
• Putney
• General
• Store
• Village
• Revitalization
• Initiative

[dovetail7442]

Well done folks!

[Gildenballokes]

Excellent job, all around. Congrats to everyone.

[crapreuser]

Nice work. Everyone should be proud. Now please, I hate to say in in this police-state age, of Goddamn George Bush Barack Obama republicanism, but please. Let's install some stealthy video surveilance so that we can catch the arsonist, if we have not already done so.

[MsPlanet3]

what a terrific story...congrats to the community.....someone who visited Putney 30 years ago....kudos to people who care~