More Than A Market: Champlain College's 9th Annual Local History Event

Center for Communication and Creative Media,Burlington VT 05401

25 May, 2022

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More Than A Market: Food, Community, and Family in the Markets of Burlington and Winooski, Vermont For generations, neighborhood groceries, bakeries, and butcher shops have formed the heart of Burlington and Winooski's communities. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, French Canadian, Italian, Irish, Lebanese, Jewish, and German markets were concentrated in Burlington's Old North End and Lakeside neighborhoods and near the mills in Winooski. Since the 1980s, immigrants from Vietnam, Bosnia, Bhutan, and Eastern and Western Africa have carried on this entrepreneurial tradition. Learn more about the vibrant role these neighborhood markets have played at Champlain College's ninth annual Local History Event, which will feature a talk by Charlotte Barrett, Community Preservation Manager at Historic New England. This free public event will be held in person at Champlain College's Center for Communication and Creative Media at 375 Maple Street in Burlington. The speaking presentation will begin at 7:30 pm. In accordance with the College's COVID guidelines, all guests and staff must be fully vaccinated and masked, and guests will complete a vaccination self-attestation form prior to admittance. For accommodations requests, please contact (802) 651-5976 by May 16, 2022. Image credit: Epstein & Melnick Market, 27 Main St., Winooski, Vermont, c. 1920. Courtesy Merrill Epstein.