2050

<p><strong style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In the year 2050 what will Vermont look like? And will it be somewhere you'd recognize or want to live?</strong></p><p></p><p>Thirty-seven Vermonters-from students and octogenarians businesspeople and academics to poets and journalists-take a half-serious half-humorous approach to imagining life in Vermont in twenty-five years. The compilation begins on a serious note by novelist Stephen Kiernan on the many challenges facing the state now then moves on to a mixture of humor fantasy and concern by prominent individuals such as Vermont Public meteorologist Mark Breen Alchemist Brewery cofounder and CEO Jen Kimmich and other contributors. What they all have in common is a deep love of Vermont. <span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The afterword by Bill Schubart reminds the reader of the pleasure Bill Mares took in challenging people to think. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> intends to do just that. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Contributing writers include:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Samantha A. Alger Emily Bernard Al Boright Mark Breen Kevin Chu Steve Conant Ben Doyle Eric Duncan Tom Evslin Val Gardner Allen Gilbert Midhat Hadzik Joseph F. Hagan Jr. Adam Hall Mairead Harris Allison Hooper Stephen Kiernan Jen Kimmich Jane Kitchell Jim Lengel Astrid Longstreth Neale F. Lunderville Emma Marvin Christy Mitchell Melinda Moulton Scudder Parker Jordan Posner Fred Schmidt Bill Schubart Angela Shambaugh Brian Shupe Gus Speth Toussaint St. Negritude Brett Ann Stanciu Bob Stannard Leath Tonino and Jim Welch.</span></p>