Archived Meeting

No Cold Feet at this Company

Main Speaker

Ric Cabot, Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. recently announced the launch of their Darn Tough Vermont™ brand of Premium All Weather Performance Socks. With manufacturing facilities and offices located in Northfield Vermont, Cabot Hosiery Mills, is a family owned business that has over three generations of sock manufacturing experience. Minutes from premier ski resorts and the historic Long Trail, the Company is situated in the ideal place to create and test products to perform in the most demanding conditions and terrain. Ric Cabot will join us to discuss how times, and socks, have changed since his father opened the mill more than 25 years ago. Come learn about the challenges an American textile mill faces and what makes Cabot Hosiery one of the best darn knitting facilities in the world. ***Update*** In April 2005, Cabot Hosiery Mills received recognition by two national publications. Most notably they were included in the 2005 Outside Magazine's Buyers Guide.

Guest Speaker

Paul Costello, Vermont Council on Culture and Innovation National reports have concluded that thriving cultural communities are the breeding grounds for creative and innovative businesses. The Vermont Council on Culture and Innovation (VCCI) has finished investigating the ties between the state's cultural and economic activities in order to develop a strategic plan for growing Vermont's healthy creative economy. Executive Director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development, and VCCI council member, Paul Costello, will return to VVN with updates on the their findings.

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