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Image of Sheela Harden '69 at Bennington Potters Sheela Harden ‘69 Leads Bennington Potters

Bennington Potters began as Cooperative Design, the studio of the late David Gil and first wife Gloria Goldfarb ’52, and two others, in 1948 by Heather DiLeo

Image of Sheela Harden '69 at Bennington Potters T(OWN): Alumni Entrepreneurship in Bennington

Alumni making a life and running a business in and around Bennington by Heather DiLeo

Image of Bill Scully '94 Bill Scully '94 Renews Hydroelectric in Vermont

Originally from Whittier, California, “the birthplace of lowrider trucks and Richard Nixon,” Bill Scully ’94 knew as a freshman he wanted to settle in Bennington by Heather DiLeo

Image of Amy Buckley '83 at Brown Cow Cafe Amy Buckley '83 at Brown Cow Cafe

What Amy Blomquist Buckley ’83 started as a “niche” place to go for great coffee and homemade food in 2012 quickly blossomed into what many locals—and tourists—consider an essential Bennington hangout spot by Heather DiLeo

Image of Nina and Joel Lentzner '91 of Fiddlehead Nina and Joel Lentzner '91 on Opening Fiddlehead

Nina Hardt Lentzner ’91 and Joel Lentzner ’91 opened contemporary craft and fine art gallery Fiddlehead “the last day before Y2K” in the grand neoclassical marble building that housed their bank when they were Bennington students by Heather DiLeo