Editorial: When good ideas are done well

Posted on August 11, 2011 |

• Editorial

By Angelo S. Lynn

That the inaugural Midd Summer Festival drew an overflow crowd of more than 1,500 people to sample cheese, beer, wine and other Vermont-based beverages had organizers and volunteers with the host Better Middlebury Partnership bubbling with excitement. That the unexpectedly large crowds caused longer than expected lines is, all things considered, the best of problems to have and will readily be corrected next year, organizers say.

What’s remarkable is that a good idea done well can have such a positive economic impact on the community.

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