Alice Maggio, Author at The Berkshire Edge

Alice Maggio

Alice Maggio is a member of the Sheffield Contra Dance Committee and the board of trustees of the Berkshire Children's Chorus. She was the former director of programs at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and former executive director of BerkShares. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in planning and policy at Tufts University.

Articles from Alice Maggio

Life In the Berkshires

Social dancing is alive (and growing!) in the Berkshires

Contra dance is what is known as a social dance; you do not need to bring a partner with you and you do not need to take lessons—you can just show up.

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares Business of the Month: Prairie Whale

“I’m trying to recreate what an American tavern would have been like when it was built back in the old days.” -- Mark Firth, owner of the Prairie Whale

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares Business of the Month: Yummy Treasures

Connection to community is an important theme for the Carpenters, and so they made sure to include big wooden tables in their shop so that customers can come in to work on projects or simply hang out.

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

Berkshares Business of the Month: Assembly Coffee Roasters

In a world full of commodity coffee, Assembly Coffee Roasters buys from small-scale farmers.

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares Business of the Month: Indian Line Farm

“Community Supported Agriculture is a relationship between farmers and consumers. It is sharing the risk and also sharing the bounty... the term was literally coined in my dining room in 1986.”

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares Entry to Entrepreneurship kicks off 3rd year

Along with a strong backbone of business education Entry to Entrepreneurship has a sharp focus on the local economy, asking students to imagine and write about businesses that fill “import replaceme

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares Business of the Month: Lucinda Vermeulen’s Kenver Ltd.

Kenver’s is located in an iconic building that dates back to 1731 and once served as a stagecoach stop. Its beautiful marble floors, high ceilings, and original beams captured Vermeulen’s fancy.

Alice Maggio

Trade and Commerce

BerkShares names 5 new board members

BerkShares help to build regional identity, raise awareness about the importance of local ownership, and empower community-based economic decision-making.

Alice Maggio