MSA BOARD SPOTLIGHT:
Emmet Dunbar
Poet, photographer, community activist, organic farmer. MSA Board member Emmet Dunbar wears many hats as he goes about the business of living life in southern Vermont.
Co-owner of Canal Street Gallery in Bellows Falls, Emmet is also current President of the Bellows Falls Downtown Development Alliance (BFDDA) and has held the position of Development Director for the Town of Rockingham. Together with his wife and daughter, Emmet owns and operates Anjali Farm in Londonderry, where they raise chickens, vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, hops, and perennial fruit crops.
Emmet is passionate about fostering collective efforts to create positive change. "To me the creative and farming economies are the most vibrant forms of development in a state like ours. Being able to hear what folks in the business, arts, education, and agricultural sectors of the region are believing in is an important part of successful planning. Making these real connections foster the best relationships within a small community like ours, and guarantee appropriate and wanted 'development.'"
