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Seven Days Heady Vermont sponsored a party in Johnson in 2018 to mark Vermont s legalization of marijuana use. Heady Vermont, the cannabis industry group that expanded in 2019 into a new 3,000-square-foot headquarters in Burlington, is on an indefinite hiatus, said founder Monica Donovan. Donovan said that no events or publications are planned, and she doesn t know if she ll continue with Heady. I’d love to, but won’t know positively for a while, she said by text on Wednesday.
The 5-year-old membership organization published a weekly News Roll Up and organized events for businesses and consumers, including an annual trade show at the Champlain Valley Expo. At its peak last year, it had an all-female staff of six. But the pressures of the pandemic shutdowns were too much for Heady, said Kathryn Blume, the former communications director, who left last summer as work dwindled.