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The firepit on Juniper s patio On a 9 degree day in Burlington, Dan Bornstein and his girlfriend took a seat on the patio at Zero Gravity Craft Brewery to drink a couple of beers. The Pine Street brewery has installed electric heaters above the tables in the outdoor space it shares with the Great Northern restaurant. I have no problem with it, Bornstein, 28, said of drinking a beer in single-digit weather. I m a local and a snowboarder. They have heated seating, too. That s pretty awesome. A Burlington resident who works in transportation logistics, Bornstein said he s staying away from indoor dining establishments during the pandemic. But having an outdoor beer on a sunny day is enjoyable even in winter.
Luke Eastman Vermont s new law establishing a retail marijuana market does too little to recruit people of color to the legal cannabis industry, racial justice advocates say. They are calling for changes to ensure that members of groups disproportionately targeted by past enforcement of cannabis laws would be poised to benefit when the legal market comes online in May 2022. For those seriously and genuinely interested in justice who look at this [law], it is clear that it needs work, said Mark Hughes, coordinator of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, one of the groups pushing for changes. He added, We re here trying to dismantle systemic racism, which, at the core, is economics. All this [law] does is pile on to that.