With economy reopening, Upper Valley employers struggle to find seasonal workers
Chippers employees Kobe Peach, left, and Nick Christian, right, complete paperwork after treating a lawn for ticks in New London on Thursday.
Nick Christian, of Woodstock, applies organic tick control to a lawn in New London. When landscaping slowed down last winter, Chippers employees went to work at Whaleback Ski Area as a way to retain full-time workers and avoid seeking seasonal staff. James M. Patterson photos / Valley News
Chippers employee Kobe Peach, left, dilutes a batch of organic tick control while treating lawns with Nick Christian, right, in New London on Thursday. Last winter, Christian spent time bartending and staffing the ski rental shop and Peach ran lifts at Whaleback as part of a deal between Chippers and the ski area to keep otherwise seasonal workers employed year-round. Valley News James M. Patterson
With economy reopening, Upper Valley employers struggle to find seasonal workers
Chippers employees Kobe Peach, left, and Nick Christian, right, complete paperwork after treating a lawn for ticks in New London, N.H., Thursday, April 22, 2021. When landscaping work slowed down last winter, Chippers employees went to work at Whaleback ski area. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Chippers employee Nick Christian, of Woodstock, applies organic tick control to a lawn in New London, N.H., Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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Chippers, Inc, of Woodstock, VT, to its family of brands.
Mundy Wilson Piper, president and CEO of Chippers, Inc, said she considered both employees and clients when making the decision to join Davey Tree. In particular, she was drawn to the fact that Davey is the 9th largest employee-owned company in the US, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership.
Kimberly Sizelove has been named Regional Director of
Vermont Adult Learning’s Windham County office. She joined Vermont Adult Learning in 2021, entering the organization in her role as Regional Director. “VAL’s mission resonates with me,” Sizelove said. “I felt motivated to dedicate my time and use my skills to contribute to the success of Vermonters.”
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Bottom Line: For Sharon native’s company, tougher tortilla chips come nachorally
Modified: 3/13/2021 11:01:49 PM
Some Upper Valley kids go on to make good.
Zack Gazzaniga has gone on to make tortilla chips.
(To be clear, the two are not mutually exclusive.)
The former Sharon Eagle Scout Troop 205 is the Zack in
Zack’s Mighty Organic Tortilla Chips, which he spent two years developing, introduced last year and now sells at the Hanover Co-op and hundreds of other stores around the country.
Gazzaniga says tortilla chips were always his “favorite food” but he grew annoyed that store-bought tortilla chips break easily when dug into a bowl of guacamole. Plus, they taste kinda flat.