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Lamont Barnett, owner of "The Rock and Hammer" jewelry store in Bellows Falls, exhales as he recalls what downtown Bellows Falls looked like 15 years ago.

For exemplifying the living economy with practices of employee ownership, fair wages, and environmental stewardship.

Paul Millman's life raises some interesting questions. Like how did a Red-diaper baby from Brooklyn find himself running a $15 million technology company in Bellows Falls?

Jack Davidson, one of the founders of the Trust Company of Vermont, says the decision to vest ownership of the firm in its employees stemmed from a simple realization: “Whoever owns you determines your fate.”