I remember when what is now the downtown shopping center & Wal Mart was the rail yard & roundhouse. Back then, Wales Street was paved with cobblestones and trolley rails ran down the center of it.
I have never visited as I live on the West Coast. My ancestors lived in both Mendon and Rutland in the 19th Century and moved to California in their last few years.
@@consumerwatch7479 Industry is important. The retail sales nosedived in the 1990s, leaving a lot of empty downtown space. The only way to rebuild that is to provide industrial employment that pays well and puts more Vermonters back to work. Retail & services will follow. Too bad marble & jet engine buyers took a hike. That's what carried the city for decades. Even West Rutland was booming at one time.
@@JohnStark72 True But there have been some improvements A furniture factory opened which is part of New England woodcraft and Ann Clark cookie cutters are doing well there's also been a slight improvement in Retail sales as new stores are opening however I believe there needs to be a more diverse economy in Rutland as Burlington also has tech fueling employment
I remember when what is now the downtown shopping center & Wal Mart was the rail yard & roundhouse. Back then, Wales Street was paved with cobblestones and trolley rails ran down the center of it.
They show the Community College of Vermont as "Commercial Electrical Contractors" and that's incorrect.
Great presentation..
great then and now photos
awesome work
Thank you!
The Community College of Vermont (CCV) was labeled as an electrical company, otherwise a very nice job.
fantastic!
this is amazing
I have never visited as I live on the West Coast. My ancestors lived in both Mendon and Rutland in the 19th Century and moved to California in their last few years.
Commercial Electrical Contractors? That's CCV, a B&W photo and a color photo. It used to be a stewarts
Walmart parking lot was 20 railroad tracks wide!!!! Everywhere railroad tracks!!! HoweScale.
Rutland VT is a beautiful city
Rutland is very run down, compared to what it was in the late 1950s through the 1960s. It was booming back then.
@@JohnStark72 Very true definitely could use new industry and new repairs
@@consumerwatch7479 Industry is important. The retail sales nosedived in the 1990s, leaving a lot of empty downtown space. The only way to rebuild that is to provide industrial employment that pays well and puts more Vermonters back to work. Retail & services will follow. Too bad marble & jet engine buyers took a hike. That's what carried the city for decades. Even West Rutland was booming at one time.
@@JohnStark72 True But there have been some improvements A furniture factory opened which is part of New England woodcraft and Ann Clark cookie cutters are doing well there's also been a slight improvement in Retail sales as new stores are opening however I believe there needs to be a more diverse economy in Rutland as Burlington also has tech fueling employment
@@consumerwatch7479 I also bear bad tidings regarding employment: OMYA is secretly planning to close all operations in Vermont.
I went there recently and saw they built a big ugly walmart strip mall across from the town where everyone shops
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