VT Edition: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz & Paul Bruhn on the future of the country store in Vermont

In many of our towns, the country store is the one reliable place for groceries and light bulbs, medicine and gasoline, and often and little gossip. But some general stores are struggling to stay in business. Is the general store a quaint vestige of history, or a vital center of commerce and community? The director of the Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, and Paul Bruhn of Preservation Trust of Vermont along with some country store owners talk with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about what some people are doing to ensure their general stores stay open for business.