A few weeks ago, we lost our local pharmacy, O’Hearn’s and the town list a bit of it’s sense of community. Next month, our small town is gaining an extraordinary thing, and getting a great big piece of community back. Our local bookstore, Battenkill Books, my local bookstore, got a grant to build a beautiful new children’s section onto the main bookstore, a gorgeous store right in the heart of Main Street.

There are not an a awful lot of bookstores who are expanding these days, Battenkill rocks on, tied to the community, and selling good books all over the country. The children’s book section is just a few weeks ago, some more murals and painting to go, then it opens.

Community lives in my town of Cambridge, you can take one piece away, but another will always emerge. Connie Brooks has done an astounding job running a small independent bookstore in a town of less than 2,000 people. We are lucky to have her.