New Grass Roots opens in Rutland

The ribbon is cut at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at NewGrassRoots, located in the City Center, Opera House, 67 Merchants Row, Downtown Rutland.

NewGrassRoots is a civic engagement web application that delivers voice messages from users to their state legislators about Vermont’s important issues. The free service confirms whether or not the messages are listened to and generates anonymous statistics about constituent action.

Pictured L to R:

Tom Donahue, EVP/CEO, Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce

Lyle Jepson, Castleton College

Alice Brown

Michelle Bailey, MKF Properties

Dave Allaire, President, Rutland City Board of Alderman

Alex Beck, Co-Founder/COO, New Grass Roots

Benjamin Brown, Founder/CEO, New Grass Roots

Bruce Bouchard, Paramount Theatre

Abigail Brown

Maisie Brown

Mayor Chris Louras, City of Rutland

Katye Munger, Castleton College

Mike Coppinger, Executive Director, Downtown Rutland Partnership