Spreading Gossip About Barre Street in Montpelier

Spreading Gossip about Barre Street in Montpelier

I learned in 2nd grade that it's not good to spread gossip. When I was a teacher (and yes, I taught 2nd grade), I tried to get the kids to understand the same concept.

Nonetheless...

Word on the street in Montpelier--and I've heard this from more than one person--is that Barre Street, long the gritty, shuffling along cousin to The Meadow, College Street, and Liberty Street, is the new cool Bohemian place to live.

Think of it as the Jamaica Plans of Montpelier.

Now I'm not saying that Barre Street is without flaw. But, if you look past a couple of interesting properties with accumulations of various holiday decorations, my source might be on to something. Kismet is a great restaurant. River Station condos have added a little more critical mass to the area (in contrast to, say, the old granite shed that was there before). There's the senior center that's pretty outdated, but if that can be turned into apartments or something else that's a little more lively (and there's lots of talk about what to do with that building), then it could get interesting. It's close to town, and affordable. Houses are smaller too than in the other neighborhoods I mentioned above. I'm getting excited just thinking of it!

There's still plenty of...um...grit on Barre Street. But let's just see what happens. Let's just see...