Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, Vermont
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 | Hunger Mountain Co-op |
| Location | Montpelier, Vermont, USA |
| Date | 1996 |
| Building Type | Commercial Building, medium-sized food store |
| Construction System | heavy timber frame, corrugated metal cladding, some curtain wall |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Small City, Riverside |
| Architectural Style | Vernacular |
| Street Address | 623 Stone Cutters Way Walk Score |
| Notes | 12,000 square feet |
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The Hungry Mountain Cooperative building in Montpelier, Vermont, designed by a local architect, has an unassuming utilitarian exterior and a bright, friendly, busy interior that seems to embody the best of the classic local member-owned natural food store in the United States. The strong emphasis on local food is reflected in buying patterns, and expressed as well in banners hung on the mezzanine railing, and in the local farmer appreciation displays in the produce section. The cafe in back, with its compact table area framed in timber and wrapped in glass looking out on the adjacent Winsooki river, provides a terrific informal sitting and social area.
The coop's name comes from an actual peak nearby.
"The Hunger Mountain Cooperative is a community-based, member owned, not-for-profit cooperative whose resources are dedicated to providing healthy foods and ecologically sound goods and services at the lowest possible real cost acknowledging that monetary cost frequently does not include all of the costs of production, distribution and use." — http://www.hungermountain.com/about.cfm
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http://www.hungermountain.com/
