By old school Vermont standards, Dan White — CEO and Co-Founder of the “social impact commerce company” Localvore, based in Burlington, Vermont — is not a local. In fact, neither are his two co-Founders, Michael Nedell (COO) and Meg Randall (VP of Product), even though they all live in town.

That’s because, according to some folks, you’re not technically “local” unless you’re at least the third generation to be born in Vermont — and not one of them has a Vermont birth certificate.

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But if the real measure of what makes a local is commitment to making your home a better place for the entire community — and, honestly, isn’t that more important than where you happen to be born? — then they have nothing to worry about.

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