Our group included directors from the Johnsonburg Community Trust (JCT) and the Johnsonburg Chamber of Commerce. L to R: Christine Bressler, Rachel Kilhoffer, Vicki Condino, Kate Kennedy our tour guide, Stephanie Distler and Christina Tigani. Director Dawn Karellas, of the JCT, was snapping the photo.
One of this week’s adventures was a recent field trip that the Johnsonburg Community Trust took to Kane, Pennsylvania. Kane Area Development Center's executive Director, Kate Kennedy took our group around to Six & Kane, The Crooked Hem, Twisted Vine Winery, Artworks on the Summit , Laughing Owl Press and also to meet one of the owners, who is also their Chamber of Commerce's president, of Logyard Brewing. Members of the Johnsonburg Chamber of Commerce also joined us on the tour. We all then went to dinner to warm up at Table 105.
Twisted Vine Winery
TVW dining room
This photography studio is located in the PA Wilds Media Lab, part of the passive house complex.
Six & Kane is a “passive house” and has many businesses housed inside its energy efficient walls. This type of structure is part of a sustainable energy movement to make buildings airtight to reduce their energy needs for heating and cooling. The project was executed and funded by the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund.
One of the meeting rooms
Inside the Crooked Hem
Chatting with the owner of the Crooked Hem
The windows of The Laughing Owl Press Company
Steps going back down to the Kane Chamber of Commerce, The Root Bar and the Kane Area Development Center
Connections were made, ideas started to bubble up and pen went to paper <3 It was a great day!
Author: Stephanie Distler
Stephanie, is a fifth-generation native of the Borough, Trust president and owns an artisan studio. Her work can be found all through-out the PA Wilds including Elk County Council on the Arts, PA Wilds Conservation Shops, Straub Beer Visitor Center & Tap Room gallery and online at stephaniedistler.com