Christine Dodd, an 11th grader at Windsor Central High School near Binghamton, recently participated in WSKG's essay contest on sustainable communities. This is the first of a series of stories that WSKG is producing with those students.
Dodd wrote about the changes she's seen growing up in Windsor, N.Y., especially as more people have started leaving the town to shop.
The Innovation Trail's Emma Jacobs went on a tour of Windsor with Dodd, starting at the Big M Market just off Main Street.
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Christine Dodd, an 11th grader at Windsor Central High School near Binghamton, recently participated in WSKG's essay contest on sustainable communities. This is the first of a series of stories that WSKG is producing with those students.
Dodd wrote about the changes she's seen growing up in Windsor, N.Y., especially as more people have started leaving the town to shop.
The Innovation Trail's Emma Jacobs went on a tour of Windsor with Dodd, starting at the Big M Market just off Main Street.
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Christine Dodd, an 11th grader at Windsor Central High School recently won WSKG’s sustainable communities essay contest. She wrote about the changes she’s seen growing up in Windsor, New York, especially as more people have started leaving the town to shop. She took Innovation Trail reporter Emma Jacobs on a tour of the center of the Village of Windsor, population 900. The Big M market is in a small plaza beside a gas station just off of Main Street.
Dodd: This is what I remember! Just this small grocery store.
[Register beeping.] [shopping cart noise]
Dodd: I remember I used to get excited when my mom used to let me push the shopping cart, like the little shopping carts.
Dodd ESSAY: Where I live in Windsor, there is a lot to offer. We have a coffee shop, an art gallery, churches, a couple of locally owned restaurants, a gas station, a grocery store, a great academic system and agricul...
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INTRO:Christine Dodd, an 11th grader at Windsor Central High School recently won WSKG’s sustainable communities essay contest. She wrote about the changes she’s seen growing up in Windsor, New York, especially as more people have started leaving the town to shop. She took Innovation Trail reporter Emma Jacobs on a tour of the center of the Village of Windsor, population 900. The Big M market is in a small plaza beside a gas station just off of Main Street.
OUTRO:OUTRO: High School student Christine Dodd speaking with Emma Jacobs in Windsor, New York. Dodd won WSKG's Blueprint America essay contest on sustainable communities.
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