Two spacious and stylish coworking facilities in central Vermont — The Loft in Montpelier and the Barre Social Club in Barre — have opened in recent months, and both have ambitions beyond just their own success. Stores, restaurants, theaters, and office complexes that seemed on solid footing in both cities suffered when, in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, people were instructed, or chose, to work from home. The profound stillness imposed by the pandemic — and worsened by the floods...
