BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – On the afternoon of Monday, April 8, thousands of Vermont workers will get up from their computers or step away from their factory jobs, and head outside to see the moon eclipse the sun.
The eclipse that will shadow Vermont is more than a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event: It’s a tourist attraction that is widely expected to turn a Monday workday upside down for much of the state. Roughly 160,000 visitors are expected — 50,000 of them in Burlington alone. So state and local decision-makers are juggling the need to keep the roads clear with the imperative to help businesses capitalize on all those customers at the height of mud season, when tourism is usually dead quiet.
Darren Perron spoke with Seven Days’ Anne Wallace Allen who spoke with several Vermont businesses about their plans for the big day.