Born and raised in New Jersey, Karen Hatcher spent much of her career, managing nonprofit organizations. She made her way to New England about 13 years ago and lives with her husband Mark who is a luthier. Since the flood of July 10th 2024, Karen, along with Michael Zahner, has been managing fundraising and grant coordination for disaster recovery in the town of Plainfield. An an October 9th, 2024 "Bridge" Article, Plainfield Select Board chair Karl Bissex introduced Karen as the "master of pulling together a team of people who can get money.”

"My life was never a straight line" Karen describes, "I just love how there's such synchronicity...in terms of all you've done in your life, and all the experiences you've had can come into play and can actually serve where you are".

Bordertown is an ecomedia project coming to you from the upper Winooski watershed in central Vermont. Our goal is to serve as an instrument for relationship building and communication, and to encourage the conversation around resiliency, equity and justice. Our intention is to celebrate life and community - and to help create conditions for all life to thrive.

Music for this Podcast - "Blues Highway" by Railroad Earth.

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