Dating back to the early 1800s, the Elmore Store has always been a popular gathering place in the rural lakeside town in Lamoille County. The store had a number of owners over two centuries before it was purchased in 2021 by the Elmore Community Trust. That long history has revealed itself to the store’s newest operators in surprising ways.
Becca and Tim Lindenmeyr — entrepreneurs who also run Farm Craft VT, a seed-to-soap herb farm in Shelburne — are taking over this year, with a fresh vision of the store as a multiuse community hub. Tim, 53, grew up in Elmore and is acting as the general contractor for the store’s renovations. The building has been stripped to the studs and is being completely redesigned.
The renovation has unearthed artifacts from the floors and walls — signs of earlier times. In her latest episode of “Stuck in Vermont,” Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger met Tim for a tour and got to see some of the salvaged relics. She also met Nancy Allen of Jupiter Farm, who has lived across the street from the store since she was 3 years old.
When the building reopens in late spring or early summer, it will have two public rooms upstairs: a shared workspace and a wellness area for massage. The downstairs will serve as a general store and post office, but there will also be a public bathroom, a seating area with a view overlooking the lake and an expanded outdoor area that will include a creemee window.
You can follow the renovation and their latest finds on the store’s Instagram.
Filming date: 3/5/25
Music: Composed by Shelton Brooks, performed by E’s Jammy Jams, “Darktown Strutters Ball”