{"id":2707,"date":"2020-11-19T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:33:27","slug":"gretchen-violette-joins-wintergreen-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/gretchen-violette-joins-wintergreen-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Violette joins Wintergreen Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201030-THUMBNAIL-Gretchen-Violette.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2708\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2708\" class=\"wp-image-2708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201030-THUMBNAIL-Gretchen-Violette.jpg 717w, http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201030-THUMBNAIL-Gretchen-Violette-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRESQUE ISLE, Maine<\/strong>\u2014\nGretchen Violette recently joined the Wintergreen Arts Center Board of\nDirectors.&nbsp; A native of central Maine,\nViolette has adopted Aroostook County as her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violette is no stranger to Wintergreen Arts Center.&nbsp; She has worked on several Wintergreen events\nand initiatives over the years including the center\u2019s caf\u00e9, holiday signature\nevents, as well as afterschool and summer arts programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love the fact that my children have grown up at\nWintergreen,\u201d said Violette.&nbsp; \u201cI feel\nhaving a vibrant community arts center is important to the people of Presque\nIsle and our surrounding communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violette\u2019s most recent volunteer efforts at Wintergreen Arts\nCenter includes the organization\u2019s recent renovations project and move to the\nAroostook Centre Mall.&nbsp; Violette led the\nbudgeting process and oversaw all aspects of construction and final design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGretchen is amazing,\u201d said Dottie Hutchins, Wintergreen\u2019s executive\ndirector.&nbsp; \u201cI know in all honesty that\nwithout Gretchen we would not have been on budget or schedule to open at our\nnew space in time for school to open in September.&nbsp; She is a woman of great passion and\ndetermination.&nbsp; Wintergreen is lucky to\nhave her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wintergreen\u2019s move to the Aroostook Centre Mall was a\n$30,000 project to renovate the former Rent-A-Center store, a 5,300 square-foot\nspace that more than doubles the arts center\u2019s State Street location.&nbsp; All planning, management, and construction\nlabor on the project was volunteer.&nbsp; The\nonly paid members of the project team included licensed plumbers and\nelectricians.&nbsp; Wintergreen opened its\ndoors at the new Mall space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gretchen Violette currently resides in Presque Isle with her\nhusband, Scott, and their children, Zoey and Ethan.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESQUE ISLE, Maine\u2014 Gretchen Violette recently joined the Wintergreen Arts Center Board of Directors.&nbsp; A native of central Maine, Violette has adopted Aroostook County as her home. 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