Stowe Guide & Magazine Winter/Spring 2018-19

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GORDON MILLER

HAMMER & NAILS

GORDON DIXON ‘In a small town like Stowe, customers, vendors, and employees become friends’ Robin Dixon. Both graduated from UVM and lived in Shelburne, where Gordon was a carpenter. He also Gordon Dixon owns Gordon Dixon Construction, located on Mountain Road in Stowe, with his wife, taught skiing for Sepp Ruschp at Stowe Mountain Resort. When Robin got a job in Stowe, they decided to make Stowe their home. They bought some land and set about building a house.

“I was 25, and it was the first house I built,” Gordon said. “I had a crew of Robin, a friend, and a few

carpenters. We moved into the house when it was bare bones, no trim or finishes, and we still live there.”

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That was 29 years ago. Now they have three grown children and a dog, Rufus, the company mascot.

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