Extension Connection: Rural Maine chocolate shop an inspiration
June 10th, 2011
Assorted truffles, one of the 90 varieties of handmade candies sold by Monica’s Chocolates of Lubec, Maine.
In the 10 years she has been in Maine, Monica Elliott has turned tragedy into triumph. She and her husband, Stanley, had moved from Lima, Peru, to Lubec, where he had just started working as a fisheries consultant when a brain aneurysm left him in a coma and nearly took his life. Elliott, who had spent 30 years building a successful fashion design business in Peru, found herself in a Down East Maine community where she didn’t know the people or the language. So she took adult-ed classes in English. And she sought out advice from experts, including Cooperative Extension specialists Bassano and McConnon, who offer small-business workshops and one-on-one consultations.
Read more about Monica’s “sweet success” in UMaine Today.
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