President and owner of Maple Landmark Michael Rainville was named the 2017 Vermont Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Located in Middlebury, Vt., Maple Landmark is known for manufacturing eco-friendly wooden games and toys such as trains and jigsaw puzzles. Rainville, along with small business winners in other categories, will be honored at the 2017 Vermont Small Business Awards Ceremony in June.
Carlos Cadorniga is an editorial intern at Adventure Publishing Group and a recent journalism graduate from Stony Brook University. He crafts weekly toy reviews for The Toy Insider and contributes to the Toy Book trade magazine. His hobbies include watching cartoons, singing, playing video games, creative writing, and bragging about his trip to Japan. His favorite color is pink and he will not let you forget it, and his favorite sport is seeing how many episodes of The Office he can rewatch on Netflix in one sitting.