Editing Benson, Vermont (section)

==Economy==
The local economy is driven by a number of small businesses centered in the central village center also known as the central business district centered on the intersection of Lake Road and Stage Road.  The former C.J. Williamson store, a local greengrocery and gas station began the town's economic development and differentiation from the greater Fair Haven area.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}  The Williamson store opened in 1912, shortly after the proprietor survived a bear attack while hiking in the Green Mountains.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Benson Village Store (AKA Williamson's) Burned to the ground in April 2019 and was razed.

The Williamson store was soon joined by a tavern known as the Wheel Inn.  On the same site, there was an [[American Revolutionary War]]-era public house that served as a meeting place for American and British soldiers during the tense 1770s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}  The Wheel Inn remained in near-constant operation through the 2010s.<ref>"Remembering Benson, p. 11</ref>