In honor of her work as a business leader and community advocate, Leslie McCrorey-Wells, co-owner of restaurants Pizzeria Verità, Trattoria Delia, and Sotto Enoteca, and a member of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and the Vermont Independent Restaurant Leadership Council, was presented with the Catherine McAuley Award.

“I want to be a business that’s giving back to its community and helping keep it strong,” McCrorey-Wells said in Nora Peachin’s report for Burlington Free Press.

Learn about Leslie and the award in Burlington Free Press’s article ‘Combatting racism: Burlington restaurant owner recognized for her social justice work’.