ANNOUNCER: THIS IS "CHRONICLE" ON WCVB CHANNEL 5.
>> WITH A VAST COASTLINE.
>> THAT IS CRITICAL HABITAT FOR THE BIRDS THAT RELY ON THAT FOR NESTIN A CULTURE COMMUNITY AND A HARD-WORKING HARBOR.
>> BLUE-COLLAR.
>> ROCKLAND IS THE REAL MAINE.
>> IS NOT OPEN.
JUST IN THE SUMMERTIME.
WE ARE CLOSED IN THE WINTER.
WE ARE HERE FOR PEOPLE ALL YEAR LONG.
>> HERE AT THE MUSEUM.
>> HONORING A BRILLIANT INVENTION.
>> PROBABLY THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF LENSES IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> CELEBRATING CITYWIDE.
>> WHAT IS A BETTER WAY TO SPEND A DAY THAN EATING PIE?
NONE FOR SHAYNA.
SHE IS UP TO HER ELBOWS IN CHOCOLATE.
>> MAIN STREET AND BACK ROADS OF ROCKLAND, MAINE, NEXT ON "CHRONICLE." ♪
>> GOING STI CRAZY?
A QUICK WINTER JOB THREE HOURS AND 40 MINUTES FROM BOSTON MAY WARM YOUR SPIRITS.
ENJOYING MAINE IN THE WINTER DOES NOT HAVE TO INVOLVE SKIING AND SNOWSHOEING ALTHOUGH IT IS NICE, BUT ROCKLAND IS A CITY WHERE THERE IS PLENTY TO DO OUTDOORS AND INDOORS YEAR-ROUND.
>> ON AND AROUND MAIN STRE, RESTAURANTS, GALLERIES, AND ART VENUES.
AN EASY WALK FROM DOWNTOWN, ROCKLAND HARBOR.
>> I LOVE ROCKLAND.
>> NOW THAT IS HOMETOWN PRIDE.
LOISE IS ROCKLAND’S FORMER MAYOR AND APPARENTLY IT’S LIFETIME AMBASSADOR.
>> LOOK AROUND YOU.
WE HAVE A FABULOUS WORKING WATERFRONT.
WE GOT A BEAUTIFUL HAPPENING HOPPING DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE A FOODY SCENE THAT IS TO DIE FOR.
>> THE CITY’S 730 RESIDENTS ARE NEVER BORED, SHE SAYS.
>> THERE IS DIVERSITY OF SPIRIT HERE.
A COMBINATION OF THE US THAT AND FUNCTIONAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE BEST ABOUT IT.
ROCKLAND’S SCENIC WATERFRONT IS ACTIVE YEAR-ROUND.
FERRY BREES COMMUTERS TO THE COMMUNITY.
NO SURPRISE, FISHING AND LOBSTERING HARVICK HERE.
-- ARE BIG HERE.
SO IS CHOCOLATE.
KATE KRATZ CHOCOLATE IN THIS PLANT THAT IS THERE WITH A GUILT FREE, MAYBE, JUST A LITTLE.
>> ORGANIC, GLUTEN-FREE.
SOMETIMES WE BEGIN CONVERSIONS THAT ARE CLEANED UP CANDY BARS OR DRINKING CHOCOLATE.
VICKSBURG AND COMPANY EMPHASIZES FAIR TRADE INGREDIENTS AND UNIQUE FLAVORS OVER SUGAR AND CHEMICALS.
MY MOM IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, S WE WERE FOCUSED ON CLEAN AND ORGANIC EATING.
WE SAW THE VOID IN A MARKETPLACE -- A VOID IN T MARKETPLACE.
>> SO IN 2012, KATE AND HE MOM LAUNCHED THE TO BE IN COMPANY -- CKSBY AND COMPANY.
WELL IT’S EASY IN THE FACTORY IS NOT.TRUST ME . >> 5, 6, 7.
IT IS YOUR LUCILLE BALL MOMENT.
>> I GOT SEVEN.
>> THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.
KA AND HER SMALL STAFF HAD MANY ORDERS TO FILL FOR ONLINE CUSTOMERS AND RETAILERS, INCLUDING WHOLE FOODS.
>> 5, 6, 7, OK, 8.
>> PLUS, THE BUSINESS IS GROWING.
IN 2016 KATE WAS ONE OF 10 WOMEN NATIONWIDE TO WIN A FELLOWSHIP FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FROM THE TORY BURCH FOUNDATION.
KATE ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE TO HELP FUND A BEEN TO BAR OPERATION.
>> PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED BY SOME REALLY LARGE COMPANIES.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN TO BE A WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR IN THIS SPACE SO I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER AND ALSO CREA JOBS.
>> ROCKLAND IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS CREATIVE ECONOMY WITH THE FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM BRINGING IN 57 MILLION A YEAR TO MAINE’S MIDCOAST.
ON THIS DAY, THE MUSEUM HOSTS A SOLD-OUT LUNCH CONCERT BY THE STRING QUARTET.
AFTERWARDS, ATTENDEES TRICKLE INTO THE GALLERIES FILLED BY WORKS BY ROBERT INDIANA AND MANY OTHERS.
>> OUR FOCUS AND MISSION IS CELEBRATING MAINE’S ROLE IN AMERICAN ART.
ARTISTS THROUGH THE COURSE OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY HAS BEEN ATTRACTED TO MAINE.
>> THE FARNSWORTH COLLECTION OF 15,0 WORKS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1940’S SAYS THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR.
>> A HIGHER GENTLEMAN NAMED ROBERT WHO WENT OUT AND PURCHASED SOME PIECES FOR ABOUT $50,000.
THAT IS ABOUT $72 A PIECE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WINSLOW HOMER’S AND ROBERT HAD RISE -- HENRISE.
>> THIS EXHIBIT FEATURES RARE SCULPTURAL CREATIONS BY ROBERT AND LOY.
THESE CHAIRS ARE MADE OF WHITE BIRCH, VENEER, AND ENAMEL.
ANOTHER EXHIBIT, THE ART OF DISASTER, FOCUSES ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU MIGHT BACK.
>> WE REALLY TRIED TO PUT AN EXHIBITION TOGETHER THAT ALSO SPOKE TO THE HUMAN ABILITY TO BE RESILIENT AND TO LOOK AT THOSE TRAGEDIES, MOVE ON, LEARN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES.
THERE IS A REAL BEAUTY TO IT.
>> SOME NEW EXHIBITIONS COMING TO THE FARNSWORTH IN MARCH, INCLUDING THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND EXHIBITION OF FAME.
>> BACK TO KATE OF VICK’SBY AND COMPANY.
KATE ACTUALLY WAS A MAJOR OF CHINESE AT NYU.
THE COMPANY IS ACTUALLY NAMED AFTER HER GREAT GRANDFATHER.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
A LOT OF GREATS.
>> 10 MINUTES FROM ROCKLAND, THE SCENERY CHANGES.
>> WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE NOW.
>> TAKE IN THE VIEW.
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