Sierra magazine covers an ambitious project masterminded by freshly graduated UVM alumni Erick Crockenburg and Tad Cooke. During their senior year, the longtime friends entered into the running to produce a plan for the abandoned Moran coal plant on Burlington’s waterfront. Their vision for the site has proved the most compelling, as voters recently approved $6.3 million for the pair to transform the derelict building into an “innovation space.” As Cooke explains, the spirit that led them to success was quite simple -- looking at the site for the first time one of them said: “I don't see why we can't make something happen here.” Read the story…