Thomas Stewart moved his family from Minnesota to Vero Beach last August. Last month, five months after the move, the former cop became the city’s lone animal control officer, and the only regret his family has about the relocation so far is that the Christmas holidays didn’t seem the same without snow.
Stewart’s two children, who are otherwise happily enrolled in middle school now, told him they missed the snow at Christmastime – but last weekend, temperatures dipped below freezing in Vero Beach and it got cold enough for snow although none fell. The unusual cold snap made the Minnesota transplants feel more at home in Vero Beach – despite its nickname as the place “where the tropics begin.”
Stewart says the kids will get over missing the snow, and the family has been very happy overall about the decision to move here. Stewart’s wife, who had extensive experience in healthcare up north, soon found a job as an administrator with Cleveland Clinic, and Stewart himself is enthused about the way the animal control job with the Vero Beach Police Department has worked out…