Social Justice
Burlington CEDO Show: Downtown Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) District 02/27/2012
Burlington CEDO Office's monthly show. Brian Pine shares information on the Burlington Ballot dealing with the Tax Incremental Fianancing (TIF) District.
Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 02/16/2012
Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward5 meet Department of Public Works Building, 645 Pine Street.
Open Forum - NYC Wall Street Members 02/09/2012
Ben & Jerry’s hosts members of New York City’s Occupy Wall Street movement to share their experiences, what the group is doing, and where the movement is currently headed. Ben & Jerry’s will also briefly share why they support the OWS movement and why they feel it is good business to do so. WHO: Nelini Stamp – Occupy Wall Street activist (NYC), Jonathan “Matt” Smucker – Occupy Wall Street activist (NYC), Sam Corbin – Occupy Wall Street activist (NYC), Jostein Solheim - Ben & Jerry’s CEO, Jerry Greenfield - Ben & Jerry’s Cofounder.
Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 02/02/2012
Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.
Burlington School Commissioners: Education Technology 02/02/2012
Commissioner Keith Pillsbury (W1) is joined by Brian Schultz, Jim Kelly, Superintendent Jeanne Collins and several students from the 'Navigator Team' to discuss Education Technology in the District. For more information visit the District web site: www.bsdvt.org
Featured Story
Burlington Mayoral Matchup Live Forum at City Hall
Wanda Hines, Miro Weinberger and Kurt Wright are invited to get specific about their plans to run Burlington. Channel 17's Jess Wilson moderates the media panel of Kristin Carlson, WCAX; Kirk Carapezza, VPR and Andy Bromage, Seven Days. Can't attend in person? Watch the live stream at 5 p.m on TV Channel 17 or watch and join the live online chat at channel17.org or sevendaysvt.com.
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