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From Preservation Burlington and Bill Mares:

Bill Mares started making his own beer 45 years ago, when homebrewing was illegal and there were no microbreweries in America. Today there are over 7,000 such breweries nationwide, and Vermont has the highest percentage of breweries per capita in the country. Mares has written three editions of “Making Beer,” and fathered Vermont’s brewpub-enabling law in the 1980s.

In this presentation, Mares will offer a short history of beer itself, and discuss the American beer revolution, Vermont’s small but significant contribution, and his co-ownership of a brewery.

The North Star Community served as a gathering place -- and beer hall -- for generations of German-American Old North End residents, and is an ideal location for a talk on the history and culture of Vermont beer making, and consumption.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Vermont Humanities Council's Speakers Bureau. 

Learn more at: www.preservationburlington.org/calendar/from-homebrew-to-the-house-of-fermentology

Testimony of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Finance.

On Friday, the Cmte returned to H.657, looking at a new draft from Leg Counsel, and also heard testimony from John Adams at the Vermont Center for Geographic Information. Adams testified that they have a lot of data on state rights of way and pole locations, but the data is not consistent. Given that there are several hundred thousand utility poles in Vermont, and 14,000 miles of right of way, it would be a significant undertaking to complete a thorough and accurate inventory of all of that data. H.657 as drafted contemplates this inventory, and the Cmte debated for some time how much time to give the Agency of Transportation to complete it before settling on 2026. The Cmte then voted out the bill favorably as amended (version 1.4) on a vote of 7-0-0.

H.657 draft 2.1 (as amended by Senate Finance in draft) :
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/WorkGroups/Senate%20Finance/Bills/H.657/Drafts,%20Amendments,%20Other%20Legal%20Documents/H.657~Maria%20Royle~%20Draft%201.2,%204-23-2024~4-23-2024.pdf

From CVOEO:

To celebrate Fair Housing Month in April, Arts So Wonderful and the Fair Housing Project of CVOEO invited artists to submit work that answers the following question, “What makes a thriving, inclusive community?”.

The Fair Housing Act enshrined into law important protections against discrimination and harassment in housing. It is intended to increase housing opportunity and choice and dismantle historical patterns of segregation and exclusion. Artists are invited to consider the important ways the Fair Housing Act continues to shape our communities through the medium and visual language of your choice.

For more information visit: www.artssowonderful.com | fairhousingmonthvt.org/asw-x-cvoeo-art-contest

Host Bruce Wilson, Executive Director of Service Rendered, and co-host Candace Owens, President of Poetry Pioneer LLC, chat with guest Jordan Curls, owner of Jordan Curls Enterprise.

For more information visit: www.artssowonderful.com | www.poetrypioneer.com | www.jordancurls.com