Education

Burlington Superintendent Yaw Obeng Outlines 100 Day Entry Plan 09/10/2015

Burlington School District Superintendent Yaw Obeng reviews highlights from his 100 Day Entry Plan for his work with the schools, staff and community. For more information visit the district web site: www.bsdvt.org

11th Annual Burlington Book Festival Preview 09/08/2015

Book Festival Director Rick Kisonak shares some of the activities and authors visiting the 11th Annual event, subtitled 'Three Days of Authorized Activity'. The festival dates are September 25-27, 2015, happening in a variety of Burlington venues. Like them on facebook and get more information at: www.burlingtonbookfestival.com

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 09/03/2015

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: Aiken Hall, Morgan Room at Champlain College.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Commissioner Liz Curry 09/03/2015

Ward 3 School Board Commissioner/Clerk Liz Curry speaks to the new year of school in the district. For more information visit the district web site: www.bsdvt.org

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 08/26/2015

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. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

More on Redistricting: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/Ward-Redistricting/

Conversations From The Open Road - Part II 08/21/2015

From the website: "Conversations From the Open Road is a Road-Trip to experience our world in a meaningful way. We are a citizen-journalism, media crew probing the challenging issues and individual stories in our communities." The New York City crew visited the Channel 17 studios to talk about their recent trip. Crew members include: Ahri Messina, Amy Plambeck, Ava Kendrick, Ned McEleney, Aron Meinhardt, Mary Simons. more information at: http://www.conversationsfromtheopenroad.com/

Tibetan Resettlement Project - Burlington 08/20/2015

Vice President of the Tibetan Association of Vermont, Tseten Anak, speaks with Gerry Haase Founder of TRP-Burlington, Jim Kelley, Former Executive Director of TRP-Burlington, Nancy Lindberg, Former Coordinator of 1000 Tibetans to US, and Tenzin Lhakhang, Secretary, Tibetan Association of Vermont.

For More Info visit: on Facebook 'Tibetan Associatoin of Vermont' on the web at: http://www.vermonttibet.org/

Burlington Water Quality Improvement Plan 08/18/2015

Megan Moir, Manager of Burlington's Stormwater Program, shares information on the City's Water Quality Improvement Plan.

As part of its ongoing effort to seek input on water quality priorities, the City of Burlington has launched an online survey to gauge public views on wastewater treatment and stormwater runoff issues. The survey, which is posted at http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/IntegratedWQPlan_Survey, will be available online until August 25.
Input will be used to help inform Burlington’s plan to improve water quality through a new, integrated planning approach for wastewater and stormwater management.

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 07/22/2015

More on Redistricting: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/Ward-Redistricting/

Summer Camp - Bikes 07/15/2015

Summer Campers visit with the folks at Old Spokes and Bike Recycle, Vermont a new partnership social enterprise in the city of Burlington. Interviews with Christine Hill, Dan Hock and founder, Ron Manganiello.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!