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Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Impact of Federal Budget Actions on Vermont 03/23/2017

Panelists discuss the impact of President Trump's proposed budget on VT, if it passes, and specifically how the nonprofit sector will be affected and needs to respond. Panelists include, John Killacky, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts; Martha Maksym, Deputy Secretary of Human Services; Kate Ash, Field Representative for Senator Leahy; Amila Merdzanovic, Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Governor Phil Scott 03/23/2017

VT Governor Phil Scott welcomes attendees and gives his perspective on the partnership between nonprofits and state government. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Social and Environmental Impact Bonds 03/23/2017

Liz Ruffa, special projects with Common Good VT, presents a briefing on the impact, effect and process of using social impact bonds to fund the work of nonprofits. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Bill Status & Budget Briefing 03/23/2017

Jessica Oski, lobbyist with Necrason Group and Stephanie Yu with the Montpelier based think tank, Public Assets Institute give overviews on legislative priorities this session as well as a walk through of funding and budget processes. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Legislative Case Study, VT Parent Child Centers 03/23/2017

Amy Shollenberger, lobbyist with Action Circles and Danielle Lindley of Northwest Counseling and Support Services share their experiences working in the legislature to support VT parent child centers. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Welcome and Briefing with Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson 03/23/2017

Speaker of the House, Mitzi Johnson welcomes attendees and shares her thoughts on the status of nonprofit initiatives int eh legislature. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Common Good Vermont: Nonprofit Legislative Day 2017 - Welcome and Briefing with Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe 03/23/2017

Tim Ashe provides an overview of the budget proceedings and political priorities in the state. Common Good Vermont's annual legislative day will introduce new legislative leaders, issue briefings and focus on the changing federal impact on local resources.

Preservation Burlington: Treehouse Hardwoods and Millshop 03/23/2017

Hosts Liisa Reimann Rivera and Ron Wanamaker speak with Jeremy Ravelin from Treehouse Hardwoods this month to talk about hand planes and making traditional mouldings by hand for "your old house."

More information on Preservation Burlington.

Liisa Reimann Rivera - Originally from England, Liisa has lived in Burlington since 2006. She earned her Master's in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and is a principal with Blue Brick Preservation. Liisa lives in a 1954 ranch house, whose historic wooden windows she thinks are of a genius design seldom seen since, in Burlington's New North End. Liisa's passions include historic industrial buildings, firehouses and little-known builder-architects of the vernacular landscape.

Ron Wanamaker - Ron has been a member of the Board since 2007 and has served as Vice President and President. A passionate preservationist, he continues to serve on the Education Committee for Preservation Burlington and is also a member of Burlington’s Design Advisory Board. A contractor since 1988, he has lived and worked in Burlington since 1998 and managed Wanamaker Restoration as well as Champlain Valley Millworks.

On the Waterfront: Mercy Connections 03/22/2017

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Ashley Michelle Fowler, Communications and Development Associate and Instructor in the Women’s Small Business Program at Mercy Connections.

For more info visit: http://mercyconnections.org/

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 03/22/2017

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 fourth Wednesday of the month.

Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

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!