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National and local speakers come together to answer the big questions about Form Based Codes: what are they, where are they being used, and why are they being considered in Burlington? The panel provides a range of information and perspectives on creating and using form-based development standards as part of local land use regulations.

Panelists include: Lee Einsweiler from Code Studio in Austin, TX, who’s a national expert on the creation of land development codes, speaking about the use of building form elements in zoning codes from a national perspective. Regina Mahoney, AICP, from the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, shares the experiences of other Vermont towns in incorporating form-based codes into land use regulations. David White, AICP, Director of the Burlington Dept. of Planning & Zoning, provides context on why Burlington is crafting form-based regulations and how they will fit into the context of the City’s existing zoning. Andy Montroll, Planning Commissioner & Chair of the City’s Joint Form-Based Code Committee, speaks to the Joint City Council & Planning Commission process being used to develop Burlington's own code and its most important features.

For More Information:  www.burlingtonvt.gov/planbtv/fbc  Link to Agenda here

Host Kim Villemaire is joined by Pete Schumer and Dave Felcan, members of the Vermont Go Club, to talk about this extremely popular game with a rich history that is little known in the US.

For more information on Go please visit:

The club webpage: http://www.vermontgo.org/

The American Go Association: http://www.usgo.org/

Or email Pete directly at Schumer@Middlebury.edu

Welcome & Opening Remarks followed by Maria Tatar's "Telling Lies: Storytelling and Negative Capability." Vladimir Nabokov tells us that literature was born when a child came running home crying wolf and there was no wolf. The lies we tell in our cultural stories may transmit higher truths about the human condition, but just as often they send mixed messages and scrambled signals. Harvard professor Maria Tatar will investigate how “simple” stories like “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Bluebeard” challenge us to think harder as we try to decode the cultural.

For more information, visit http://www.vermonthumanities.org/fall-conference-2015-why-do-stories-matter/

The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program hosts a fundraiser for newly arriving refugees, focusing on an educational panel discussion on Syria, a country in the midst of a civil war.