Neighborhoods

Preservation Burlington: Woodworking at South End Joinery 01/30/2018

Liisa Reimann and Karl LuKhaup, President of Preservation Burlington, sit down with Hannah Bush, an educator and a maker at the South End Joinery, to introduce the opportunities available from this community resource operated by ReSource.

More information on Preservation Burlington.

Burlington City Council 01/29/2018

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, often three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and repeat on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Winooski Planning Commission 01/25/2018

The Winooski Planning Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The Planning Commission is responsible for setting out land use and development policies for the City, as adopted by the City Council. Vermont statute lays out broad policies; these are tailored locally in each community. The Municipal Development Plan is the land use policy document for the City and is implemented through the Unified Land Use Regulations. Both plan and ordinance are work-products of the Commission.

Toward a Livable City: Burlington's Housing Challenge 01/25/2018

SUNY Plattsburgh Sociology Professor Charles Simpson of Burlington, Vermont's Coalition for a Livable City and the Burlington Ward 6 Neighborhood Planning Assembly provides his personal take, not endorsed by the Coalition or the Assembly, on matters in Burlington and the Greater Burlington area of livability, sustainability, and affordability.

The January 2018 episode takes a critical look at Burlington's housing challenge and considers matters of affordability, fair development, and solutions in housing for the homeless with guests Progressive Burlington City Council candidate Brian Pine and housing planner Tony Reddington.

Town Meeting Day Election Forums: Burlington Republican Party Caucus 01/25/2018

The Republican Party convenes to nominate candidates for Burlington's upcoming city official elections in March 2018.

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 01/24/2018

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.

Williston Development Review Board 01/23/2018

The Williston DRB consists of a seven member Board appointed by the Selectboard for staggered three year terms. This Board is responsible for reviewing and approving all proposed development projects. This includes conditional use, variance, site plan, and subdivision approvals. The Board also reviews Certificates of Appropriateness as recommended by the Historical Preservation Committee.

Municipal Updates: Burlington City Update 01/22/2018

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Burlington City Council 01/22/2018

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, often three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and repeat on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Jimmy Leas on the F-35 at UVM 01/18/2018

Activist Jimmy Leas of Save Our Skies VT shares his path to resistance and his perspective on the controversial F-35 fighter plane that Greater Burlington is set to host in 2019.

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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!