Neighborhoods

Williston Development Review Board 08/09/2016

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.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Declaring August 2016 Nuclear Disarmament Awareness Month 08/03/2016

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger declares August 2016 Nuclear Disarmament Awareness Month. Burlington joined Mayors for Peace in 1986.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition 08/03/2016

Host Ted Wimpey talks with Corinne Yonce, VISTA Resident Organizer, about her portrait and audio interview project with affordable housing residents.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org | http://vtlegalaid.org/publications | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047 | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing: CVOEO Fair Housing Project | https://www.cvoeo.org | 802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission: http://hrc.vermont.gov | 1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Burlington Development Review Board 08/02/2016

Information on the Burlington Development Review Board is under the City's Planning and Zoning Office.

Essex Planning Commission 07/28/2016

Essex Planning Commission meetings are all held at the Town Offices at 81 Main Street in Essex Junction, in the downstairs conference room on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. The public is always welcome, and the meetings start promptly at 6:30 PM. If special accommodations are needed please call (802) 878-1343.

FOCUS: Report from the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia – on the scene with Linda Maloney of Vermont 07/28/2016

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Linda Maloney who has been in Philadelphia for the duration of the Democratic National Convention. They talk about the nomination of Bernie Sanders for president by Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Shyla Nelson, delegate from Vermont. Other topics are the police presence at demonstrations outside the convention including the Democracy Spring March and the massive Clean Energy Revolution March on July 24. Linda Maloney discusses why the Bernie Sanders Campaign to win the presidency is historic and uplifting and what's in the future for Bernie supporters.

Preservation Burlington: Preservation Practices 07/28/2016

Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann dicuss the Fletcher hospital building and best practices in historic renovations.

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.

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 07/27/2016

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.

Essex Community Justice Center - Transition from Reparative Boards to Restorative Justice Panel 07/26/2016

Laura Zeliger, Community & Restorative Justice Director for VTDOC, and Derek Miodownik, Restorative and Community Justice Executive for VTDOC, host a dialogue in the Community Room at the Essex Police Department.

The agenda for the dialogue is as follows:

The history of moving from Community Justice (Reparative Boards) to Community & Restorative Justice (Restorative Justice Panels, Circle Processes, Restorative Conferences) - Why the shift and what the difference is
VTDOC’s vison for and support of Restorative Justice in Vermont’s Communities through funding of Community & Restorative Justice Centers
A time for questions and answers

For more info visit: http://essexcjc.org/contact/

In the World of Winooski: City Manager Replacement Process Overview and Summer Project Updates 07/26/2016

Mayor Seth Leonard speaks on the City Manager hiring process, Interim appointment, downtown redesignation, and ongoing summer work project updates.

For more information: www.winooskivt.org or Follow on Facebook

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!