2012 Town Meeting

Campaign Financing: Beyond Corporate Personhood and Citizen's United 03/05/2012

Rick Hubbard, resident of South Burlington and organizer of the City's 2012 petition drive for ballot inclusion of the 'Corporate Personhood' item and Robert Maynard, Web Editor for True North Reports speak to the bigger picture of campaign finance reform within the context of the ~50 Vermont towns voting on a constitutional amendment to address 'Corporate Personhood'.

Williston Town Meeting 03/05/2012

The Selectboard is a five member elected board. There are three positions elected for a three year term and two positions elected for a two year term on a staggered basis. The board is responsible for setting the general policy direction, passing ordinances, setting the tax rate, reviewing the budget, supervising the Town Manager and a host of other related tasks. Find the full minutes for this meeting at Williston website.

Essex Town Meeting 03/05/2012

The Selectboard meetings are all held at the Town Offices at 81 Main Street in Essex Junction, in the downstairs conference room on the first and third Mondays of the month. The public is always welcome, and the meetings start promptly at 7:30 PM. If special accommodations are needed please call 802-878-1341.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 03/01/2012

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: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Burlington Wards 2 & 3 NPA Meeting 03/01/2012

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. Wards 2 & 3 meet the second Thursday of the month. Meeting place: McClure Multi-Generational Center 241 North Winooski Avenue, Next to QTees.

Informational Meeting - March City Election Ballot Items 02/27/2012

An informational meeting of the Burlington City Council designed to present information to the public on the 2012 Town Meeting ballot questions. Departments provide a brief explanation on the question(s) and respond to questions of the City Council and public.

Mayoral Candidate Forum on Food System Issues 02/25/2012

2012 Burlington Mayoral Candidates Wanda Hines (I), Kurt Wright (R) and Miro Weinberger (D) answer questions as part of the Burlington Food Council's "Local Food, Local Economy" forum at the Sustainability Academy.

Burlington Mayor's Show: Burlington 2012 Ballot items 02/22/2012

Host Mayor Bob Kiss and CEDO Director Larry Kupferman go through the 5 Burlington Ballot items for 2012 Town Meeting.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 02/21/2012

Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA) Meetings 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.

Includes Mayoral and City Council Candidates.

Wards 4 & 7 NPA's and Burlington TIF District Ballot Item 02/20/2012

Lea Terhune clarifies the Ward 4 & 7 meeting at which Burlington Ballot Item #5, 'Referendum - Pledging Credit of the City to Finance Downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Improvements' was discussed.

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!