Community Development

The Caremongers - Dispatches from the Frontline: Mary Danko and the Fletcher Free Library 04/15/2020

Town Meeting TV talks with Mary Danko, Director of the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont, about how the library is providing creative remote programming to a housebound community.

The Caremongers - Dispatches from the Frontline: Rachel Jolly on the Burlington Resource & Recovery Center 04/08/2020

Town Meeting TV interviews Rachel Jolly, Operations Manager for the Burlington Resource & Recovery Center (RCC), about common questions, the work ahead, and celebrating spring. For more information: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/resources or call 802.755.7239

Making it Happen! Local Leadership for the Future of Vermont Communities: Youth Driving Change - Stories of Leadership and Success 10/01/2018

Moderator Helen Beattie (Up For Learning) is joined by panelists Milo Cress (Be Straw Free Campaign), Lili Platt (Harwood Union International Refugee Club), and Faith Ploof (TRY for the Environment).

Vermont Community Leadership Summit, produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, aims to support, encourage, inspire and train leaders with the skills they need to succeed. Summit findings will contribute to a strategic planning process that works to advance opportunities, training, and partnerships to meet the needs of all kinds of leaders; expand leadership engagement in communities; and advance public policies and programs to support the long-term future of community leadership and all it means to the strength of our democracy and the vitality of our Vermont communities. In a democracy, all citizens are called upon to lead – where leaders step up, towns achieve great things. Local Citizens Make It Happen!

Making it Happen! Local Leadership for the Future of Vermont Communities: Creating Events and Building Community Connection 10/01/2018

Moderator Gary Holloway (VT Department of Housing and Community Development) is joined by panelists Jody Fried (Catamount Arts), Robert McBride (Rockingham Arts and Museum Project), Bill Moore (Town of Brandon), and Orly Munzing (Strolling of the Heifers).

The Vermont Community Leadership Summit, produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, aims to support, encourage, inspire and train leaders with the skills they need to succeed. Summit findings will contribute to a strategic planning process that works to advance opportunities, training, and partnerships to meet the needs of all kinds of leaders; expand leadership engagement in communities; and advance public policies and programs to support the long-term future of community leadership and all it means to the strength of our democracy and the vitality of our Vermont communities. In a democracy, all citizens are called upon to lead – where leaders step up, towns achieve great things. Local Citizens Make It Happen!

Lake Champlain Chamber: Burlington Community Economic Development Office 01/03/2018

Tom Torti and Burlington CEDO Director Noelle McKay discuss the group's programs to support business growth and development, housing, and vulnerable populations.

Lake Champlain Chamber: Igniting Vermont's Future 11/01/2017

Host Tom Torti of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and guest Dennis Moynihan of BTV Ignite, the local chapter of technological resource-focused community development organization US Ignite, explore how emerging innovation is driving growth and what the region can do to take advantage.

More information at www.vcwa.org.

Judge Ben: Illuminating the Vibrancy of Vermont, with Guest Michael Shirling 08/24/2017

State Representative and former Vermont Trial Judge Ben Joseph hosts Vermont Secretary of Commerce and Community Development Michael Schirling for a discussion about the extreme challenges his department and the people of Vermont face under the proposed United States federal budget for 2018.

In the World of Winooski: City Update, Winooski Farmers Market and the shift to a Community Parks and Recreation Model 07/28/2015

Winooski City Mayor and host Seth Leonard speaks with Charlotte Roozekrans, Manager of the Winooski Farmers Market. Charlotte will give an update on how the market is progressing in 2015, along with some of the unique and innovative programming for kids that is available.

The Mayor is later joined by Ray Coffee, Winooski Director of Community Services, and Ethan Hausman, Winooski Recreation and Parks Manager. Updating the shift of Winooski's Community Services Department to a Parks and Recreation Model, and what that means for the future of services in the community. For more information: www.winooskivt.org or Follow on Facebook

Local Media Show: Charlotte Paper 10/01/2013

The Charlotte News celebrates 55 years with a community fundraising campaign. Guests Brett Sigurdson, Editor-in-Chief and Meg Smith Co-chair of the Charlotte News Board of Directors will discuss the history and future of the paper.You'll find some info on the paper and Thrive @55 campaign here: http://www.thecharlottenews.org/support-the-news.html.

Hack the Stacks 09/30/2013

Burlington Vermont has been selected for the Code for America Brigade. The group will build civic apps and open data projects for community purposes. As part of the national network Code for BTV will collaborate with local governments to use technology to solve problems. Thirty-one communities across the country are part of the Code for America Brigade.

The next major Code for BTV event will be a hackathon, slated for Saturday October 26th and Sunday, October 27th. Called Hack the Stacks: Civic Hacking at Fletcher Free Library. The focus of this project will be creating apps for the Fletcher Free Library, working with Big Heavy World to promote Vermont-made music, and building websites for Vermont's nonprofit organizations in collaboration with the Vermont Digital Economy Project.

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!