housing crisis

Burlington Business Association: BBA Business Summit 2024: Public Safety Forum 02/15/2024

From the organizer:

Burlington has been facing increasingly challenging public safety problems since 2020. It is time we focus on solutions. With a keen eye toward balancing the needs of our most vulnerable community members with the need to maintain our vibrant downtown, the forum brings together community leaders from our area and other cities. We hear about solutions and programs that are working in some of our most challenged cities. Then, we inspire some Burlington-sized solutions to share with the group. Come to learn, come to inspire, come to help create Burlington’s NEXT ACT!

Speakers include:

Kelly Devine, Executive Director, Burlington Business Association
Par Tolles, Partner & CEO, Tolles Development
Kate Thomas, Assistant County Manager, Washoe County Nevada
Grant Denton, Executive Director, Karma Box Project
Brad Segal, President, PUMA Downtown Association
John Caner, CEO, Downtown Berkeley Association

For more information about the Burlington Business Summit visit: www.bbavt.org/event/bba-business-summit-public-safety-forum

Governor Phil Scott: Press Conference - Vermont's Housing Shortage 01/10/2024

From the Office of Governor Scott:

Governor Phil Scott, legislators and community partners hold a press conference outlining proposed solutions to address Vermont’s housing shortage.

Reporters access by attending in person or remotely through Microsoft Teams. Following remarks, the Governor, legislators and Cabinet officials are available for questions from members of the media.

State of Affairs in the Community and Resources Through CEDO/BPD 11/03/2023

Host Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, is joined by Sarah Russell, CEDO Special Assistant to End Homelessness, Scott Pavek, CEDO Substance Use Policy Analyst, Rachel Jolly, CEDO Assistant Director, CJC, as well as Lacey-Ann Smith, BPD Community Support Supervisor at BPD, to share information about the City's work.

Sarah shares information about the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance and Coordinated Entry as well as the data around homelessness. Lacey shared information about Crisis, Advocacy and Intervention Programs (CAIP) and what’s happened since 2020. Scott shares information about Overdose Prevention sites and drug checking. Rachel shares information about Pretrial Services and Tamarack programs, the data/anecdotes we’ve observed over the last few years, and the gaps in treatment.

For more infromation visit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/cedo | www.burlingtonvt.gov/police/CAIP | www.burlingtoncjc.org/cedo

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Update on the City’s Initiatives to Support Unsheltered Homelessness 10/10/2023

From the Mayor's Office and Burlington Parks Rec and Waterfront:

Mayor Miro Weinberger and community partners provide an update on the progress of several initiatives to support people living without shelter in the community, including the Administration’s proposal to create a temporary winter warming shelter for the cold weather season.

With Mayor Miro Weinberger; Sarah Russell, Special Asst. to End Homelessness, City of Burlington; Paul Dragon, Executive Director, CVOEO; Michelle Caver, VFW Post 782; and Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner of Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families.

Public Safety Forum for Downtown Workers 10/10/2023

From the organizer:

Do you work a late-night shift in downtown Burlington? Are you concerned about public safety, parking, and the rising cost of living in Burlington?

Join us for a public forum to share concerns with city decision makers as we work to improve the working environment for downtown workers. Church Street Marketplace Commissioner Chris Haessly, Parks & Rec Comissioner Lee Morgan, and Burlington City Councilor Mark Barlow are on hand to listen to concerns and discuss possible solutions to the challenges faced by downtown workers.

Potential Housing Solutions for Aging Vermonters 09/22/2023

Host Bobby Lussier chats with guest Talor Stewart (Architect, author of Conscious Home Design) about potential solutions to Vermont's housing crisis, particularly through grants from the Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP).

Complex Systems and Homelessness with Yoshi Bird 09/15/2023

Host Meghan O'Rourke interviews Yoshi Bird, Project Director of the Vermont Zoning Atlas, about the project on mapping housing, data, and homelessness.

For more information visit: http://www.zoningatlas.org/vermont

What's Going On?: Decker Towers 09/14/2023

Host Sandy Baird is joined by guests Bob Collins (tenant) and Jim Rader (concerned citizen, former Burlington City Clerk) to discuss recent developments at Decker Towers.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Update on Chittenden County Response to Motel Program Sunset 06/05/2023

From the Mayor's Office:

Mayor Weinberger and regional partners provide a briefing on the City’s and Chittenden County Homeless Alliance’s Letters of Intent submitted on June 1 in response to the Vermont Department of Child and Family Services’ call for proposals to support homeless response efforts. As Vermont’s most populous city and a community with a robust concentration of resources including state agencies, community health centers, public transportation, MOUD providers, and non-governmental organizations that support basic needs, Burlington expects to shoulder the bulk of the challenge caused by the sudden sunset of the state Economic Services Division (ESD) Motel Program within Chittenden County.

With: Mayor Miro Weinberger; Sarah Russell, Special Assistant to End Homelessness, City of Burlington; Will Towne, Co-Chair of Chittenden County Homeless Alliance; Kim Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, Cathedral Square.

Peace Talks: Transforming the Housing Crisis by Design: How Industrial Revolution in Housing Construction Can Thread the Needle for New Development in Vermont 04/12/2023

From Peace Talks:

In this episode, we are exploring innovative solutions to the housing crisis in Vermont. We talk with Jason Van Nest who is an Architect, a professor at NY-Tech, and the Founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems. The crux of the matter is that new, affordable homes need to be built for younger, more diverse populations, but not at the expense of existing Vermont communities or the environment. Conventional approaches to development have struggled to address these issues because of the complex dynamic systems at play. Economic, social, and environmental interests all overlap in contradictory ways when it comes to housing. But what if there was a way to address these overlapping interests and needs by shifting our focus from home construction to industrial revolution? Tune in and see how an architect is transforming the housing market by design.

Show Guest: Jason Van Nest, Architect, professor at NYTech, and the founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems

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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!