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Burlington City Council 08/07/2017

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.

Let's Talk Progress - Speaker Series 06/15/2017

Let’s Talk Progress is a speaker series about what Burlington could be–and how smart growth can help us get there. Join national and local expert speakers in a series of discussions about a brighter future for our city.

At the first of eight events, leading economist Joe Minicozzi uses simple math to guide the reshaping of urban spaces to honor historical and environmental values while creating prosperity and driving social equity.

For more info visit: https://www.letstalkprogressvt.org/

Mayor's Town Hall on the Opiate Crisis 03/16/2017

Despite the hard work of many state and local agencies and individuals that undoubtedly has saved lives, opioid-related deaths in the State of Vermont increased by 38 percent in 2016, a stark reminder that we must do more to turn the tide of the opioid crisis.

Mayor Weinberger, Chief del Pozo, and State's Attorney Sarah George host a Town Hall Meeting where the City explains its approach to the public and encourages community awareness of the opioid crisis. The City has also released a draft of 11 principles to guide its efforts to address this crisis, and we are asking you to weigh in as we finalize this document and bring it before the City Council.

Burlington Free University: Miro's Metropolis - Alternate Visions for Burlington 12/03/2015

Local activists Marc Estrin, Amey Radcliffe, Ibnar Avilix, and Jan Schultz provide perspectives on alternate visions for Burlington as a follow up to the series developed on Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger's approach to development in the city. Ibnar Avilix is a community actionist, co-founder: Savo Open Space-Burlington, co-founder of the South End Alliance, co-founder of Safe Streets Burlington, member of the Super Alliance, a growing alliance of grassroots community groups in and around Burlington. Also, a member of the Vermont Sail Freight Project core team and core member of the development team for the New Maine Sail Freight system. Ibnar also works with Pathways Vermont for the new Soteria Program. (Soteria operates with the belief that psychosis can be a temporary experience that one works through rather than a chronic mental illness that needs to be managed.)

Part I dealt with "Dirt" and Packard Lofts, Burlington College Land and Leddy Dirt Pile. It can be viewed at: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/miros-metropolis-part-i-dirt
Part II: "Where the Money Is" dealt with Plan BTV South End, Downtown Development, and Neighborhood Parking. It can be viewed at: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/miros-metropolis-part-ii-where-money

Part III: "Getting There" deals with Transportation and Miro's Trajectory and can be found at: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/miros-metropolis-part-iii-getting-there

Burlington Free University: Miro's Metropolis - Part III Getting There 10/29/2015

Local activists Genese Grill, Mannie Lionni and Charles Simpson provide perspectives on Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger's approach to Burlington development.

The third show in a 3 part series: Part III - "Getting There" deals with Transportation and Miro's Trajectory

Where Do We Go From Here? On The Hiring of Burlington's Police Chief. 07/21/2015

Genevieve Jacobs and Bill Oetjen, both local Burlington residents, host a discussion of the process for hiring Burlington's newly appointed Police Chief, Brandon del Pozo.

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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!