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Skywatch: Prophets of War 08/17/2023

From Skywatch:

Skywatch hosts Jimmy Leas and Danaka Katovich interview guest William Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of the book Prophets of War, which is about Lockheed Martin, the F-35, and the deeply corrupt system of weapons acquisition in the US. The book describes Lockheed's lobbying, bribery, cost overruns, subsidies, lax oversight, flawed products, rigged tests, lies, self-dealing, revolving door, law-breaking, and endless pressure for endless war. The book also tells the story of remarkable "closet patriots"-- insiders who blew the whistle.

Skywatch: F-35 Is Not Good For Business, Jobs, and Housing 07/10/2023

From Skywatch:

Hosts Jimmy Leas and Danaka Katovich interview guest Ashley Adams. Ashley Adams owns a truck frame manufacturing company located on Airport Parkway across the street from the north end of the runway at Burlington International Airport. She also owns fourteen rental units nearby. She has first hand experience with the F-35 and its effect on business, jobs, and housing.

Get the F35 Out in the Time of Corona 05/01/2020

The organization People for Peace and Security (PPS) is launching a boycott of the airport to put financial pressure on BTV and the city to cancel the F-35 basing. These videos explain the issue and its impact on the local community. This is updated after the impact of Coronavirus on the community.

Get the F35 Out Airport Boycott 02/01/2020

Protests, Arrests, & Locked Doors - Opponents of the F-35 Visit Senator Leahy's Office 09/13/2019

Over the course of 5 days, opponents of the F-35s, now based at the Burlington Airpot Air National Guard location, visited the office of Senator Leahy to explain their opposition and request community meetings on the issue.

UVM Medical Center Design Charette for Noise Barrier 10/03/2018

UVM Medical Center hosts a design charrette for a new noise barrier wall that the hospital proposes to build on the East side of its main campus to help mitigate noise from traffic in and around our loading dock and perimeter road.

The noise barrier is proposed at the request of neighbors in the Case Parkway/East Avenue area who are most impacted, and with the input from our acoustical experts. Based on computer modeling, acoustical experts project that a noise barrier built along the outside edge of the hospital perimeter road, running parallel to East Avenue at the top of the embankment, up to 600 feet long and 12 feet high, would produce the maxiumum decrease in noise heard by neighbors. At the charrette, the hospital presents design concepts and collects community input. Experts in attendance include: Architects: E4H (Williston) with Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architects (Burlington); Acoustical Consultants: Resource Systems Group (RSG -- White River Jct.); Civil and Structural Engineers: Engineering Ventures (Burlington); Construction Team: SD Ireland (Burlington) and Whiting Turner (Baltimore).

Downtown Issues and Why You Should Care 11/30/2015

Wards 2/3 Neighborhood Planning Assembly Steering Committee member Charlie Gianonni speaks with Barbara McGrew, Downtown Neighborhood Association member, on Burlington's newest 'Neighborhood Association' and how it contributes to the issues affecting 'Downtown' Burlington. More information: bmcgrew@aol.com

Chamberlin Neighborhood - Noise Exposure and Mapping Session 11/09/2015

Burlington International Airport public neighborhood meeting to update the community and answer questions about airport based Noise Exposure in South Burlington's Chamberlin Neighbohood.

Project updates available at: www.sburl.com www.btv.aero www.countonitinc.com

: Chamberlin Neighborhood Airport Planning Committee 07/13/2015

The City South Burlington City Council Committee meeting on the Chamberlin Neighborhood and Burlington International Airport. Agenda includes: Call to Order; Changes to Agenda; Approve Minutes; Public Comment Period on Items NOT on the Agenda; Review/Analysis of themes from the Community Forum: (a) Themes 3 & 4 as discussed at June 25 meeting: Noise and Land Use, (b) Possible discussion of other themes as identified; Consider options for additional community /stakeholder input; Other Business; Adjourn. www.sburl.com

South Burlington Chamberlin Neighborhood Project - Shaping Your Community's Future 05/27/2015

A community meeting, sharing hopes and dreams for the South Burlington Chamberlin Neighborhood.

This meeting is part of the Chamberlin Neighborhood Planning Project which engages residents, airport representatives, City officials, and regional stakeholders in a conversation about land use and transportation in the neighborhood. The Planning Project will develop a vision for the neighborhood and strategies for achieving that vision. The outcomes of the study will be documented in a Transportation-Land Use Plan that will be submitted to the South Burlington City Council, and will both serve as the base for next steps in land use and transportation planning in the area; these will also help to inform the Airport’s own planning efforts. A key part of this project is also about establishing communication among all parties, and the study is as much about process as it is about the outcome.

For more information, see: www.ccrpcvt.org/chamberlin or contact Diane at 802.865.1794 or diane@thirdsectorassociates.com.

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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!