From CVOEO:

To celebrate April Fair Housing Month, Arts So Wonderful and the Fair Housing Project of CVOEO invite you to submit work that answers the following question, “What makes a thriving, inclusive community?” The Fair Housing Act enshrined into law important protections against discrimination and harassment in housing. It is intended to increase housing opportunity and choice and dismantle historical patterns of segregation and exclusion. Artists are invited to consider the important ways the Fair Housing Act continues to shape our communities through the medium and visual language of your choice. This exhibition is open to all ages, with cash prizes for youth and adults. 

For more information visit: www.artssowonderful.com | fairhousingmonthvt.org/asw-x-cvoeo-art-contest

Host Bruce Wilson, Executive Director of Service Rendered, and co-Host Candace Owens, President of Poetry Pioneer LLC, chat with guest Jordan Curls, owner of Jordan Curls Enterprise. 

For more information visit: www.artssowonderful.com | www.poetrypioneer.com | www.jordancurls.com

For more information on the Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA) and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Neighborhood-Services/Neighborhood-Planning-Assemblies.

For more information on the Winooski Planning Commission and current procedures and meeting dates, please visit winooskivt.gov/236/Planning-Commission.

For more information on the Essex Planning Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit essex.org/425/Planning-Commission.

From Burlington Progressives TV:

Host Gene Bergman is joined by State Rep. Kate Logan (Chitt. 16) and State Rep. Troy Headrick (Chitt. 15) for a Legislative Update.

From the Office of Senator Welch:

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will convene leaders from Vermont’s nonprofit theaters under the marquee of The Flynn in Burlington to celebrate the introduction of the Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act. The STAGE Act would establish a new Professional Nonprofit Theater Grant Program to support the theater arts industry and workforce through a lagging recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who: Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.); Vermont Secretary of Commerce Lindsay Kurrle; Jay Wahl, Executive Director of the Flynn Center; Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director of the Vermont Arts Council; Carol Dunne, Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage 

From VPIRG:

Apply to join VPIRG's summer canvass at vpirg.org/CanvassApp2024!

The summer door-to-door canvass has been at the heart of VPIRG’s work since 1985, the first year a small group of passionate young activists took to the streets, roads, and mountain tracks of Vermont and began a political movement through the simple act of having face-to-face conversations.  But even before the first canvass, since our founding in 1972, VPIRG’s work has been rooted in the idea that when we make the effort to connect with people and build a movement around a common issue, we can accomplish big things – together.

Over the last several decades, our summer canvass has grown to become a beloved Vermont summer tradition. What once was an operation comprised of 10-20 canvassers knocking on doors in and around Chittenden County, has become a force of 70+ canvassers each summer that walk, bike, and talk to residents in all 251 cities, towns, and gores in Vermont. And the conversations we have each year inform the work our team of advocates goes on to do in the State House.  

For more information: www.vpirg.org/canvass

From the Office of Governor Scott:

Governor Phil Scott and Administration officials hold their weekly press conference.