Moments with Melinda: Interview with Mary Means
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From Melinda Moulton:
Mary Means is the retired owner of Mary Means & Associates, a small but mighty community planning firm that earned a strong reputation for "building bridges between plans and people". Mary conceived the Main Street Project which had the bold mission of demonstrating economic development within the context of historic preservation. This pilot project evolved into Main Street America. In 2021 Mary wrote "Main Street's Come Back and How it Can Come Back Again". The National Trust for Historic Preservation gave Mary the 2020 Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award. Mary is presently working on her memoir.
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CCTV Center for Media & Democracy Participates in Democracy Day
CCTV Center for Media and Democracy on September 13 at 1 p.m. hosts a panel of local community thought leaders on the state of local democracy and their experiences navigating the policital system and working for social and political change. Participating panelists include: Sandy Baird, activist and lawyer; CD Mattison, DNC delegate and political campaigner; Ali Dieng, Former Burlington City Councilor and New American Leader; Pelin Kohn, VT League of Women Voters. This program and the articles below are part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.