Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 1 meets the second Wednesday of the month.

Heart and Soul of Essex is a community conversation for envisioning the future.  What are we doing?  ENGAGING the community in dialogue about the future.
Creating a VISION based on what people are saying. ACTIVATING lots of people from our community to take ACTION to move towards our vision.
What do we believe?  Everyone deserves a say.
Planning for the future should be guided by what’s most important to the community.
Our community will be more successful if people from the town and village have a chance to talk together about the future and discover our shared interests.
Why does it matter? Essex is growing and changing. We want to hold onto what is special about our community and we want the changes that do happen to reflect what matters to the people who live and work here. Is this about merger? No. Past merger conversations have been about changing our governance structure. Heart & Soul is about discovering areas where we have similar interests and identifying ways to work together to accomplish our shared vision.

This is a different way to approach government, to explore new ways to communicate about what matters to us and to make sure our planning decisions are guided by our shared values.  more information: http://heartandsoulofessex.org

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, is joined by Brian Pine, Assistant Director for Housing at CEDO, to share an update on State Legislative actions affecting affordable housing. www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Guest Host Jacob Mushlin speaks with Jim Cameron of Green Dolphin LLC and a developer who is successfully using the State and Federal Historic Tax Credits to redevelop the Saint Albans House historic hotel. Jim shared the start of the project last year and shares an update in this show. Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation BurlingtonMonthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington.