Neighborhoods

Opportunities Credit Union: Winooski Office Grand Opening 11/04/2010

Opportunities Credit Union ribbon cutting for a new office at 25 Winooski Falls Way. Staff, board and members will be joined by Senator Patrick Leahy tol help us cut the ribbon.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Tooth Tutor Program 11/04/2010

School Commissioner Keith Pillsbury along with Superintendent Jeanne Collins host. Tonights guest is Pari Motia, Tooth Tutor. The Tooth Tutor program allows trained dental hygienists to spend time at your child's school each week. They have two key duties - (1) to provide brief in-class instruction about dental health, and (2) to identify students who need dental care or dental homes. If parents agree, the Tooth Tutors work with the dental clinic at Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler or other dental practices to find dental homes for the students. They support parents' access to transportation and translation/interpretation services.

Burlington Development Review Board 11/03/2010

Information on the Burlington Development Review Board is under the City's Planning and Zoning Office.

Vermont Workers' Center: A Win-Win for Moran Redevelopment Project Workers 11/01/2010

Traven Leyson hosts, Matt Lash, Marketing & Business Development Director International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300, and Michael Morelli Business Agent Ironworkers Local 7 to discuss the Moran Plan Redevelopment and efforts towards assuring use of a 'fair' labor force.

Project Labor Agreement for Moran Plant redevelopment

guarantee local, family-wage jobs for Vermonters
apprenticeships for at-risk workers and minorities
responsible stewardship of tax dollars

Please sign the petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/the-right-choice-a-project-labor-agreement-for-the-moran-center/

For more info about Project Labor Agreements contact:
Vermont Building and Construction Trades Council
3 Gregory Drive
South Burlington, VT 05403
802.860.6238
http://www.plaswork.org

Stop the F-35: Rally and Speak Out 11/01/2010

After asking numerous times for a meeting with Senator Leahy and being
denied by his staff, the Stop the F-35 coalition is calling for a rally
and speak out outside of his office to say that we demand he listen to
his constituents on this important issue. Info at 802-309-4824 www.stopthef35.com

Preservation Burlington: Elmwood Avenue Cemetery Walking Tour 10/30/2010

Preservation Burlington's Elmwood Avenue Cemetery Walking Tour.

Preservation Burlington: Historic Designation 10/28/2010

Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington. This month host Ron Wannamaker speaks with Kristen Gillot and Emily Morgan, UVM Graduate students, on historic designation.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: New Bicycle and Pedestrian Amenities 10/27/2010

Mayor Bob Kiss and the Burlington Walk/Bike Council host a press conference to introduce the first city-owned bicycle lockers and announce recent developments in the walk and bike-friendly infrastructure of Burlington.

Vermont Workers' Center: Re:Imagining Change - Book Release & Celebration 10/27/2010

Authors Doyle Canning and Patrick Reinsborough, authors of Re:Imagining Change - How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World (PM Press, 2010) share accounts of how communities across the country are using narrative to make systemic change.

Burlington Diversity Town Meeting 10/26/2010

Burlington School District Town Hall Meeting on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Presented by the Burlington School District, Burlington Social Equity Investment Project and the City of Burlington.

Featured Story

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!