JUMP, Climate Chaos and Patent Law

The Stars Are Out! Please join us, Thursday, December 12 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Channel 17 studios, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, for our annual Holiday Party.

 Municipal Updates available from Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski, Williston.

Thursday December 12 at 4 p.m.

Positively Vermont: Church Street Marketplace - Winter Update Host Dennis McMahon talks with Ron Redmond, Executive Director of Burlington's Church Street Marketplace.

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Monday December 9 at 6 p.m.

Creating Caring Communities Wanda Hines, Managing Director of Joint Urban Ministry Project (JUMP) speaks with Anne Tewksbury-Frye, Sustainability Coach at the Sustainability Academy, on JUMP initiatives.  For more information: 862-4501 www.jumpvt.org

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Tuesday December 10 at 10 p.m.

Senator Patrick Leahy: Patent Law Abuse Protections Senator Patrick Leahy discusses his bipartisan legislation to crack down on so-called “patent trolls.” Jerry Tarrant, the chief operating officer of MyWebGrocer, discusses his business’s experiences with patent trolls, and Leahy’s effort to make reforms necessary to foster innovation and job creation.

Wednesday December 11 at 3:30 p.m.

Restore Our Communities: Restore Our Communities, Pilot Episode Suzi Wizowaty, Director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, speaks with John Gorczyk, former Commissioner, Vermont Department of Corrections and Kathy Fox, Sociology Professor at the University of Vermont. 

Friday December 13 at 10:05 p.m.

Facing Climate Chaos with Hope and Action: Empowering People of Faith and Spirit Vermont Interfaith Power and Light, a statewide non-profit organization presents Stephanie Kaza as the keynote for their annual conference on Climate Change Dr. Kaza's keynote address is titled: Sustaining Our Effort: Climate Work as Practice Field.

Saturday December 14 at 4:30 p.m.

Stop the F-35 - Next Steps? Paul Fleckenstein, a member of the Stop the F-35 Coalition, shares reactions and steps the coalition plans after this week's announcement by the Air Force of deploying 18 F-35A Fighter jets to Burlington by 2020.Channel 17/Town Meeting TV provides government access and public affairs programming to the Comcast cable subscribers of Colchester, South Burlington, Burlington, Essex Town, Essex Junction, Winooski, Williston and St. George as well as to the subscribers of Burlington Telecom cable. Channel 17’s mission is to make government more accessible and accountable to Chittenden County residents and to provide citizens with a direct link to public policy makers.