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Burlington Mayor's Show: CEDO Lead Program 06/28/2017

Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) Lead Program Outreach Specialist Lauren Pyatt speaks with Todd Rawlings, CEDO Housing Program Manager, Jeff Tanguay, Burlington Lead Program Senior Program Specialist.

Preservation Burlington: Upcoming Events 06/22/2017

Ron Wanamaker is joined by Liisa Reimann Rivera over the phone to discuss upcoming Preservation Burlington events and tours.

More information on Preservation Burlington.

Liisa Reimann Rivera - Originally from England, Liisa has lived in Burlington since 2006. She earned her Master's in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and is a principal with Blue Brick Preservation. Liisa lives in a 1954 ranch house, whose historic wooden windows she thinks are of a genius design seldom seen since, in Burlington's New North End. Liisa's passions include historic industrial buildings, firehouses and little-known builder-architects of the vernacular landscape.

Ron Wanamaker - Ron has been a member of the Board since 2007 and has served as Vice President and President. A passionate preservationist, he continues to serve on the Education Committee for Preservation Burlington and is also a member of Burlington’s Design Advisory Board. A contractor since 1988, he has lived and worked in Burlington since 1998 and managed Wanamaker Restoration as well as Champlain Valley Millworks.

Burlington Public Works Commission 06/21/2017

The Burlington Public Works Commission represents the citizens of Burlington in determining and demanding appropriate departmental performance.

For more information contact Chapin Spencer at (802) 863-9094.

Normal meeting date is the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Save Open Space - Burlington: Fearless Cities/Ciudades sin Miedo 06/20/2017

Andy Simon of SOS-B recieves a report back from Ibnar Avilix Stratibus and Genese Grill regarding the Fearless Cities/Ciudades sin Miedo conference in Barcelona, Spain.

More info:

saveopenspaceburlington.org

www.coalitionforalivablecity.blogspot.com

www.safestreetsburlington.com

southendalliance.org

Let's Talk Progress - Speaker Series 06/15/2017

Let’s Talk Progress is a speaker series about what Burlington could be–and how smart growth can help us get there. Join national and local expert speakers in a series of discussions about a brighter future for our city.

At the first of eight events, leading economist Joe Minicozzi uses simple math to guide the reshaping of urban spaces to honor historical and environmental values while creating prosperity and driving social equity.

For more info visit: https://www.letstalkprogressvt.org/

Stump the Chumps: Urban Renewal, Immigrants, and Sports 06/15/2017

Hosts Bill Koegh and Joey Donovan are joined by former Rice Memorial High School Coach/Teacher John Varricchione to discuss urban renewal, immigrants, sports, and Mount Saint Mary's, among many other topics.

Test your knowledge of Chittenden County history and see if you have what it takes to Stump the Chumps!

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: USDA Rural Development 06/09/2017

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, speaks with Seth Leonard, Housing Director for the VT/NH Office, USDA Rural Development.

For additional Vermont information visit: http://bit.ly/2r68TOP

For additional national information visit: http://www.nlihc.org/oor/

Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition: www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Voices of Home Storytelling Project : www.vtaffordablehousing.org/voices

CVOEO Fair Housing Project: www.cvoeo.org/?fuseaction=dep_intro&dept_id=1

Thriving Communities website: www.thrivingcommunitiesvt.org/

Evaluation of the City of Burlington’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance report: http://bit.ly/2kRz6NT

Voices of Home affordable housing resident storytelling project: www.vtaffordablehousing.org/voices

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org | http://vtlegalaid.org/publications | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047 | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing: CVOEO Fair Housing Project | https://www.cvoeo.org | 802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission: http://hrc.vermont.gov | 1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Preservation Burlington: Preservation Burlington Homes Tour 05/25/2017

Hosts Liisa Reimann Rivera and Ron Wanamaker talk with the Preservation Burlington Homes Tour coordinator, Matt Viens.

More information on Preservation Burlington.

FY18 Burlington Budget Presentations - Part 3 05/24/2017

FY18 Burlington Budget Presentation, part 3 of 4.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-1

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-2

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-4

FY18 Burlington Budget Presentations - Part 2 05/18/2017

FY18 Burlington Budget Presentations, part 2 of 4.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-1

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-3

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/fy18-burlington-budget-presentations-part-4

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!