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BBA 2017 Business Summit 01/26/2017

The Burlington Business Association's 2017 Business Summit is an educational and interactive event designed to inform stakeholders about the challenges and opportunities Burlington will face moving forward as a 21st-century city.

Tom Murphy, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA and now Senior Fellow at the Urban Land Institute, joins us as our keynote speaker. The event also includes a presentation by Jeffrey Lewis of the Vermont Futures Project, providing a state level outlook on data trends that impact the Vermont and Burlington economies. Fran Stoddard, a communications consultant who has done community development work through the Orton Family Foundation since 2012, joins us to facilitate break out group discussions about the future of Burlington to give attendees the opportunity to voice their vision for the future of Burlington.

Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks and Kelly Devine, Executive Director of the BBA will make final remarks.

Preservation Burlington: Raising a Building Near the Winooski Bridge 01/26/2017

Hosts Liisa Reimann Rivera and Ron Wanamaker discuss raising the building near the Winooski bridge with Jay White, Architect.

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.

Fight for 15! - Rally and Speak-out for $15 Minimum Wage in Vermont 01/23/2017

Vermonters rally and speak out at the Burlington City Hall for a $15/hr minimum wage in Vermont.

Burlington Public Works Commission 01/18/2017

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.

Preserving Burlington's Wild Area: Rock Point Partnership Campaign 01/17/2017

Bishop Tom Ely discusses the Episcopal Dioceses campaign to preserve the Rock Point Natural Area.

"After our comprehensive study of the needs and potential of Rock Point, we bring new confidence in its role as a central meeting place for the programs, people, and the future of surrounding community as well as the Episcopal Church in Vermont. We have designed our plans and the Partnership Campaign for Rock Point to support a unified, future-focused mission, where our service to nature, to people, and to community are all part of one energy."

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Civil Rights Panel - A Vision for Civil Rights in Vermont 01/16/2017

On January 16, 2017, ECHO, in partnership with the City of Burlington, will host the 5th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration.

This FREE EVENT is part of a nationwide initiative to make MLK Day a "day on, not a day off," in which communities engage their citizenry in meaningful service and reflection. Each year, adults and children gather to explore issues of diversity and inclusion through story, song, and conversation. This year, we are proud to highlight our community's youth and recognize their leadership in advancing social justice and eliminating racism as part of the City's "My Brother's Keeper" program.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: My Brother’s Keeper Youth Panel 01/16/2017

On January 16, 2017, ECHO, in partnership with the City of Burlington, hosts the 5th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Anti-Police Brutality, School to Prison Pipeline March 01/16/2017

Anti-Police Brutality, School to Prison Pipeline March from Burlington High School to Burlington Police Department.

Positively Vermont: Frog Hollow Art Center 01/11/2017

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Rob Hunter, Executive Director, Frog Hollow.

For more information visit: http://froghollow.org/content/support

Burlington Memorial Auditorium 01/10/2017

Charles Simpson and Diane Gayer discuss the Burlington Memorial Auditorium.

To view Rights & Democracy's open letter to the City Council seeking a public process to determine the future of Memorial Auditorium go to: http://www.radvt.org/memorialauditorium

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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!