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Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Champlain Street Park Grand Reopening Celebration 09/18/2024

From the Mayor's Office:

Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak will officially reopen the reconstructed Champlain Street playground and park at 187. S. Champlain St in Burlington. The Mayor will be joined by Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront staff and representatives from project donors: T-Mobile (Hometown Grant), KSNRC and CVOEO. 

Event featuring remarks from City officials and donors, ribbon cutting. With Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak; Sam Hotham, T-Mobile; Cindi Wight, Director, Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Director; Brian Pine, King St. Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation (KSNRC); and Paul Dragon, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO).

Feeding Champlain Valley Public Launch 06/11/2024

From CVOEO:

Join us as CVOEO’s Feeding Chittenden unveils its new name – Feeding Champlain Valley – to better reflect its work throughout the region.

Feeding Champlain Valley has developed new systems and partnerships aimed at connecting people to nutritious food, reducing food waste, and preparing a new generation of food service professionals for successful careers.

Feeding Champlain Valley is also publicly launching a fundraising campaign – the Fund to Feed Champlain Valley – to raise $7.5 million and ensure strategic investments in infrastructure, food access, and capacity.

For more information visit: www.feedingchittenden.org | www.cvoeo.org

Just Action: An Evening with Richard Rothstein & Leah Rothstein 04/01/2024

From CVOEO:

Join the Vermont Human Rights Commission and Fair Housing Project of CVOEO for a special conversation with Richard Rothstein & Leah Rothstein, authors of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law is the groundbreaking new book that moves beyond the historical analysis of segregation as presented in Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, published in 2018. While The Color of Law showed how federal, state, and local governments created and reinforced neighborhood segregation, Just Action takes a bold step forward - offering practical strategies to tear down these systemic barriers.

For more information visit: https://fairhousingmonthvt.org/

CVOEO Engagement for Municipal Decision-Making Workshop 01/30/2024

From CVOEO:

Emily Heymann, Senior Planner of Williston, joins the Fair Housing Project of CVOEO (Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity) to share tools for effective community engagement in municipal decisions, and strategies for addressing citizen concerns. This workshop is offered as a part a workshop series hosted by the Striving for Equity Project of CVOEO's Housing Advocacy Programs for housing committee members and community housing advocates. CVOEO's Striving for Equity Project supports local housing committees and promotes avenues for citizen housing advocacy to increase the amount inclusive, affordable housing that meets local housing needs.

You can learn more about the CVOEO Fair Housing Project’s Striving for Equity Project at www.cvoeo.org/get-help/striving-for-equity-project

This and other recorded workshops can be found at: www.sites.google.com/view/strivingforequityproject

Zoom Cafe on Housing with Champlain Housing Trust and Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity 10/18/2023

From the organizers, Tiff Bluemle and Gabrielle Stebbins:

Nearly 60% of those who responded to our most recent poll identified housing as their first or second highest policy priorities.

Join us for a Zoom Cafe on the scope and context of the current housing crisis, the investments made over the last three years, and the work that lies ahead to meet our housing needs.

- Chris Donnelly, Champlain Housing Trust
- Paul Dragon, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

Interviews - Burlington’s Community Resource Center After Completing Phase I Renovations 09/21/2023

CVOEO's employees and associates discuss the new renovations in Burlington’s Community Resource Center at Feeding Chittenden.

Press Conference - Burlington’s Community Resource Center After Completing Phase I Renovations 09/21/2023

From CVOEO:

Press conference and community gathering to share the first phase of renovations to Burlington’s Community Resource Center at Feeding Chittenden.

With representatives from CVOEO, Champlain Housing Trust, Mayor’s Office, The City of Burlington, and Congressional Delegation.

On the Waterfront: Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity 06/21/2023

Host Mariah Riggs interviews Sandrine Kibuey, Director of Housing Advocacy Programs at CVOEO, and Jess Hyman, Associate Director of Housing Advocacy Programs at CVOEO about the programs offered at the Champlain Office of Economic Opportunity. 

For more information visit: www.cvoeo.org | Facebook: @CVOEO | Instagram: CVOEO_VT

Vocabulary of Home: A Conversation on How We Talk About Housing 04/26/2023

From CEDO:

Artist & CVOEO’s Corrine Yonce shares her insights about our housing vocabulary - featuring images from her recent public art installation at King St Laundry, lessons from HeART & Home Fair Housing Month responses, and anecdotes from the field.

Community Action Day at Champlain Street Park 04/19/2023

From CVOEO:

The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) hosts Community Action Day to help revitalize Champlain Street Park, one of the few remaining public green spaces in Burlington’s South End neighborhood. The event offers the community an opportunity to come together in recognition of Earth Day and Fair Housing Month.

Community members come together to hear about how housing security and community agency in the spaces they live contribute to thriving, inclusive communities. Fair Housing Project team members share a brief introduction to Fair Housing Month, and highlight other Fair Housing Month community conversations and activities for people to plug into. Participants enjoy lunch, conversations about housing inclusion, and help clean up the park. HeART & Home Kits are available as well! Join us for this moment of caring for this community space. 

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