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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressman Peter Welch, Governor Peter Shumlin, and Mayor Miro Wienberger announce the selection of 218 Brownfields Grant investments across the country, including in Vermont.

The Brownfields Assessment Grants of $400,000 each to Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the Windham Regional Commission (WRC) will support the assessment of brownfields sites, the redevelopment of which is complicated by the possible presence of environmental contamination.

Both the State of Vermont and the City of Burlington have active brownfields redevelopment programs.

For more info visit: https://www.leahy.senate.gov/

National and local speakers come together to answer the big questions about Form Based Codes: what are they, where are they being used, and why are they being considered in Burlington? The panel provides a range of information and perspectives on creating and using form-based development standards as part of local land use regulations.

Panelists include: Lee Einsweiler from Code Studio in Austin, TX, who’s a national expert on the creation of land development codes, speaking about the use of building form elements in zoning codes from a national perspective. Regina Mahoney, AICP, from the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, shares the experiences of other Vermont towns in incorporating form-based codes into land use regulations. David White, AICP, Director of the Burlington Dept. of Planning & Zoning, provides context on why Burlington is crafting form-based regulations and how they will fit into the context of the City’s existing zoning. Andy Montroll, Planning Commissioner & Chair of the City’s Joint Form-Based Code Committee, speaks to the Joint City Council & Planning Commission process being used to develop Burlington's own code and its most important features.

For More Information:  www.burlingtonvt.gov/planbtv/fbc  Link to Agenda here

Andy Simon and Ruby Perry, both of Save Open Space-Burlington (SOS-B), speak with Mike Winslow, Staff Scientist for The Lake Champlain Committee.

More info:

www.saveopenspaceburlington.org 

www.lakechamplaincommittee.org

www.southendalliance.org

Mayor Miro Weinberger is joined by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Governor Peter Shumlin, former Governor Howard Dean and other Burlington leaders celebrating the completion of Waterfront North Improvements. The $9 million project was completed with the help of a $3.3 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant that was strongly supported by Senator Leahy.