Chittenden County

2023 KidSafe Collaborative Outstanding Service Awards 04/18/2023

From the organizer:

The KidSafe Collaborative Annual Awards honor outstanding individuals and groups in our community who have made a significant contribution to improving the safety, health, and well-being of children in Chittenden County.

Our signature event has been celebrated for over 30 years, recognizing our community's heroes who support children, youth, and families and go “above and beyond” in their work to prevent and address child maltreatment.

Celebrate Life: Mark Furnari 04/14/2023

From Gary De Carolis:

I am the eldest son of an Italian American working class family raised in The Bronx, New York. After 12 years of parochial Catholic education, I attended the City University of New York, where I discovered the anti-war movement was more important than pre-med study and became a history major.

Discovery is my operative word: salesman, customer service, schoolteacher, window washer (40 story buildings), food cooperative manager, health care advocate/director, union organizer, electoral campaign worker/manager , city council staff, mediator, therapist, leadership development/coaching practice, entrepreneur. Throughout my life, my father, who lived to almost 100, would ask me, “what are you doing now, how do I describe your work to the family?”

The joy of three adult daughters, their families & offspring, currently 4 grandsons ages 2 months to 6 years living close by is a joy.

Five words: Curious, Lovable, Patient, Observant, Generous, Insightful

Peace Talks: Transforming the Housing Crisis by Design: How Industrial Revolution in Housing Construction Can Thread the Needle for New Development in Vermont 04/12/2023

From Peace Talks:

In this episode, we are exploring innovative solutions to the housing crisis in Vermont. We talk with Jason Van Nest who is an Architect, a professor at NY-Tech, and the Founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems. The crux of the matter is that new, affordable homes need to be built for younger, more diverse populations, but not at the expense of existing Vermont communities or the environment. Conventional approaches to development have struggled to address these issues because of the complex dynamic systems at play. Economic, social, and environmental interests all overlap in contradictory ways when it comes to housing. But what if there was a way to address these overlapping interests and needs by shifting our focus from home construction to industrial revolution? Tune in and see how an architect is transforming the housing market by design.

Show Guest: Jason Van Nest, Architect, professor at NYTech, and the founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems

Skywatch: Ground The F-35 04/05/2023

From Skywatch:

Skywatch is a new program launching with CCTV about grounding the F-35 here in Burlington, Vermont - and grounding the F-35 everywhere.

Skywatch is hosted by Jimmy Leas and Danaka Katovich. Jimmy has been working to stop the F-35 in Burlington since the plan to base it here was first announced in 2010. He publishes CancelF35.substack.com. Danaka is the national co-director of Code Pink, and she is working to ground the F-35 nationally and internationally.

For more information: www.codepink.org/ | www.CancelF35.substack.com

Peace Talks: A Postcolonial Approach to Acculturation: The American Dream Re-visioned 03/17/2023

From Peace Talks:

This episode focuses on how we can change our approach towards acculturation from an “assimilation” based system to an “integration” based system that respects the cultural heritage and dignity of immigrants entering the United States. We meet with Tamara Parks, who has been a teacher and principal for nearly a decade, and is currently serving as the Director of the Multilingual program through the Essex Westford School District (EWSD). We will be exploring Tamara’s journey as a first generation immigrant to the United States, herself, and how that experience has informed her work in the public education system. We will be discussing a range of peacebuilding topics, such as postcolonialism, multiculturalism, and building peace through inclusive practices that promote equity and understanding across cultures and communities.

Show Guest: Tamara Parks — Educator, Advocate, and Director of the Multilingual Program at the Essex Westford School District

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission 03/15/2023

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, please visit ccrpcvt.org/about-us/commission/agendas-minutes.

Celebrate Life: Julieta Rushford Santiago 03/10/2023

From Gary De Carolis:

Words that describe Julieta: Caring, Intuitive, Healer.

Dr. Julieta Rushford Santiago was born and raised in Puerto Rico. At the age of 17 she graduated high school and pursued higher education in the United States. She has a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and earned her Doctorate degree in Chiropractic from Life University, Marietta, GA, in 1994.

Dr. Julieta has over 30 years of experience in Network Spinal Analysis;

She is a Certified Aromatherapist and a Trauma Informed Care Practitioner

Dr. Rushford lives in Williston, with her husband, Dr. Matt Rushford.

Together they have one son, Storm, who is currently in college.

Chittenden Solid Waste District 03/08/2023

For more information on the Chittenden Solid Waste District and current procedures and meeting dates, please visit cswd.net/about-cswd/cswd-board-of-commissioners.

Exit Voices - Raw Unedited In Full - 2023 Town Meeting Day 03/07/2023

The raw unedited interviews with voters during 2023 Town Meeting Day.

VPIRG Burligton Ranked Choice Voting Explainer 03/07/2023

VPIRG explainer on Burlington's ranked choice voting, as being used on the 2023 ballot for district council candidates.

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!