Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO)
Room 32 City Hall / 149 Church Street / Burlington, VT 05401
802-865-7144 / cedofd@burlingtonvt.gov
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The Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) is a department of the City of Burlington. Our mission is to engage our community to build a vibrant, healthy, and equitable City.
WHAT'S NEW
Thursday, August 30, 5:30-7:30pm Memorial Auditorium Public Workshop, Contois Auditorium, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington
Memorial Workshop #1 focused on building on the survey results by further developing and narrowing the potential uses for Memorial Auditorium, including rehabilitation options. See presentation here: Workshop #1 Presentation
Memorial Auditorium – Survey Results
On Thursday, August 23, from 5:30-7:30pm, The Center for Research & Public Policy (CRPP) of Waterbury, VT, presented the following survey results: CRPP Survey Results Presentation - 8.23.2018
Memorial Auditorium – Public Meetings
Thank you to the Burlington community for taking the survey, providing honest input, and being invested in our future. It’s been an overwhelmingly positive experience and we are going to continue to build on this momentum. Please join us for these next two Memorial Auditorium public events!
Thursday, August 23, 5:30-7:30pm Presentation on Memorial Auditorium Survey Results, Contois Auditorium, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington
The results are in! Dave Hartnett and the City’s Park, Arts and Culture Committee (PACC), invites you to join us for a public presentation of the Memorial Survey results.
The Center for Research & Public Policy (CRPP) of Waterbury, VT, will be presenting the results at this meeting. CRPP was instrumental in developing the Memorial Auditorium survey. For more information on CRPP, please visit their website: https://www.crpp.com/
Please see below for an agenda:
AGENDA:
-Memorial Overview (time 5:30-6:00)
-CRPP Presents Survey Results (6:00-7:00)
-Questions and Answers 7:00- 7:30)
Thursday, August 30, 5:30-7:30pm Memorial Auditorium Public Workshop, Contois Auditorium, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington
We want to hear from you… in person! Workshop #1 will be a city-wide community dialogue. We will focus on building on the survey results by further developing and narrowing the potential uses for Memorial Auditorium, including rehabilitation options. This workshop will be hosted by the Community and Economic Development Office, Planning and Zoning, Burlington City Arts and other City departments. Please join us!
For more information and history about Memorial Auditorium please visit this website: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Memorial-Auditorium
Special accommodation requests please call CEDO 802-865-7144.
Congratulations! First Cohort of Graduates Proudly Display Certificates in Construction & Safety Training
CEDO, in partnership with ReSOURCE, has teamed up to train approximately 20 persons in construction and safety training over a one-year period. On Wednesday evening, the first set of cohorts celebrated their successful graduation from the program, which ReSOURCE is delivering at The South End Joinery on Pine Street. The 10-week intensive program kicked off on June 4, with the first six weeks dedicated to training in construction math, carpentry, tool usage and other construction related courses, followed by two weeks of personal and professional development. Trainees spent the final two weeks getting hands-on experience on construction sites leading to permanent jobs.
The program aims to prepare targeted populations, including low income, young adults, at-risk youths, ex-offenders and New Americans so they're qualified for the hundreds of skilled entry level and high-skill, high wage construction jobs, as a result of several major development projects coming on line or already ongoing in Burlington.
The second cohort of trainees will begin their training at ReSOURCE on September 24, 2018.
For more information on this construction jobs training program, please call Gillian Nanton, Assistant Director, CEDO at # 802-865-7179 or email: gnanton@burlingtonvt.gov.
The City of Burlington is soliciting input on housing and community development needs in connection with the development of its 2018 Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development and on activities to be undertaken as part of its 2018 One-Year Action Plan, as part of its federal requirements under 24 CFR Part 91.105 for consolidated planning and allocation of federal funds from CDBG, HOME and other HUD administered programs. The City anticipates receiving $786,789 in CDBG dollars and $539,670 in HOME dollars to support housing, community and economic development activities.
The City will amend the 2017 Action Plan by cancelling the Lund Residential Treatment Program - Safety for $8,242 and reallocating the funding for 2018 projects.
On Monday, June 4, 2018, at 7:00 pm, there will be a Public Hearing before the Burlington City Council to hear comments on housing and community development needs, on the draft Consolidated Plan and on the funding recommendations of the CDBG Advisory Board, which serve as the basis for the One-Year Action Plan. The Consolidated Plan, Action Plan and Advisory Board’s recommendations are available online at https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Requests-for-Funds
The public is encouraged to review the Plans and funding recommendations, attend the Public Hearing, and comment. Written comments will also be accepted on the Plans through the close of business on June 25, 2018, at the Community & Economic Development Office, 149 Church Street, Room 32, City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401 or mesbjerg@burlingtonvt.gov.
To read the 2018 Consolidated Plan and One Year Action Plan, please review here.
Essential Maintenance Practices (EMP) Class in Burlington
Essential Maintenance Practices class to be held Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall. The class is free, but you must reserve a spot to participate. If you’d like more information or to enroll in the class, please contact Beth Awhaitey bawhaitey@burlingtonvt.gov or 865-5323.
Business Ownership Succession Seminar
A free business ownership succession planning seminar will be offered on Wednesday, March 28 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium in Burlington's City Hall. In this seminar, you will learn how to choose a path for ownership succession in your business. We will take a close look at four different ways of selling a business: to an outsider, to family members, to managers or to the larger group of employees. Lynn Silva of The Silva Group and Don Jamison of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) will give an overview of the mechanics of the most common ownership transition models. Dave Mount, founder of Westaff, will tell a live story of how he transitioned the company to family members.
Sponsors of the event are the City of Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO), the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Regional Development Corporations of Vermont, the Vermont Small Business Development Center, the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center, the Vermont Retail and Grocers Association and the Vermont Employee Ownership Center. Funding is provided by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. To register, please follow this link. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Neighborhood Project (TNP)
To review TNP presentation at the Open House on December 12th: PRESENTATION CLICK HERE
Burlington Community Weighs in on Strategies and Tools for Neighborhood Stabilization
As part of The Neighborhood Project, Burlingtonians had an opportunity to provide their input on a number of potential strategies and programs for neighborhood stabilization at an Interactive Community Open House on Tuesday. The potential tools and strategies include:
- Enhancing quality of life initiatives
- Containing and slowing down conversion of single family homes to rentals
- Converting selected primarily student rental properties to non-student housing while maintaining affordability.
For those who were unable to attend the Interactive Community Open House, please go to the link below to see ‘Findings and Potential Strategies and Programs for Neighborhood Stabilization’ and provide feedback via the survey link.
https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/The-Neighborhood-Project
Mayor Weinberger Announces Winners of First Mayor's Prize to Support Entrepreneurship
Left to right: Justin Wicks, VENTURE.co; Dennis Moynihan, BTV Ignite; Noelle MacKay, CEDO; Carmen Tall, Women's Small Business Program; Mayor Weinberger; David Mears, Vermont Law School; Gwen Pokalo, Center for Women & Enterprise; Gillian Nanton, CEDO; Greg Huysman, Opportunities Credit Union; Brooke Gillman, eSecLending.
On December 14th, the Mayor announced the winners of the first Mayor's Prize for Entrepreneurship, an initiative launched in early October to increase support for entrepreneurs in Burlington.
To see the full press release, including background information on the Mayor's Prize, click here. For questions, please contact Gillian Nanton at gnanton@burlingtonvt.gov.
CEDO's Burlington Lead Program Receives $2.9M HUD Grant to Reduce Lead and Home Health & Safety Hazards in Homes in Burlington and Winooski
(CEDO) Burlington Lead Program was awarded $2.9 million in program funding, one of only 28 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control grant recipients in the nation. As part of the award, CEDO will also receive $400,000 in Healthy Homes grant funds that will leverage the Lead Program’s presence to reduce other housing-related health hazards. The Burlington Lead Program is now accepting applications for Burlington and Winooski properties. To apply and/or learn more information about lead-based paint or other home health hazards, call CEDO’s Burlington Lead Program at 802-865-LEAD or visit www.burlingtonleadprogram.org.
More information about Mayor Miro Weinberger’s press conference with CEDO Director Noelle MacKay and representatives of the federal delegation is available here.
Burlington Inclusionary Zoning Report
On January 31, 2017, a draft evaluation report on Burlington’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was presented to the Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDNR) Committee. The evaluation represents the first detailed review of the City’s 26-year-old Inclusionary Zoning policy, one of the proposals contained in the 2015 Housing Action Plan. The report includes numerous findings and recommendations and will be the subject of further debate and discussion in the weeks and months ahead. A working group is being established to review and consider the recommendations contained in the report.
The City and CDNR Committee would like to thank all those who participated in the January meeting and invite further comment on the draft IZ evaluation report. Comments may be sent via email to Gillian Nanton, Assistant Director, Sustainability, Housing & Economic Development, CEDO at gnanton@burlingtonvt.gov. Learn more about Inclusionary Zoning at the City’s dedicated page here.
The full draft IZ report can be found here.
Presentation slides of the IZ report can be found here.
Burlington Lead Program
As #btv property owner Eric Lafayette tells it, working with the Burlington Lead Program "is a no-brainer." By enrolling with us, this building also qualified for the Healthy Homes program. As a result, this property is getting new windows, interior and exterior paint jobs, new flooring and more! Thanks Eric, for taking part in the Burlington Lead Program and for sharing your story. #btvlead burlingtonleadprogram.org
CEDO's programs are available to all people regardless of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, HIV positive status or genetic information. For information on the accessibility of CEDO's programs, contact us at 802-865-7144 / cedofd@burlingtonvt.gov.
