Second Notice…
 
VFOS AND UVM TO CO-HOST A SCREENING OF LIVABLE LANDSCAPES: BY CHANCE OR BY CHOICE? FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
 
Do you have a question or comment about development and its effects in the Burlington region?  If so, send your question in an e-mail to Murphy MacLean at Murphy.MacLean@uvm.edu.  In the subject line of your message put  ‘UVM/VFOS panel’
 

Wednesday, March 5th, 6:30-8:30 PM

108 Lafayette Hall, University of Vermont (Click here for location map)
Burlington, VT
 
The University of Vermont and the Vermont Forum on Sprawl will co-host an exciting panel discussion including a screening of Livable Landscapes: By Chance or By Choice?, a program recently aired on Vermont Public Television which focuses on this important regional issue. The video will be shown from 6:30-7:30 and the panel discussion will follow.  Feel free to show up just for the discussion if you have seen the video. The panel will include:
 
·         Jon Erickson (Associate Professor, Economics of Sustainability, UVM School of Natural Resources)
 
·         Molly Lambert (Vermont Captive Insurance Association, former Secretary of Commerce and Community Development for the State of Vermont, and former Executive Director of the Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vermont)
 
·         Nancy Nye (Chair of the Vermont Housing Conservation Board, community development specialist)
 
·         John Roberts (dairy farmer and member of the Vermont Housing Conservation Board)
 
·         Richard Watts (UVM School of Natural Resources, transportation/energy specialist)
 
·         Evan Goldsmith (Project Specialist, Vermont Forum on Sprawl)
 
The video re-broadcast and the panel discussion will be moderated by:
 
·         Breck Bowden (Patrick Professor of Watershed Science & Planning, UVM School of Natural Resources)
 
A summary and closing remarks will be provide by:
 
·         Dr. Robert Costanza (Director, Gund Institute for Ecological  Economics, UVM)
 
Please join us for this unique opportunity to discuss a pressing issue relevant to the future of Burlington, Vermont, and the region.  For further information please contact:
 
·         Evan Goldsmith at 802-864-6310 (egoldsmith@vtsprawl.org) or
·         Breck Bowden at (802)-656-2513 (breck.bowden@uvm.edu)
 
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