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Volume 53 Number 21
Group pursues diversity, equity
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During the late April meeting of the Shelburne Equity and Diversity Committee, members discussed a bilingual book walk for the town’s children. With its focus on inclusivity, the committee zeroed in on the language for the event. Should it incorporate the word “walk” or find an alternative that “doesn’t imply the use of legs”? wondered committee member Faith Yacubian. The Shelburne Selectboard established the Equity and Diversity Committee in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis. The town gave the committee a clear purpose: Suggest ways to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in all town government activities and help generate community and financial support for those improvements. The goal was derived from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns’ equity statement and See COMMITTEE on page 4
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The ospreys have returned to their regular perch in Shelburne.
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Developers petition for water, sewer connections LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Developers who own a 175-acre Shelburne property are petitioning to be included in the town’s designated water and
sewer service area to allow them to build more houses. The move could allow the land, which is currently included in the town’s rural zoning district, a higher density of building as outlined in the recently passed
state law known as Act 47, or HOME Act. The parcel, owned by the O’Brien Brothers development company for decades, is separated by Thomas Road into two tracts, with a 110-acre tract on the north
side of the road and another 65.5 on its southern side. The northern parcel sits at the edge of the current area in town serviced by See O’BRIEN BROTHERS on page 12
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