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the AUGUST 17, 2023
S. Burlington charts course with city plan
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VOLUME 47, NO. 33
Bearly here
Officials plan series of meetings this fall COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
South Burlington is at a historic inflection point. Faced with a growing housing crisis statewide and, as a result, a shortage of skilled workers critical for essential services in the state, the city is working quickly to bolster its housing stock and its commercial development. But it also recognizes the threat of climate change and faces tremendous pressure to conserve land while reducing its population’s reliance on motor vehicles. See CITY PLAN on page 13
PHOTO BY DICK PRATT
Dick Pratt captured this bear walking near Barstow Road on Aug. 7, the latest in numerous sightings in residential neighborhoods.
SB High School student sparks social justice conversations LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
While most high school students take the short summer months as a time for much-needed rest and recreation, South Burlington High School sophomore Auish-
ma Pradhan has been hard at work spearheading a two-week social justice camp that deals with combating some of the most difficult issues facing students today. The Education Justice Coalition of Vermont — formerly the Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in School — is
a statewide coalition led by a multicultural group including people of color from various racial and ethnic groups, disability rights advocates and LGBTQ advocates. This year’s summer camp offered a space for youth from all over Chittenden County to learn and identify ways to make their
schools and communities better while also building lasting relationships to strengthen youth organizing in the future. Pradhan, along with two other students, See SOCIAL JUSTICE on page 12