Auditi Guha

The head of the restructured department said she looks forward to creating a comprehensive economic development strategy, with community and interdepartmental support, that will give the city a road map to the future.

The list was compiled in response to President Donald Trump’s April 28 executive order directing federal authorities to identify so-called sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide.

“Today I’m telling you very clearly that this vote represents the voices of the overwhelming majority — 29-2 is definitive,” said Annie Schneider, vice president of the Winooski Education Association.

The two-and-a-half-hour forum featured residents who referenced unequal access that marginalized community members face in Vermont’s most diverse city.

In addition to needed beds and space, the new center will provide a better kitchen, more laundry options, six private bathrooms with showers, a break room, common areas, an office and intake space for community partners and service providers.

Affected organizations include Acorn Youth Crafts, the Fletcher Free Library and the Flynn in Burlington, Shelburne Museum, Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, Vermont Works for Women, Vermont Folklife and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

The study, now in its 10th year, provides a basis for “extremely important discussions in Vermont concerning racial disparities in policing,” according to the co-director of Vermont State Police’s Fair and Impartial Policing Committee.

Community groups, labor unions, student and faith communities rallied across Vermont and around the nation on May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day in a demonstration of mass solidarity.

At least two new Afghans and several hundred asylum seekers from Venezuela, Haiti and Ukraine who resettled in Vermont were set to lose their legal status this month due to recent federal orders.

Some residents said racism and retention issues are problems many predominantly white towns face when they hire people of color, particularly Black people, and urged Northfield officials to do better.