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About Us
The Montpelier Alive (MA) is an organization of business people, political leaders, and involved citizens dedicated to making downtown Montpelier an attractive and inviting place to work, shop, eat, and enjoy the city’s many cultural and natural attractions. MA is part of a network of designated downtowns across the state that strive to reduce sprawl and preserve our historic downtowns by making the downtowns vital and diverse community centers.
Montpelier Alive projects and activities make Montpelier a safer, cleaner, more attractive and vibrant place. These activities include:
- Organizing events and festivals such as First Night and Independence Day festivities; a yearly Green Up Day; a Brown Bag concert series, and the SculptCycle public art project
- Streetscape improvements such as installation of flower planters, street banners, benches, and trash and recycling receptacles. We also work to improve park areas in the City such as City Hall plaza.
- Business assistance through cooperative advertising, information sharing, networking, training opportunities, and one-on-one assistance.
- Promotional activities and advertising to bring people to downtown Montpelier.
Our mission and vision statements are:
Vision: Montpelier is a vibrant community center with a thriving downtown and unique sense of place.
Mission: To achieve our vision, Montpelier Alive will:
- Collaborate with Montpelier businesses, civic and governmental organizations and the wider community to enhance the city’s position as a preferred location for business.
- Focus on keeping Montpelier an accessible and pedestrian-friendly working downtown with aesthetically pleasing streetscapes and design.
- Support compact, land efficient development that enhances the city’s environment and preserves its historic character and unique sense of place.
- • Develop Montpelier as a center for social, cultural, retail and culinary experiences.
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Community Events
For full listing of PoemCity events, CLICK HERE
4/17/12
Three Vermont Poets, a reading at Bear Pond Books, 7 pm
4/18/12
The Back Office Series: The Business of Art featuring Art Resource Association and The Drawing Board at the Drawing Board, 5:30 pm
Walter Butts, a reading at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 7 pm
4/19/12
Take a Leap, Write a Poem! A workshop at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 7 pm
4/20/12
Brown Bag Lunch: Share Your Favorite Poems at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 12 Noon
4/21/12
Time Remembered, a workshop with Reuben Jackson at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 1 pm
Letterpress Broadsides, workshop at May Day Studio, all day. Register HERE
4/22/12
Louder Than a Bomb, a movie screening at The Savoy Theater, 10:30 am
Letterpress Broadsides, workshop at May Day Studio, all day. Register HERE
What else is happening? Find out HERE!
Contact us anytime:
Montpelier Alive
39 Main Street
Montpelier, Vt 05602
director@montpelieralive.org
(802) 223-9604
Phayvanh Luekhamhan
Executive Director