The next phase of this plan will consist of interviews with department heads and community research, and the Center expects to have a finalized communications plan to the Select Board by June. Streamline social media and use goals and KPIs to ensure effectiveness of communication. To this end, the Center made a few recommendations that would make communication between town agencies and residents more streamlined and effective:Ĭreate a communications position or department, which would be in charge of creating a Burlington-specific centralized policy and strategy that all departments would follow, ensuring town communications reach all residents.īring the town’s website into the 21st century, increasing images and infographics and decreasing text-heavy content.Įnsure content is accessible to underserved groups, such as non-English speakers and the visually impaired. Town departments all communicate with the public differently and to a different extent, and their websites are differentially helpful. In their work with the town since 2022, they found what residents know implicitly: There’s no centralized communications plan. Town Communication Plan Ready to Enter Next Phase,Īt last night’s Select Board Meeting, UMASS’s Collins Center presented their findings from Phase 1 of the town communications audit. This session is private to preserve anonymity of students and families the regular public meeting will begin at 7:30. This conversation will continue at the Select Board’s 3/13 meeting.ĭid you know that prior to its incorporation as a town, Burlington was a ward of Woburn? It’s true! And you can read the entire original town charter below.Īlso of note today, though School Committee officially begins at 7:00, they’ll be starting in executive session to discuss in detail the special education considerations they talked about two weeks ago. We should brand every event with the 225th Anniversary theme, so it’s a cohesive celebration across town. We might have a weekend trolley that brings folks around to different historical sites in Burlington. Schools might participate in the creation of projects and artifacts. At last night’s Select Board meeting, members of the historical commission discussed with the Board some ways we might celebrate the big 2-2-5 next year. To start off today, let’s wish Burlington a very happy birthday! Burlington turns 224 years old today-which means next year is a rather big year for our town. To answer the question on everybody’s mind since yesterday, as of this writing there is about 3/8 of an inch of snow on the ground and NO delay or snow day has been called.
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