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Broken promises
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s failure to deliver help and relief for many Vermonters devastated by last summer’s historic floods. Plus, seven Vermont communities receive funding to help expand child care, housing, and community centers, a Vermont emergency rescue company is honored for a swift water rescue made during flooding last summer, new zoning changes will allow for more housing development in Bennington, roads have reopened in Stowe but a lot of clean up is still needed after a weekend storm flooded a local brook and cut off some people from their homes, and a new tactile sign with Braille lettering at Burlington’s waterfront will help blind and visually impaired people orient themselves and get more information when they visit.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
Brittany Patterson joined Vermont Public in December 2020. Previously, she was an energy and environment reporter for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the Ohio Valley ReSource. Prior to that, she covered public lands, the Interior Department and forests for E&E News' ClimateWire, based in Washington, D.C. Brittany also teaches audio storytelling and has taught classes at West Virginia University, Saint Michael's College and the University of Vermont. She holds degrees in journalism from San Jose State University and U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. A native of California, Brittany has fallen in love with Vermont. She enjoys hiking, skiing, baking and cuddling with her rescues, a 95-pound American Bulldog mix named Cooper, and Mila, the most beautiful calico cat you'll ever meet.