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Arms Forest park in Burlington is undergoing extensive trail work to ensure it is able to withstand recreational use for years to come.
The park off of North Avenue is shared between the public, Rock Point School, the North Avenue Alliance Church and Burlington High School, which uses the trails for cross country runners.
The trails that cross through the 163-acre forested area will receive multiple types of renovation including reroutes, construction of small boardwalks, and widening and formalization of the primary trail trough the park, all with the intent of creating a more sustainable trail network that keeps people on the trails and water off of them, says an email from the Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront.
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Rock Point School, a small independent day and boarding high school located on Burlington property owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, is reckoning with.
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Rock Point School and Episcopal Diocese of Vermont remove a prominent portrait of a Bishop who wrote a book in support of slavery
Bishop Shannon MacVean-Brown, Abbey Baker, CJ. Spirito and three student leaders speaking to the Rock Point School community
Vermont Business Magazine Last week, Rock Point School students and faculty removed a large portrait of Bishop John Henry Hopkins, a noted figure in the history of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. In 1832, Hopkins became the first Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, and his son built the school building in the late 19th Century to honor his father.