Hey, I’m Steve Davis

About the Btown Brief, and Why I Started it:

I moved to Burlington in 2020 after college. Grew up in the small town of Bethel, VT (early life in Hackensack, NJ) so I’m not totally new to the Queen City. But Burlington always drew me in as a kid. Bigger, more happening. So up north I went.

During the week, I work on the automation team fixing robots at Global Foundries. Evenings and weekends, I love to hoop and spend time by the beautiful lake. Seriously, those west-facing sunsets over Lake Champlain are something special that doesn’t get appreciated enough.

Why I Started the Btown Brief

Six months after moving here, I realized I was living the classic Burlington newcomer experience: scrolling through seventeen different sites trying to figure out what was happening tonight and constantly hearing about great events after they already happened.

This wasn’t what I signed up for.

So last February, I started doing something about it. I started hunting and gathering everything happening in Burlington by checking city calendars, venue listings, Front Porch Forum, Facebook events, social media, local news; and packaging it into one easy read.

What You Get

Twice a week (Monday and Friday), I send you everything worth knowing in Burlington. Fifteen-minute read. No algorithm. No endless scroll.

Weather, news, and every event I can find, from City Hall meetings to DJ nights. Plus restaurant reviews, food deals, volunteer opportunities, and photos of Burlington life. I do the grunt work so you don’t have to.

The Community Part

Over 1,400 neighbors read the Brief now, with a 72% open rate. But here’s the plot twist: we’re starting to meet in real life.

I recently launched Burlington meetups on Meetup.com after hosting Friends Mixers at Coal Collective and brewery meetups where six strangers showed up and got to know each other.

Who This Is For

If you’re tired of missing good stuff. If you want to know what’s happening without checking six different websites. If you’ve been here three years and still discover venues you didn’t know existed.

This is for you.

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—Steve Davis