1983
CEDO founded Revolving Loan Program for business launched
Home Improvement Programs launched (resulting in rehab of 650 units
to date)
Neighborhood Planning Assemblies created
1984
Burlington Community Land Trust (BCLT) founded
Fair Housing Ordinance passed
E-Z Access Program (grants to businesses for wheelchair
modifications) began
Perkin’s Pier doubled in size
1985
One mile of public shoreline expanded in the New North End
VT Energy Investment Corporation launched
Pine Street Arts & Business Association formed
Residential Accessibility Grants program started
Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation rental rehab program
started
1986
STEP-UP for Women created
Security Deposits Ordinance passed
New Zoning for Waterfront adopted
Fairmont Place Demo projects started – 40 moderate-priced homes
1987
CEDO and the Chamber of Commerce launch the Convention Bureau
Condominium Conversion Ordinance passed
Apartment Inspection Fee Ordinance passed
Retirement System creates $1million credit line for BCLT
South Meadow built (148 units) Heineberg Senior Housing built (80
units)
1988
Community Boathouse completed
Firehouse Family Shelter established
Bike Path completed
Housing Trust Fund created
Women’s Small Business Program established
1989
VT Venture Capital Fund established
Community Banking Council created
Housing Replacement Ordinance passed
Northgate subsidized apartments saved from going condo (336 units)
1990
Waterfront Revitalization Plan adopted
$11 million Energy Conservation Bond issued
Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance passed (resulting in 150 affordable homes
to date)
St. John’s Hall opens
1991
Waterfront Park created
Relocation of the Naval Reserve begins
Waterfront Urban Reserve purchased
Linked Deposit Program established
Recycle North founded
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility established
Housing Program wins “Innovations” award from Harvard University
1992
VISTA Program initiated
Burton Snowboards and Rhino Foods move to Burlington Industrial Park
VT Security Deposit Statute passed, enabling Burlington to limit
deposits
Federal HOME program initiated
1993
Wheeler School Community School created
Winooski River Walk trail begins
Flynn Avenue Housing Co-op built (28 limited equity units)
UVM’s Redstone Apartments built
1994
Former Penney’s building rehabilitated
Church Street top block renovated
State Courthouse opens on Cherry Street
Micro loans to 68 businesses total $160,000
Thelma Maple Housing Co-op built (20 units)
1995
Burlington Neighborhood Project created
Enterprise Community Designation established; $3 million to the Old
North End
Citywide AmeriCorp*VISTA Program created
Magic Hat Brewery opens
Sustainable Jobs Fund created
New buildings for Food Shelf, Legal Aid, and COTS
1996
Community Support Program established
Brownfields program launched ($200,000 EPA grant)
Pratt & Whitney and Avitron locate in Airport Industrial Park
Monroe Place (16 units) developed for people with chronic mental
illness
Safe Haven (7 beds) and Branches (7 units) developed for homeless
individuals
1997
Time of Sale Energy Efficiency Ordinance passed
First Old North End Spring Up held
Rose Street Artist Co-op built (12 units)
$5.4 million Section 108 loan guarantee funds secured from HUD
101 College Street (64 units for elders and disabled) preserved
CEDO Economic Development Program receives HUD “best practices”
award
RePAIR Program launched (75 apartments rehabilitated by 2004)
1998
“America Reads” AmeriCorps*VISTA Program established
Community Justice Center created
Neighborhood Action Project created
Filene’s parking garage project secures $1 million EDA grant funds
BHA secures 150 new Section 8 vouchers
1999
Rental Opportunity Center created and recognized as national “best
practice”
Vacant Buildings Ordinance passed
BHA launches Sec. 8 Homeownership Program (resulting in 60 new
homeowners)
Park Place Co-op built (34 units)
BHA secures 400 Sec. 8 vouchers for people w/disabilities and for
family unification
Community Outreach Partnership Project (with UVM) created
Lake Champlain Chocolates expands
Business Refugee Resource Guide published
2000
Burlington’s CDBG Board recognized as national “best practice”
Rental application fees banned
First Neighborhood Improvement Nights held (over 500 people participate)
Filene’s Department Store opens
Specialty Filaments retained on Pine Street (200 jobs)
Select Design relocates to South End
City-UVM Agreement signed
2001
McAuley Square housing for seniors, students, and single parents
opens (74 units)
Ruggles House is preserved and expanded for seniors (15 units)
Vt. Transit bus barns converted (25 affordable apartments &
commercial space)
Burlington Town Center renovated
City receives Downtown District designation
CEDO publishes “Guide to Doing Business in Burlington,” wins
international award
Community Justice Center joins CEDO
First Response Team created
BNP wins National Met Life Community Police Partnership Award
First Annual Neighborhood Night of Successes held
2002
Renewal Community designation
40 neighborhood associations up and running in Burlington
City Market opens (107 jobs)
Ethan Allen Shopping Center redeveloped
Four-story Hall Block restored
Blodgett Ovens retained (200 jobs)
2003
Mental Health Court created
Alternative Justice Program launched
Study Circles on Racism initiated
ECHO opens on Lake Champlain
General Dynamics expands (200,000 square-foot Innovation Center)
$1.5 million HUD grant for Lead Paint Program
Voters approve increased notice for lease terminations and rent
increases
Nonprofit housing groups develop housing in suburbs (200 apartments)
Fiber Optic Network completed
2004
BCLT & Housing Vermont create 40 mixed income apartments on
waterfront
HUD designates Burlington one of five national cities studied for
performance measures
Software Developers Alliance created
Sustainable Communities 2004 international conference held
Lake Street Extension rebuilt
Marsh Management retained (Vermont’s largest captive insurance
company)
Center for Community & Neighborhoods (C-CAN) created
Offender Reentry Project created
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