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The 1980's

1983

• CEDO (Community & Economic Development Office) 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)

The 1990's

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 AmeriCorps*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

The 21st Century

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
• Bove family develops 34 low-income apartments on Pearl Street
• 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 "best practices" cities
• 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

2005

• HUD recognizes Burlington as model for reducing regulatory barriers that drive up housing costs
• College and Main (Main Street Landing) complex opens
• Waterfront housing project on Lake Champlain completed
• Waterfront Apartments project selected as EPA Region One “Brownfields Success Story”
• BE3 program established
• Burlington’s AmeriCorps*VISTA program grows to 40 members
• “Circles of Support” project initiated
• Burlington chosen by National League of Cities to work on Family Asset Building initiative
• Using $587,783 in HOME funds, CEDO assists the acquisition and/or rehabilitation of 121 units of low income housing in Burlington

2006

• Infrastructure construction phase of North Street Revitalization project completed
• First free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site sponsored at City Hall
• Burlington Substance Abuse Coalition chaired by CEDO
• Burlington chosen by AARP to pilot a Livable Communities Initiative
• Lake Champlain Chocolates purchases and renovates first LEED registered warehouse in Vermont
• Assisted Dealer.com to purchase space for expansion
• Lake Champlain Basin Program/US Army Corps of Engineers partnership approves funding mitigation of College Street storm drain system
• Using $1,234,618 in HOME funds, CEDO assists the acquisition and/or rehabilitation of 378 units of low income housing in Burlington

2007

• New transitional housing for women leaving corrections completed
• $2.8 million Federal Award to reduce lead paint hazards in Burlington
• New, 127-room hotel completed in Downtown
• North Street Revitalization Project completed
• Old North End Arts & Business Network formed
• Preserve America grant from National Parks Service to promote heritage tourism
• American Battlefield Protection Program grant obtained to build War of 1812 memorial
• CCAN moves to new facility at 125 College Street
• Using $430,204 in HOME funds, CEDO assists the acquisition and/or rehabilitation of 15 units of low income housing in Burlington

2008

• Burton Snowboards retained (360 jobs)
• First Vermont 3.0 Creative Tech Career Jam sponsored by CEDO
• Corporation for National and Community Service grant obtained to create AmeriCorps*State team
• “We All Belong” initiative launched
• Affordability of Randall/Gable Apartments preserved
• 32-unit Co-Housing project on East Avenue completed
• Moran Plant redevelopment proposal approved by voters
• Moran chosen for an EPA “Sustainability Pilot” award
• Improvements begin at bottom of College Street and along Lake Street to Main
• New pedestrian path installed along Battery Street
• Using $491,658 in HOME funds, CEDO assists the acquisition and/or rehabilitation of 22 units of low income housing in Burlington