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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


Page last updated November 17, 2009
 

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