Moran Plant Redevelopment

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Your Ideas and Comments: June 29, 2005

Thank you to all who have submitted ideas for the future of Moran!!

In 1954, if I am correct, this plant was built to produce revenue for [the] City of Burlington. I believe it should continue to do this, so why not build a wind generation station on this site and do the same!

1. A medium-sized (i.e., smaller than the Flynn or Memorial Auditorium concert hall. 2. The site of one or several wind turbines.

1. First, demolish it, and stabilize/clean the site. (Bite the bullet on this!) 2. Consider an extension of the public park area. 3. Consider a park and a smaller arts center, including an indoor theater/concert hall of medium size (capacity 1000?); drawing/painting classes; photography classes. 4. After demolishing/stabilizing, try to work a reasonable deal (not a taxpayer giveaway) with the �Y�. 5. We still have no year-long good restaurants on the lakefront�ask the Black Sheep Bistro, or Leunig�s people for some input�good, not necessarily high-end expensive.

Art museum. Small theater/hall.

I voted for the YMCA and still think it�s the best use. Why don�t you try again, but this time rethink the financing. The anti-YMCA/Moran folks objected most strongly to the financial terms. Please don�t let YMCA/Moran die!

Renovate to house water-related nonprofit activities and offices, e.g., sailing center, Maritime Museum boatbuilding, Lake Champlain Committee, docks for the Perch Fleet.

1. Open space! 2. Limited boat access. 3. Bandshell/amphitheatre. 4. Open space.

The Moran Plant should be torn down! A community center with multi-use facility�small amphitheater with covered seating area; a building with boat, canoe and kayak rental with the Sailing Center. Skating area in winter months. A facility for the community to use.

Tear the building down. Then we can see what the space looks like and make further decisions. It should be a public space and the building is not usable.

The Moran Plant should be torn down and the entire space made into a public park.

Tear it down! Ugly building. Least expensive solution. Year-round market.

Turn the plant into low-income apartments. Seeing there�s housing shortage in Burlington use the plant for five apartments or turn the plant into a shelter for people with drug and alcohol problems because the plant is down by the Lake Champlain you don�t have to worry about the neighbors of the City of Burlington. Could turn the plant into a substance abuse clinic or like a boot camp. The Clinic could be helping people with substance abuse problems. The program could be paid for by Federal Government. Down where the plant is there�s no neighbors for miles around. I hope the folks won�t get in to trouble . . .[they will] be under drug and alcohol supervision and the plant could be having a useful purpose because the plant is just sitting there going to waste. I hope you like some of my ideas.

Tear down Moran Plant and restore land to a city park. Mr. Donald R. Church.

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