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The proposal for the redevelopment
of the Moran Plant would include a family adventure center with
a world-class indoor ice
and rock climbing facility, restaurant and café, maritime
museum and expanded community sailing center. Year-round, public
access to the building (including observation deck) and all
activities within the building are targeted at public enjoyment
and enrichment. This would create a variety of recreation and
education opportunities and amenities to the people of
Burlington in a public facility that ensures access and
enjoyment of Lake Champlain. Also proposed are upgrades to the
bike path, increased green space and park amenities, children’s
splash area, seasonal refrigerated skating rink and a rebuilt
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This concept and program proposed for the redevelopment of the Moran
is based on the specific results of the public process and guiding
principles.
The Moran Users Group (MUG) consists of organizations that will
occupy the building based on the concept. Membership includes:
If you have questions about the proposal, please e-mail
kmerriman
@ci.burlington.vt.us
or call 865-7284.
To review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), click
here.
If you have comments on the proposal, contact your City Councilors.
To contact your City Councilors, visit
http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/citycouncil/councilors/.
The Moran redevelopment as proposed could provide the following
benefits to the community:
- Expand amenities offered at Waterfront park
- Create new lawn: open green area in summer, skating in the
winter
- Improve public access to the building and Lake Champlain
shoreline
- Provide the public spectacular year-round views of the lake and
mountains
- Greatly expand opportunities for year-round activities on the
waterfront
- Create a new unique regional activity center
- Expand the local economy
- Create permanent, year-round jobs
- Create new venues for tourism
- Provide new gross receipt and retail sales tax revenues
- Provide new property tax revenues
- Utilize private resources to help create a revenue-generating
public asset
- Create construction jobs during building development
- Maintain/enhance the character of the historic waterfront
- Enable the adaptive reuse of an historic asset
- Avoid cost and waste associated with demolition
- Retain the embedded energy in the building's materials
Any proposal for the Moran on Burlington’s waterfront would need to
provide significant community benefits as well as ensure public access.
The proposed mix of uses for Moran provides a broad range of services
to meet a variety of community needs and interests. The uses vary
greatly, with opportunities for both fee-based and free access. It is
necessary to have a viable and robust generation of funds from the
fee-based activities to subsidize the free and low-cost activities and
maintain the public spaces.
The City of Burlington has engaged in a community wide process of
consultation to determine the future use of the Moran Plant involving
over 10,000 community members. Mayor Bob Kiss and
the City Council Parks, Arts & Culture Committee (PACC) have now
synthesized the results of these efforts with a pragmatic eye, and have
set forth the following principles to guide the redevelopment of the
Moran Plant:
- Ensure permanent public ownership and control
- Create year round use
- Create and extend elements of the Waterfront Park
- Minimize undue traffic and parking issues
- Retain the Lake Champlain Sailing Center
- Provide opportunity for new public and private partnerships
- Utilize the existing building shell where cost-effective
- Retain historical elements of interior of North Tower when
possible
- Generate income for operations and maintenance
- Keep development costs reasonable
- Utilize the highest standards in energy conservation and green
building construction
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