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From YouTube: $22.3m Rebuilding American Infrastructure w/ Sustainability & Equity Grant for Downtown Improvements
Description
From the Mayor's Office:
Mayor Miro Weinberger and partners announce and discuss plans for over $22 million in funding from the Department of Transportation’s RAISE Grant program to rebuild Bank, Cherry, Pine, and St. Paul Streets in Downtown Burlington.
From Senator Welch's Office:
Senator Welch joins Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and local business leaders to celebrate over $22 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s RAISE Grant program to rebuild Bank, Cherry, and Pine Street in Downtown Burlington.
7/6/2023
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A
A
When
we
went
to
the
voters
almost
a
decade
ago
now,
with
a
vision
to
rebuild
and
reconnect
this
once
vibrant
part
of
the
downtown
core,
we
were
really
trying
to
accomplish
three
big
things.
We
were
trying
to
first
of
all,
build
a
lot
more
homes,
we're
also
trying
to
restore
the
street
grid
and
connectivity
for
both
vehicles
and
pedestrians.
That
was
lost
during
urban
renewal,
and
we
were
attempting
to
update
aging
infrastructure
under
our
streets
and
to
transform
these
city
blocks
into
great
public
spaces
for
everyone
to
enjoy
every
day.
A
In
always,
a
challenge
doing
press
conference
on
the
street
in
many
ways.
From
the
start,
this
project
has
been
in
an
attempt
to
repair
the
damage
that
was
done
to
this
part
of
the
city
when
Burlington,
like
so
many
other
American
downtowns,
tore
down
a
large
swath
of
of
the
downtown
as
part
of
the
federal
urban
renewal
program.
A
Big
goals,
like
these
big
goals
like
we
set
out
to
achieve,
are
not
easy.
They
require
Vision,
hard
work
and
persistence,
and
there
were
many
times
over
the
last
decade
when
it
seemed
like
this
effort
would
fail.
First,
this
project,
you
may
remember,
face
some
organized
opposition,
then
construction,
delays
at
CityPlace
project
and
a
revised
somewhat
smaller
project,
Shrunk
the
capacity
of
the
Tiff
District,
which
was
an
initial
plan
to
pay
for
all
of
the
new
public
infrastructure
that
we
had
hoped
to
build,
and
then
probably
the
and
one
of
the
biggest
challenges.
A
We
also
took
action
against
the
original
developer,
Don
Sinex,
to
get
control
of
the
streets
running
through
the
site,
and
we
collaborated
with
a
new
CityPlace
partner.
So
I'm
very
happy
are
here
with
us
today,
at
least
two
of
the
the
the
the
the
the
trio
of
three
Dave
Farrington
Al
senecao.
Thank
you
for
your
partnership.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
what
you're
you're
doing,
which
was
the
essential
essential
making
this
happen.
A
We
I'm
having
collaborating
with
these
new
partners
and
last
November,
even
though
there
were
a
lot
still
to
be
worked
out,
that
that
construction
project
got
underway
and,
as
you
can
see,
it's
going
full
steam.
Now
we
also
sought
to
additional
resources,
since
it
was
clear,
the
Tiff
project
alone
wasn't
going
to
be
able
to
pay
for
the
full
vision.
We
sought
additional
resources
to
close
the
funding
gap
on
what
will
now
be
a
nearly
50
million
dollar
public
reinvestment
in
the
downtown.
A
Today
we
are
very
excited
to
announce
that
Burlington
has
been
awarded
a
more
than
22
million
dollar
rebuilding
American
infrastructure,
with
sustainability
and
Equity
Grant
a
raised
Grant.
This
grant,
combined
with
12
million
dollars
in
congressionally
directed
funds
secured
by
Senator
Leahy
before
his
retirement
and
16
million
dollars
that
will
still
be
coming
from
the
Waterfront
Tiff
investment
ensures
that
this
project
to
reconnect
downtown
Burlington
will
will
be
realized
in
the
coming
years.
A
When
we
went
to
voters
in
2016,
we
envisioned
up
to
six
blocks
of
city
streets
along
with
two
new
streets,
the
reconnected
Pine
and
stream,
Paul
Street
being
built
so
eight
blocks
with
these
new
federal
funds.
It
is
now
clear
that
not
only
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
build
those
eight
blocks,
we're
gonna
be
able
to
do
two
additional
blocks
so
ten
blocks.
A
What's
going
on
on
the
construction
site,
you
can
see
that
the
there's
a
lot
of
the
new
buildings
are
going
up
the
first
pieces
of
the
work
the
new
public
infrastructure
is
being
built,
is
underway
now
as
well
and
the
rest.
The
other
eight
blocks
that
are
now
funded,
these
three
blocks
from
Winooski
to
the
end
of
sorry,
from
Winooski
to
the
to
to
Pine
Street
at
the
end
of
Bank
Street
here,
as
well
as
five
blocks
of
Cherry
Street.
A
All
of
that
work
is
projected
to
start
construction
in,
at
the
end,
approximately
the
end
of
2024..
So
in
a
moment
we
have
a
bunch
of
other
speakers.
I'm
gonna
call
up
here,
we're
so
grateful
to
have
them
all
here
before
doing
that.
I
do
just
want
to
say
a
couple.
Thank
yous
to
people
that
we
won't
be
hearing
from,
in
addition
to
the
city
place,
Partners
other
property
owners
here
on
Bank
Street
and
Cherry
Street.
A
We
worked
with
them
to
secure
the
right-of-way
for
this
infrastructure
project
that
involved
work
with
the
Larkin
company,
as
well
as
Doug
Netty.
These
companies
and
the
owners
of
100
Bank
Street,
the
Redstone
companies
I
also
want
to
thank
the
the
DPW
team,
who
has
worked
so
hard
to
make
this
project
around
reality.
For
years
now
we
have
city,
engineer,
Norm
Baldwin,
here,
I'm
not,
and
we
do
have
Laura
Wheelock
our
senior
engineer,
who
has
really
shepherded
this
project
for
many
years
and
been
personally
committed
to
making
sure
it
happens.
A
Thank
you,
Laura
I,
I,
wanna,
I
I,
believe
Brian
Pine
from
Cheeto
is
right
here,
as
well.
Brian,
probably
in
the
ceto
team,
have
been
critical
to
this
project
in
so
many
ways
from
the
creation
of
the
Tiff
District
to
the
to
to
all
the
community
work.
That's
involved
in
the
creation
of
this
Workforce
Development
project.
That
is
also
a
part
of
today's
announcement
in
additional
to
the
federal
funding
for
construction.
There's.
A
Also
one
approximately
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
creating
jobs
in
the
and
working
with
the
local
community
to
create
job
opportunities,
and
we
also
are
very
grateful
to
Vermont
transfer
the
trans
run
and
Michelle
Boomhauer
and
and
your
colleagues
at
vtrans
and
then
finally,
I
do
see
Nicole
back
there.
This
is
we
created
about
a
year
ago,
a
grant
writing
team
to
go
after
the
new,
particularly
Federal
opportunities
created
by
the
recent
Congress,
and
this
is
the
biggest
success.
A
Yet
by
far
this
is
one
of
the
largest
federal
grants
the
city's
ever
been
awarded.
So
congratulations
Nicole
for
your
work
there.
So
with
that,
we
are
very
grateful
to
the
federal
delegation.
The
entire
Federal
station
I
want
to
thank
Aaron
Maki
who's
here
on
behalf
of
Senator
Sanders.
We
also
have
several
Representatives
I
believe
Luke.
We
we,
we
have
a
a
Becca
balance,
Congressional
office.
A
B
Monroe
and
I
went
hiking.
He
left
me
in
the
dust
on
Mount
Washington
I'll
tell
you
you're
still
looking
for
me.
I
am
so
excited
to
be
here
and
I'll.
Tell
you
why
you
know
I
part
of
the
Washington
delegation
work
closely
with
Bernie
with
Patrick
with
Becca
and
there's
a
lot
of
dismay
folks
have
about
what
goes
on
in
Washington.
B
That
is
going
to
come
right
here
to
Burlington,
along
with
the
12
million
dollar
earmark
of
Senator
Leahy,
where
the
work
begins
about
housing
about
downtown
neighborhoods
that
are
livable
that
invite
people
to
be
present
that
are
welcoming
to
young
families,
whether
it's
a
coexistence
by
the
efforts
of
our
businesses
that
are
represented
here
by
our
city
planners
by
the
Burlington
taxpayers,
who
committed
themselves
to
this
project.
What
you
end
up,
having
is
government
working
for
the
people?
B
The
way
it's
supposed
to
work?
It's
a
partnership!
The
federal
government
has
more
resources
that
can
then
be
sent
back
to
our
communities
and
as
hard
as
the
work
is
that
Bernie
and
Patrick
in
in
and
Becca
and
I
do
trying
to
wrestle
through
the
resolution
of
some
of
these
fights
that
just
go
off
the
rails,
oftentimes
down
in
D.C
as
hard
as
that
work
is
and
as
happy
as
all
of
us
are
that
we
had
success
with
this
money.
That's
coming
to
do
real
things
in
Burlington.
The
hard
work
is
right
here.
B
So
I
salute
all
of
the
folks
who
were
here
who
not
only
have
brought
us
to
this
point,
but
who
are
accepting
the
responsibility
to
get
us
to
the
end
so
mayor
Weinberger.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
in
City,
Hall
and
all
who
are
here
with
you.
Thank
you
for
your
efforts
that
are
going
to
continue
the
work
begins
now.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
So
let
I'm
not
sure
I
quite
managed
to
say
it
I
think
what
you
Senator
have
done.
What
Senator
Sanders
has
done
as
well
as
congresswoman
bailin,
with
this
new
focus
on
infrastructure
on
getting
this
bipartisan
Bill
led
by
President
Biden.
Getting
it
done
is
is
this
is
a
great
example,
the
transformative
impact
it
is
having
and
we're
really
very
grateful
for
it.
A
C
The
work
done
by
the
Weinberger
Administration
to
bring
downtown
blocks
up
to
the
great
Street
standards
has
been
key
in
keeping
Burlington
growing
and
improving,
adding
bank
and
Cherry
streets
to
the
great
streets
program
over
the
coming
years
will
be
another
huge
step
in
keeping
the
Queen
City
in
keeping
the
Queen
City
on
the
Forefront
of
downtown
vitalization,
I,
say
vitalization,
because
we
don't
need
to
revitalize
the
city.
It
is
vital
right
now.
C
This,
along
with
the
completion
of
the
city
place,
will
continue
to
expand
the
shopping
district,
Beyond,
Church,
Street
and,
in
doing
so,
bring
more
and
more
strength
and
diversity
to
the
downtown
shopping
district
and
help
support
the
many
local
businesses
like
ours
that
have
and
continue
to
invest
in
the
community
and
make
Burlington
a
great
place
to
live
and
visit.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
this
project
get
underway.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
So
Mark
Mark
mentioned
the
great
Street
standards
what
everyone
should
have
in
mind
and
understanding
what
that
means
is
the
two
new
blocks
of
lower
St
Paul
Street,
that
between
Main
Street
and
Maple
Street
that
were
built
just
several
years
ago.
Those
same
standards
are
what
is
going
to
be
applied,
which
is
going
to
be
built
over
all
10
of
these
blocks,
similar
standards
to
what
the
new
Main
Street
project
was
about
to
get
started
is
going
to
be
built
to
as
well.
A
I
want
to
next
welcome
to
the
podium
here:
Michelle
Boomhauer
she's,
the
division
director
of
policy
and
planning
and
Intermodal
Development
Division
at
the
Vermont
agency
of
Transportation
Michelle.
In
this
role
in
our
prior
role,
the
regional
Planning
Commission
has
just
been
a
great
partner
to
Burlington
in
so
many
ways,
as
has
all
the
Vermont
agency
of
transportation,
and
we're
really
grateful
to
have
you
here
today
to
celebrate
this
Milestone
welcome
Michelle.
Thank.
D
D
Over
the
past
decade,
we've
partnered
with
the
mayor
and
his
staff
to
improve
Transportation
safety
and
Community
connectivity
delivering
projects
which
have
been
decades
in
the
making.
This
project
will
close
the
chapter
on
the
60s
and
70s
urban
renewal,
error
policies
and
Designs,
which
oriented
the
city
around
the
car
returning
the
streets
now
to
all
users,
which
is
very
exciting
transportation
and
land
use,
are
inextractable
inextricably
linked,
and
we
are
really
excited
that
the
elements
are
coming
together
through
the
city
process.
D
A
Thank
you
now
I
did
want
to
recognize.
Also
I
left
him
off
before
part
of
the
the
DPW
team,
of
course,
is
our
DPW
director
Chapin
Spencer
has
also
been
very
committed
to
this
and
Cara
Island
Israeli,
who
is
the
head
of
our
business
and
Workforce
Development
Department,
so
it's
great
to
have.
We
are
see
people
brought
in
a
very
fortunate
to
have
so
many
talented
and
committed
department
heads
next.
We
are
going
to
hear
from
another
neighbor
of
the
city
place
project
and
another
key
anchor
on
the
on
Cherry
Street.
A
E
See
you
Senator
welcome
mayor.
Thank
you,
everybody
present.
Thank
you
for
the
work
done.
When
I
hurt,
you
managed
to
get
a
22
million
dollar
Grand.
That
is
phenomenal
work
and
thank
you
for
your
work
done
on
reconnecting
Burlington,
downtown
and
upgrading
Cherry,
Street
and
Bank
streets
to
the
great
Street
standards.
E
Those
bustling
but
activity
led
by
entrepreneurs
like
Alfred
perrotta,
at
grosser,
on
Cherry,
Street
and
bolinos,
a
store
on
the
corner
of
battery
and
Cherry
Street.
Following
the
opening
of
Hotel
Rwanda
2013
and
the
curling,
the
courtyard
Burlington
Harbor
Hotel
in
2007
Cherry
Street,
started
once
again
to
become
a
destination
for
locals
and
visitors
alike.
In
fact,
between
the
two
hotels
we've
also
hosted
over
750
000
people
in
at
our
hotels.
E
Coming
just
to
stay
over
at
the
hotels,
in
addition
to
all
those
visiting
the
restaurants,
together
with
our
neighbors
on
the
streets,
particularly
also
three
Cathedral
Square,
our
neighbors
across
the
road
average
would
undertaken
early
on
to
help
to
improve
the
bottom
of
Cherry
Street
and
to
create
more
of
a
neighborhood.
What
was
missing,
however,
was
a
suitable
streetscape,
promoting
a
healthy
neighborhood.
E
We're
excited
now
that
the
city
place
project
is
underway,
providing
much
needed
housing
and
residential
use
of
Cherry
Street.
This
Federal
grant
will
provide
the
opportunity
recreate
a
real
neighborhood,
making
Cherry
Street
and
Bank
Street
streets
to
be
proud
of
befitting
the
beauty
of
Burlington
and
this
unique
neighborhood.
We
are
thankful
to
our
Congressional
Delegation
Senators,
lay
Sanders
and
Welch
in
securing
earlier
funding,
as
well
for
12
million
I,
look
forward
to
work
to
working
with
City
governments,
our
neighbors
and
other
businesses,
to
welcome
the
new
Cherry
Street
soon.
Thank
you,
foreign.
A
Ly
we
have
a
real
treat,
we've
been
joined
today
by
Monica
Farrington
who,
when
she
was
growing
up,
lived
in
the
old
neighborhood
here
that
was
lost
and
that
we
are
now
taking
this
step
towards
using
properly
as
a
downtown
neighborhood
once
again,
understanding
the
classic
small
world
that
is
Vermont
Monica
has
a
connection
with
the
other
Farrington.
That's
here
I'll.
Let
her
call
that
out,
but
it
is.
It
is
great
to
have
you
here
with
us
Monica
welcome.
Thank
you.
F
To
cut
it
down
to
three
minutes
so
don't
mind
me
if
I'm
jumping
all
around,
but
basically
I
grew
up
about
three
blocks
down
on
South
Champlain
Street
in
this
house,
which
my
grandparents
had
purchased
in
the
1920s.
It
had
a
20
room,
Mansion
type
and
a
four
room.
Little
House
in
the
back,
my
grandparents
bought
a
car
and
took
a
picture
of
them
had
had
someone
take
a
picture
of
them.
So
this
is
how
long
my
family
had
been
there.
The
I
don't
I
not
into
cars.
F
I
can't
tell
you
what
this
is,
but
that's
my
my
grandmother
and
my
grandfather.
They
had
immigrated
from
Lebanon
from
a
Christian
village
called
Jimmy
in
1890,
and
she
and
he
came
first
and
saved
the
money
and
sent
money
for
her
and
she
came
in
1900.
I
have
their
paperwork,
so
my
my
mother
and
her
five
sisters
and
their
brother
were
all
born
here
in
Vermont
and
that
switched
between
Barry
and
Burlington.
My
grandfather
couldn't
make
up
his
mind
whether
he
wanted
to
be
a
farmer
and
Berry
or
a
little
shopkeeper
in
Burlington.
F
So
he'd
switch
the
family
back
and
forth
long
story
short.
My
mother
married
a
man
from
Winooski
and
I
was
and
they
were
living
in
waneski.
That
area
is
also
torn
down
with
urban
renewal
that
was
East
Center
Street,
that's
gone.
So
my
mother
and
father
split
when
I
was
a
little
kid.
I
was
born
in
1941
and
they
split
around
1945
45
44
45,
my
mother
moved
back
into
Burlington,
hello.
F
Moved
back
into
this,
my
mother
and
I
moved
back
into
this
little
house
in
the
backyard
and
I
went
to
a
casino.
Oh
one
thing
I
wanted
to
say:
I
told
you.
I
have
cut
this
three
hour
speech
down
so
short,
it
was
a
safe
neighborhood.
We
could
walk
anywhere
and
not
get
accosted
and
not
get
shot,
not
get
tripped
and
pocketbooks
stolen
or
anything
like
that
long
story
short.
It
was
also
convenient
to
everything.
There
were
Neighborhood
Grocery
Stores.
F
My
dentist
was
upstairs
over
kresge's
store,
which
was
one
of
the
two
dime
stores
on
Church
Street.
My
school
was
Cathedral
grammar
which
I
could
walk
to,
and
that
was
over.
On
that
block,
my
church
was
Cathedral
Church,
which
is
burned
down.
So
anyway,
you
could
go
anywhere.
You
could
walk
to
the
hospital
if
you
wanted
or
you
could
catch
the
bus
on
the
corner
and
go
nobody
needed
a
car.
F
There
were
very
few
cars
and
we
walked
everywhere
in
our
neighborhood
when
I
was
15,
I
got
a
job
selling
tickets
at
the
State
Theater
right
here
where
the
Farmhouse
is
now,
and
that
was
the
state
theater
and
we
had
double
features
because
they
were
second
runs
long,
so
that
was
fun.
I
decided,
I
needed
to
be
Annie
Oakley
when
that
movie
came
by
Annie
Get
Your,
Gun
and
I
watched
it
multiple
times
anyway.
F
I
ended
up
at
Cathedral,
High
School
and
then
our
my
senior
year,
graduated
from
Rice
Memorial,
High,
School
and
I,
went
on
to
UVM
from
there
four
years
walking
from
South
Champlain
Street
to
the
University
campus,
walk,
walk,
walk
anyway,
so
I
wanted
to
talk
about
diversity
of
our
old
neighborhood
and
I,
made
some
notes
here.
If
I
can
find
them
that
it
was
ethnically
diverse.
A
lot
of
us
were
Lebanese
Catholic,
Catholic,
yeah,
Catholic,
Protestant
and
Jewish.
F
At
the
time
there
were
Italians,
mostly
Italians,
but
it
was
quite
a
mix
in
French
and
English,
and
one
representative
of
the
French
families,
where
the
moquin's
bakery
that
some
of
you
have
probably
heard
about.
There
were
some
pictures
recently
posted
on
Vermont
area
history
online
on
Facebook
by
religion.
We
were
diverse.
There
was
some
of
everything
here
and
then
by
occupations.
We
ran
from
Blue
Collar.
My
mother
worked
in
the
after
working
in
the
Mills
of
winuski.
F
She
switched
to
this
Factory,
the
selling
factories
in
the
back
of
College
Street,
and
so
she
could
walk
to
work
and
so
at
the
sewing
factories.
My
stepfather
worked
by
then
I
had
a
stepfather
and
he
worked
at
Champlain
Valley
fruit
company,
which
had
its
fruit
and
vegetables
and
groceries
and
beer
or
come
in
on
the
Railroad,
and
he
was
on.
He
worked
overnight
on
the
railroad
platform,
unloading,
the
rail
cars
and
putting
them
in
trucks
that
went
to
the
local
grocery
stores
no
car
needed.
He
walked
to
work.
He
walked
back
home
again.
F
We
also
had
Dr
Hogan
Who
had
a
doctor's
office.
We
had
Dr
Eastman,
who
had
an
obstetrics
office
down
on
College
Street.
We
had
Mike
Corey,
who
had
a
gas
station.
There
was
some
of
everything
and
a
little
grocery
store
on
every
corner
and
the
Khan
toys
family.
You
all
know
the
contoi's
auditorium
is
named
after
Raymond
contos.
His
family's
home
got
taken
with
this
movement
too,
and
he
was
city
treasurer
of
Burlington,
and
his
wife
was
one
of
the
very
two
first
female
police
women
in
in
the
state,
so
that
was
really
cool.
F
Mr
antonisi
was
a
barber.
He
lived
across
the
street
in
his
home,
but
he
had
a
barber
shop
about
three
doors
up
in
the
next
block:
the
block
that
was
between
bank
and
Cherry.
Our
block
was
banked
down
to
college
there.
There
was
a
lawyer
named
Mr
Hopkins.
There
were
Bankers
named
the
Morgans,
the
Morgan
Family.
So
my
point
is
that
that
we
were
diverse
in
occupations
and
in
education
and
in
religion
and
in
everything,
it
was
just
amazing.
F
The
prices
that
that
urban
renewal
paid
everybody
and
devastated
them
basically
were
just
obscene.
This
house,
that
was
my
grandparents
with
the
second
house
in
the
back
that
housed
five
families
that
got
paid
sixteen
thousand
five
hundred
and
by
the
urban
renewal
authorities.
They
also
had
a
catch
22,
Clause
that
if
you
sued
in
court
and
the
court
came
up
with
a
lower
appraisal
than
what
you
were
offered,
you
had
to
pay
the
difference,
and
so
they
they
caught.
You
people
were
afraid
to
sue.
F
Let
me
tell
you
about
something
that
happened.
That
was
very
sad.
My
mother
had
a
little
brother
and
he
was
given
a
sled
a
few
days
before
Christmas
he
went
sliding
down
College
Street
and
got
hit
got
run
over
by
a
truck
on
Battery
Street.
So
we
had
this
tragedy
in
our
family
too,
and
this
is
my
mother
and
dad
the
property
behind
them
is
all
Pine
Street
and
with
that
I
will
relieve
you
of
listening
to
my
mouth.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
Monica.
Thank
you
one
last
last
point:
where
did
we
may
have
just
lost
her,
but
Megan
Tuttle
is
our
planning
director
this
also
again.
This
goes
all
the
way
back
made
I
Know
Dan
you're
around
for
this,
when
Plan
B
TV
was
City,
Planning
planning
document
that
really
kind
of
set
this
all
emotion
back
in
20,
2011
and
2012,
and
so
also
the
planning
department,
a
big
part
of
this.
A
H
A
Yeah
Catherine,
so
absolutely
you
may
remember
we
recently
there
is
so
much
investment
going
on
and
so
much
Federal
investment
we've
been.
We
have
been
working
with
v-trans
in
Federal
Highway
to
coordinate
these
projects.
You
really
saw
really
the
city's,
not
in
recent
memory,
had
kind
of
a
coordinated
land
like
we
have
for
the
South
End
recently.
Now
that
these
Awards
have
been
made
I'm
sure
we
will
be
doing
something
similar
for
for
for
the
downtown
cheap.
If
you
want
to
add
any
detail
on
that,
I
mean
it's.
It's
really.
A
You
know
this
Awards
have
just
happened
and,
and
the
final
schedules
haven't
been
settled
on,
but
the
Main
Street
project
we
are
looking
to
get
going.
You
know
either
at
the
end
of
this
year,
the
beginning
of
next
year
and
then
we're
talking.
The
new
streets
are
starting
now
through
the
mile
properties,
Cherry
Street
and
Bank
Street,
like
I
mentioned
before
we're
looking
at
at
the
earliest
or
around
a
late
2024
start.
So
there's
definitely
going
to
be
a
lot
going
on
in
the
downtown
I.
You
know.
G
A
Got
Kelly
Devine
from
the
Burlington
Business
Association
here
she
will
be
in
my
office
making
sure
this
is
all
well
coordinated
and
we're
communicating
well
with
any
impacted
business.
I
mean
there's
no
way
to
do
this
type
of
construction
without
there
being
some
level
of
disruption.
Our
teams
have
gotten
really
good
at
working
with
the
impacted
property
owners
and
working
to
minimize
those
disruptions.
We'll
certainly
be
doing
that
here.
H
A
Yeah
so
yeah
I
mean
absolutely
they're,
I
mean
basically
of
this.
What
we're
a
total
budget
now
approaching?
50
million
there
will,
at
this
point,
I
believe
we
have
600
000
of
that
funded
from
property
tax
dollars.
The
rest
is
being
leveraged
through
one
one
program
or
another.
Certainly
the
tip
program
is
a
significant
part
of
that,
which
is,
you
know,
future
property
taxes,
but
it
is,
it
is
pretty
remarkable.
A
You
want
to
speak
a
little
more
to
I
mean
Workforce.
Development
has
been
part
of
the
goal
of
the
city
place
project
from
the
start.
The
development
agreement
that
we
have
with
CityPlace
Partners
has
a
number
of
commitments
and
requirements
to
paying
Fair
wages
and
to
working
to
create
local
talent.
What
this
does
is
add
to
that
actual
federal
dollars
to
to
put
meaning
behind
that.
You
want
to
add
a
little
more
love
sure.
I
I
I
think
it's
the
Workforce
Development
piece
is
really
intended
to
ensure
that
The
Economic
Opportunity
that
comes
from
this
project,
that
some
of
that
benefit
flows
to
historically
disadvantaged
and
marginalized
populations.
So
the
focus
is
on
low-income,
youth,
youth
of
color
to
develop
the
skills
in
order
to
fill
jobs
in
the
higher
paying
construction
industry.
A
F
Yeah,
this
is
great.
Go
ahead,
go
ahead,
yeah
I'm,
sorry,
hello,
break
it
down!
20
years
ago
my
son
started
a
four-year
project
on
his
own,
with
his
own
money,
shooting
interviewing
doing
everything
himself
and
doing
all
the
research,
and
he
came
out
with
this
video,
the
Champlain
Street
urban
renewal
project
we
had
in
in
that
day
20
years
ago
there
were
multiple
showings.
F
It
is
now
available
take
a
look
on
YouTube
because
he's
got
some
beautiful
photos
of
the
old
neighborhood
and
a
history
of
how
it
all
happened
and
he's
got
interviews
with
the
developers
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
it's
on
YouTube.
The
Champlain
Street
urban
renewal
project
by
Patrick,
Farrington
yeah.
H
A
J
A
I'm
not
familiar
with
what
you're
saying
at
Hunter
Bank
exactly
be
happy
to
talk
to
you
offline
about
it.
The
the
as
you
just
heard
there
is
a
significant
piece
of
this
Federal
money
is
going
towards
job
creation
and
with
a
specific
focus
on
on
Equity.
The
name
of
this
Federal
program
is
to
do
infrastructure
while
being
focused
on
Equity,
so
there's
a
big
focus
on
Workforce
as
a
piece
of
that
in
terms
of
what
is
going
to
be
in
the
downtown
going
forward.
A
We
certainly
think
that
bringing
that
there's
going
to
be
we're
going
from
a
situation
where
this
part
of
the
downtown
was
dominated
by
a
one
half
story:
Suburban
mall
to
one
where
there
will
be
thousands
of
people
living
and
and
and
hundreds
of
jobs
and
there,
the
city
team
will
certainly
be
working
to
make
sure
that
that
is
done
and
is
an
equitable
way.
If
you
can't,
as
that
comes
in
and
to
be
in-
and
we
have
happy
to
talk
to
you
more
about
that.
Well,.
B
K
Hi
hi
I'm,
the
Director
of
Business
and
Workforce
Development,
and
we
actually
have
two
employees
fully
dedicated
to
helping
our
bipoc
community
and
our
lgbtq
community
help
start
businesses
and
we
have
micro,
business
programs.
We
have
zero
interest
revolving
loan
programs
and
we
also
offer
technical
support.
You
can
come
to
my
office
anytime
and
we
can
sit
down
and
work
with
you.
We
can
help
you
find
locations,
help
you
work
with
your
landlord
and
help
get
you
established
reopen
yes.
Yes,
you
had
the
hair
salon.
Yes,
yes,
I,
remember:
yeah,
yeah,.
J
A
G
I'm
Al,
Seneca
and
I'm
here
with
Dave
Farrington
from
CityPlace
builders.
In
the
background
you
can
see
the
the
cranes
and
the
towers,
the
stair
towers
that
have
been
built,
the
crane
on
the
right
hand,
side
is
building
foundations
and
the
one
on
the
left
is
erecting
steel
and
the
project
is
moving
very
quickly.
Now
and
that's
all
I
can
say
at
this
point:
I
don't
know.