BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Voters in Vermont’s largest city are being asked to vote on a proposal that could determine for decades to come the look and feel of downtown Burlington.
If approved Tuesday the vote would allow the transformation of the two-story Burlington Town Center mall into a higher-rising cityscape of shops, residences and offices.
It also calls for reconnecting Pine and St. Paul streets, both of which have been blocked since the 1970s by the mall.
The Burlington Free Press (https://bfpne.ws/2fkL9zY ) reports the zoning change would “provide for a more walkable, connected, dense, compact, mixed use and diverse urban center.”
The proposal increases the maximum height for buildings to 14 stories.
Opponents say it would be a visual blight, but proponents say those concerns are exaggerated.
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