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CTV News
10-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Elected representatives from Vermont make a symbolic gesture by buying Quebec products
Vermont Treasury Secretary Mike Pieciak, right, and Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, mayor of Burlington, Vermont, talk with a fruit vendor at the Jean-Talon Market following a Canada and U.S. friendship event in Montreal, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Graham Hughes/ The Canadian Press) (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Small businesses express concern about conditions in Downtown Burlington
BURLINGTON, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – An open letter to Burlington's mayor named ten specific concerns about the future of the downtown neighborhood, including the condition of local parking garages, public nudity, and the safety of children. A coalition of over 80 small business owners and other people Friday addressed the letter to Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, saying that safety, cleanliness, and public accountability need urgent improvement in downtown Burlington for it to remain the 'vibrant, welcoming, and locally-owned' heart of the Queen City. 'While newer ventures have come and gone,' reads the letter, 'we have remained—through COVID, economic hardship, and an increasingly difficult downtown environment. But even we have limits.' The letter emphasizes safety above all and asks for 'a consistent security presence' in parking garages and on Church Street itself. Among the letter's suggestions are clearer signage near the construction project on Main Street, a cleanup program for needles, and the relocation of Food not Cops's free lunch program from the Cherry Street parking garage. Burlington's Church Street was first conceived by architecture student Bill Truex who in 1962 witnessed the transformation of downtown Copenhagen, Denmark from a 'traffic-snarled nightmare' into a lively, successful pedestrian mall. With help from Burlington voters and then-senator Patrick Leahy, the Church Street Marketplace was opened to the public in 1981 and then expanded in 1994. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
