No community engagement. WHY is Brookfield unwilling to engage the public?
August 2019, Brookfield pledged to involve the public in its evolving plan; they didn't.
Mid November 2019, at a council subcommittee meeting, Brookfield reps were supposed to propose a schedule of community meetings about the downtown development project; they didn't. When pressed, they again agreed to propose a schedule of community meetings — before year's end.
Year has ended.
August 2019, Brookfield pledged to involve the public in its evolving plan; they didn't.
Mid November 2019, at a council subcommittee meeting, Brookfield reps were supposed to propose a schedule of community meetings about the downtown development project; they didn't. When pressed, they again agreed to propose a schedule of community meetings — before year's end.
Year has ended.
CityPlace Burlington developers scale back plan
Mayor Weinberger: "The revised plans that Brookfield presented would achieve all of the major goals that the City has held for this site from the beginning, including restoring lost public streets, creating hundreds of much needed new homes and downtown jobs, and generating substantial new public revenues. While I welcome this overdue progress, Brookfield still has substantial work to complete before the end of this year to preserve the project, and get this effort to fix a long-troubled part of the downtown back on track.”The scaled back plan also drops the controversial height of the project from 14 stories to 10. It also retains the former Macy's building, which will be redeveloped as a mixed use commercial/retail/office space.
Oct 28, 2019, Read full statement of Mayor Weinberger here.
CityPlace Burlington Developers Unveil Scaled-Down Proposal
BY COURTNEY LAMDIN ON TUE, OCT 29, 2019
"Gone are the soaring 14-story structures originally proposed.
In their place are two towers. One, on the Cherry Street side of the property, would rise 10 stories and hold 280 to 300 apartments — the same as the original proposal. Twenty percent would be "affordable," as required by Burlington's inclusionary zoning ordinance.
A 175-room hotel of similar height would occupy the Bank Street side of the downtown parcel. Retail space would fill the first floor of each building, and levels of parking would fit between — and below — the structures.
The new plans would also incorporate the former Macy's building, which would house retail, commercial and office space. The remnants of the Burlington Town Center mall, which opens onto Church Street and extends west, would remain intact.
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