"Every few months a new announcement raises the prospect of progress, and then it sputters out once again." VT Digger
Update: the story put out by CityPlace about new owners and union financing plus HUD financing was another vision of sugarplums from Sinex, Pomerleau and the incumbent mayor to gloss over the empty Pit before the election. Now the story is unraveling.
The winds have changed... [re the CityPlace agreement between the Mayor and the Developer.] Labor wants this MOU to be voted down, as it does NOT provide for Union labor on the project. Nor has Devonwood been willing to sign an agreement with us providing for Union labor on the project.
"This agreement does not provide for union jobs, does not provide for prevailing wage jobs, does not provide for jobs with family sustaining benefits, and does not guarantee apprenticeship opportunities for BIPOC communities, and we therefore need you to VOTE NO on this agreement. Please vote NO and ask the Mayor to instead negotiate an agreement with Devonwood that guarantees that UNION labor will build CityPlace."
-David Van Deusen, VT AFL-CIO President
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