Updates on plans for development of The Pit. Residents are asking Don Sinex to hold genuine public engagement listening sessions at our Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) to hear what we want our city to look like, feel like, be like. We want a new green deal from whoever invests in developing The Pit. We want union labor, livable wages that will be a geyser of prosperity for downtown businesses and the tax collector. We can do this together, the Burlington way.
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Voters don't want this.
ReplyDeleteElected officials do.
How to explain?
Like the 700 + development going in on North Ave, it's someone else's vision of what our future should look like. They may think they're doing what's best for the city, but they forgot to ask the residents - a common mistake in development.
ReplyDeleteElinore and Meg, apparently the planning commission meeting last night showed, again, that the city is not at all responsive to the voters' concerns or desires. They are pushing the zoning change through because "they" like the height, etc. It is outrageous. We must keep public pressure on, but we are going to need to move to stronger methods than persuasion. There is a public disapproval referendum we can make happen with a percentage of the voters signing a petition, and there seem to be some legal means to stop this insanity. But we need your help! Please come to the Coalition meeting on June 13th, 6:30, at Co-Housing on East Village Road/off east Avenue, behind UVM, in the dining room!
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