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From the 1970s to today, the idea of City Center—South Burlington’s own downtown—has been in the City’s adopted plans. Walk down Market Street today, and the vision outlined in the CityPlan 2024 of a “welcoming and walkable built environment, thriving neighborhoods, and a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented City Center” is taking shape all around us.
This summer, neighbors are moving into over 250 homes. New storefronts for restaurants and retail in the four Catamount Run buildings are still under construction. The 52,000 square feet in these spaces join the existing 27,000 square feet of occupied retail on Garden Street.
Since the TIF District was established to support City Center in 2012:
- $69,000,000 has been added to the tax base
- 8.96 acres of new park opened to public
- 22 electric vehicle public chargers are now in operation
Other projects in the works include a traffic signal at Hinesburg Road, a boardwalk trail connecting Market Street, Garden Street, and City Center Park, a continuous off-road shared use path along Williston Road between Staples Plaza and Hinesburg Road (this includes a bridge over I-89 and the reconfiguring of the intersection at the Al’s French Frys intersection).
But our new South Burlington downtown is not just the built environment. Recreation and Parks invites you to participate events held throughout the end of summer and into fall in City Center. Get to know old and new neighbors at Park Hop Brews with games, music, and brews in September, clear out your closets with the Community Yard Sale, or volunteer for Illuminate Vermont. Follow City Center’s progress and find upcoming events at www.southburlingtonvt.gov.
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Seeking Your Thoughts on a City Green!
Were you unable to attend the August 2024 meeting? You are invited to review the consultant’s study draft City Green recommendation presentation from the August 14 public meeting and provide your comments using this short City Green Comment Form.
Prior to the presentation of the consultant's recommendation, your comments will considered for incorporation into the final recommendation to the City Council.
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Offices Closed September 2nd
On Monday, September 2, 2024, City offices, Library, and Senior Center will be closed in observance of Labor Day.
Listening Session - August 31, 2024
On Saturday, August 31, at Orchard School from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., join Councilors Laurie Smith and Elizabeth Fitzgerald to chat and share your thoughts on what's important to you and South Burlington. Visit our website for the full schedule to find a Coffee with a Councilor session that works for you.
Free COVID Tests
Free COVID tests are now available in the South Burlington City Clerk’s office. To ensure widespread access, we kindly request limiting tests to one box per household member.
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Preparing for the Upcoming General Election
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 5, for General Election Day!
You do not need to request ballots for this election—absentee ballots for the November 5, 2024, General Election will be automatically mailed to all active registered voters by the Vermont Secretary of State's office no later than October 1, 2024.
To ensure that you are an active, registered voter and to verify that your mailing address is correct, please log on to MyVoterPage to check your information. This site will also allow you to track your ballot and see when it has been mailed, and, if voting early, when it was received at the City Clerk's office.
You can vote early by mailing your voted ballot back to the City Clerk's office or by dropping it off at City Hall. We can receive voted ballots in our office during open hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), or you can place them in the secure drop box attached to the front of the building or the secure voting box at the rear of the building.
If you choose to vote on Election Day, you will need to bring your ballot with you to the polls. Polls are open November 5th from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at your assigned district. A voting-district-by-street listing (PDF) and district map (PDF) are located on the City Clerk's website if you have any questions about where your polling location is.
If you have any questions about the upcoming election process, please don’t hesitate to give the City Clerk’s office a call at 802-846-4105.
Vermont State Election Resources
As part of a national #TrustedInfo2024 initiative, the Vermont Secretary of State's office has created several resources to promote voter education and serve as a source of trustworthy information:
Visit South Burlington's Elections & Voting page for more local election information.
 FINAL WEEK - survey ends August 31! Answer a few questions to help us create a South Burlington where everyone, regardless of background or circumstances, feels invited, involved, and heard. Please add your voice to this important survey!
New Bus Map and Guide for Chittenden County
New schedules for Chittenden County began Monday, August 26, 2024. The August 2024 Bus Map & Guide can be found onboard buses and at the Downtown Transit Center.
Schedule changes include the return of Neighborhood Specials and supplemental trips on Rt 7 North Ave & Rt 9 Winooski for the start of school, along with some timepoint shifts on the Rt 11 Airport to reflect current run times.
Labor Day holiday closure: bus service will not operate and GMT facilities will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of Labor Day. Regular bus service will resume on Tuesday, September 3.
South Burlington Public Art Gallery Presents Interwoven
 The South Burlington Public Art Gallery is hosting a new exhibition titled Interwoven, on view from August 26 to October 31, 2024. The public is invited to the Opening Reception in the South Burlington Public Gallery on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Interwoven brings together four Vermont artists who are redefining fiber art through both experimental and meditative processes—Karen Cygnarowicz, Janet Fredericks, Bradie Hansen, and Trista Ringer. Each of the artists blends contemporary art with traditional craft practices, creating work that reflects on their connection to home and place, relationships, and the materials they are working with.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Bradie Hansen is leading a free workshop co-hosted by the South Burlington Public Library on Friday, September 27, from 10:00 a.m. to noon on the second floor of the Library in the digital lab. To register, please email gallery@southburlingtonvt.gov.
Green Mountain Aviation Field Days
September 14-15
154 DaVinci Drive, South Burlington
Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of Aviation
Get up close and personal with planes! Green Mountain Aviation Field Days will feature aircraft from the past, present, and future. You’ll get the opportunity to talk to the owners and pilots and tour their aircraft, getting closer than you ever have before.
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September 20 | 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
19 Gregory Drive, South Burlington
"Fall" into donating! Give blood between September 16 and September 30 for a $15 e-gift card.
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 Map identifying this project’s general staging area, being within the paved Swift Street roadway on the south side, across from the stormwater pond, away from the corner as well as the project location where the site work is occurring
Champlain Water District will be working on a project that will affect traffic flow on Swift Street. The project name is “CWD Blow-Off #104 Transmission Main Stabilization,” and it involves stabilizing the area around our transmission main at the stream crossing. The work is not anticipated to impact water service. Construction is scheduled to begin the week of August 26th and end by September 6th. Work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please be patient and plan accordingly.
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For a complete list of meetings & events, please visit the calendar
City Council Meetings
Access agendas and minutes.
City Council Meeting
September 3, 2024, 6:30–10:30 p.m.
- Receive a briefing from the Vermont National Guard on the AFFF spill on June 20 and 21, 2024
- Receive a report on the Common Area for Dogs 2023 survey on leashing dogs
- Approve Resolution charging the Charter Committee with exploring all resident voting and outlining the membership of the Committee to include the City Clerk and two members appointed by the School Board
- Receive and approve the FY26 Budget Schedule
- Executive Session: Land acquisition - Long Property
Auditorium, City Hall, 180 Market Street
Virtual Option:
https://meet.goto.com/SouthBurlingtonVT/citycouncilmeeting09-03-2024
You can also dial in using your phone (408) 650-3123 Access Code: 695-288-165
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Watch the Last City Council Meeting Recording
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Want to see what happened during the latest City Council meeting? Can't attend the live session online? We've got you covered.
YouTube Link for City Council Meetings
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Public Hearing on Draft Zoning Regulation Amendments
The City Council last week received a series of proposed amendments to the City’s Land Development Regulations and have set a public hearing for Monday, September 16, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
The amendments are grouped into three themes and ten amendments (LDR-24-01 through LDR-24-10). The themes are: Thriving Neighborhoods and Acts 47 & 181; Transportation; and Process Standards Improvements.
These amendments reflect the Commission’s work over the past 9 months (and more in some topic areas). They include changes to the LDRs to both align with the requirements and intent of Vermont Acts 47 and 181 and to advance several priorities of the 2024 City Plan within the housing, climate change, transportation realms and beyond.
The City’s LDR Amendment website includes a number of resources, including complete clean & redline versions of the draft amendments, a set of plain-language “spotlights” discussing each of the 10 proposed amendments, an interactive map showing zoning and overlay district changes, analysis data, and the adopted/draft water/sewer service area boundaries.
We invite you to review these resources – especially the plain language “spotlights” if this subject is new to you – and to provide feedback to the Council. Comments may be provided in writing to planning@southburlingtonvt.gov in advance of the 9/16 public hearing (and will be provided to all Councilors), or in person or via interactive video at the hearing itself. Meeting and login details are on the LDR amendments website.
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Magazines Now Available in Libby App
The Library now has an online magazine subscription service!
There are thousands of free magazines like The New Yorker, Time, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and more, including titles in non-English languages.
Find your Magazine Rack in Libby to quickly access all the magazines you're subscribed to. Patrons can read the same magazine titles at the same time, so there are no holds or waitlists to read the new edition of your favorite title.
Thank you to the Friends of the Library for supporting this project!
Melo Grant: Sampling and the Evolution of Hip Hop
 Thursday, September 05, 2024 | 6:00 pm
Auditorium, 180 Market Street
Join the Library and Vermont Humanities in welcoming Melo Grant—DJ, host of The Cultural Bunker, and Burlington City Councilor—who leads a musical journey through the evolution of hip hop, with side steps to other genres. She explains how sampling—the practice of using existing recorded music to create new sounds—influenced hip hop and vice versa.
Melo Grant has been a DJ in the Burlington community for 40 years. Her radio show, “The Cultural Bunker,” has been heard on WRUV 90.1 FM, UVM's public radio station, and WBTV 99.3 FM, the Media Factory's public radio station. She plays mostly independent hip hop but frequently incorporates other grooves.
Please register for this FREE event.
Register Today! September 28th Blood Drive at South Burlington Public Library
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Community Movie Night
 Join us on Friday, August 30th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Goose Pond on Market Street for a FREE Community Movie Night sponsored by Community Health Centers! We will be watching the 1985 beloved favorite Back to the Future, following Marty McFly and Doc's great adventures. Complimentary refreshments and popcorn will be provided. Plus, the first 100 in attendance receive a FREE SB Recreation Department blanket. No pre-registration required to attend the movie!
Park Hop Brews
 Join us at the Market Street Goose Pond from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 5th! We will have music from Luca Medina-Downs and Bruno John, food from Voodoo Cheesesteak, yard games, and drinks! Don't miss out as we will also be hosting free trivia as well. No registration necessary to participate in trivia!
Community Yard Sale
 Have some stuff to sell but no space to sell it? Come join our community yard sale on Sunday, September 8th from 11:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. in the Rick Marcotte Central School parking lot! Sell your wares and enjoy some tasty treats. Registration is for renting a two-spot plot of the Rick Marcotte Central School parking lot. To register for additional plots, please contact Kate Likhite at klikhite@southburlingtonvt.gov. This registration fee is non-refundable. All set-up and sales are done by individual registered participants, so make sure to bring your own tables, tarps, chairs, tents, and change!
Mini Golf Tournament
 South Burlington Recreation & Parks is excited to offer our first Mini Golf Tournament! Join us for this fun 18-hole tournament at Hubbard Recreation & Natural Area, where you will have views along the paths of the park of Lake Champlain! Register for the adult tournament or the kids tournament (three age groups: 6-9, 10-12, and 13-15). Registration is for each individual player. Prizes will be awarded to the lowest score of the adult tournament and to the lowest score of each kids tournament age group. Putters and balls will be provided.
This program is open to South Burlington and surrounding community residents!
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We're hiring!
Looking for a full- or part-time job? The City of South Burlington is looking to hire great people to join our team.
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For information about events and updates from South Burlington School District, read the Superintendent’s full newsletter August 8, 2024 here
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