After a brief shutdown in the spring of 2020, construction on the new South Burlington Public Library and City Hall at 180 Market Street has continued at full speed.  By late summer, the underground stormwater treatments and storage (required for permitting) had been completed to address the paved areas on the Central School site and the Central School parking lots have reopened.  With school in session children may be seen with their parents walking and biking on Market Street and using the new connection up to the front door of the school.  

Inside the new building is all drywall, wiring, and metal, while the exterior siding provides a sustainable, protective shell – zinc, granite, brick, and trespa (a compressed wood fiber and resin product), decorate the front and sides.  Fixed horizontal and vertical louvers on the south face of the building both shade the building from direct sun in the summer (when the sun’s light rays come from almost overhead) and bounce light into the space in the winter (when the sun’s rays are the lowest).

Market Street has now been open over a year and is more than just a road.  Shared use paths provide a great walking and biking route, and the ponds create a new view every season.  City Center Park is well into it’s third (!) winter of being open for walking and playing and in natural setting.  

In the private sector development, a section of Garden Street was completed, with approximately 60 families of the Champlain Housing Trust Garden Apartments in their second year of residence.  Dover Place, a 40-unit affordable housing project is going into construction, while Prospect Place, a mixed-use project, has completed site plan review.
Phase I of Garden Street (segment A and C on the map) is now ready for public funding through Tax Increment Financing.  This includes a shared use path, curb work, and lighting on the west end (A), and full construction between the South Burlington City Center, LLC property and Midas Drive.  On Midas Drive some improvements include bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, utility and curb work (B).

The City has other public projects ongoing in the planning and engineering stages: Williston Road Streetscape and the Pedestrian Bicycle and Bridge over I-89.
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