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Tesla car dealership wins zoning change from SB city council
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COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The South Burlington City Council last week paved the way for a proposed Tesla dealership off Shelburne Road by approving zoning changes requested by the company. City councilors unanimously voted for the zoning change during their Dec. 5 meeting. Council member Matt Cota recused himself because of his
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work as the government affairs director for the Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association. “I’ve gotten a ton of emails and almost every single one of them was supportive of this,” said council chair Helen Riehle. The approval allows Tesla to move forward with its plan to use the old Hannaford building near Lowe’s for its dealership. The See TESLA on page 12
Homeless crisis looms
Chittenden County braces for end of hotel housing LIBERTY DARR & COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITERS
On a tiny, wooded strip of cityowned land called Garvey Woods, a campsite was visible just north of the Community Lutheran Church on South Burlington’s Williston Road. A couple had been there for weeks, making campfires and using the church dumpster, accord-
ing to Bill Barber, a trustee of the Lutheran Church, speaking to the city council during its Nov. 7 meeting. He turned to the council for help as the church did not have the resources “to try to handle this,” he said, adding that their “concern is that there’s one group of people there now — if something’s not See HOUSING on page 14
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Chittenden County Sen. Thomas Chittenden, center, went all out for the South Burlington Rotary Club’s Ugly Sweater Fun Run Dec. 11, seen here with a couple friends from Star Wars. Funds raised go to the club’s charitable initiatives and the South Burlington Academic Boosters Fund.
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