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VOLUME 48, NO. 37
City Council Fan base inks support for ‘Long View Project’ LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The South Burlington City Council Monday signed a letter of support for a conservation and affordable housing project located in the city’s southeast quadrant known as the Long View Project. The city has been in active negotiations with owners of the Long Property, 1720 and 1730 Spear Street, since January. The project would conserve roughly 32.2 acres next to the Great Swamp, which city leaders have identified as a top conservation priority for years, and set aside 2.5 acres for 16 affordable homes in partnership with Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity. The property’s owners, Northeast Agricultural Trust, a limited liability company owned by Tom and Janet Bellavance, bought the property from the Long family in November 2022 for nearly $1.4 million. The Long family previously sought to build nearly 50 new homes on the property but scrapped those plans in September 2022 as the city worked to craft See LONG VIEW PROJECT on page 7
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Wolves’ fans cheer on the girls’ soccer team during an early season matchup against Rice. The Green Knights beat South Burlington 1-0.
South Burlington explores all-resident voter expansion LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The South Burlington City Council last week directed its charter committee to explore the
idea of allowing all legal residents of the city to vote in local elections. The South Burlington Democratic Committee asked that the council place a question about
voter expansion on the Town Meeting Day ballot next year to allow residents, even those who are non-U.S. citizens, to participate in local city elections and other supplementary school or
city votes. “This initiative is crucial to uphold the Vermont tradition See VOTING on page 3
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