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city. They include nearly 500 units of ’90s. That was before apartments housing — duplexes and single-family and condos came to dominate homes off Kennedy Drive and Old Farm development. Road in an O’Brien Brothers Agency Various factors are driving the project to be phased in over five years. trend in South Burlington, real estate The Larkin project is on tap, and an- analyst Mark Brooks suggested. Its other 49 units will be built nearby, just zoning laws allow for higher dennorth of the Palace sity, there’s a strong 9 movie theater on demand for apartFayette Drive. ments and the city is Also under discusconveniently located, sion: a controversial he noted. proposal for possibly dense housing on a Renter demographics include young swath of University of Vermont-owned people who want flexibility and people forestland and fields along Spear Street. who can’t afford a down payment on a UVM announced plans to sell the prop- home. But the new apartment market erty in June and is finalizing a deal with also targets higher-income earners who brothers Frank and Ed von Turkovich of want condo-like amenities — fancy apSouth Burlington. pliances, granite countertops, heated They declined to discuss their pro- underground parking, and outdoor posal, saying they will share their ideas areas with fire pits and great views. with South Burlington residents — inNew units in Winooski, Williston cluding skeptics — when the land sale is and parts of Burlington are pricey, and completed. South Burlington is no Despite the lack of different. Bartlett Brook public plans, opposition one- and two-bedroom is gelling. Sarah Dopp, monthly rents range from president of the South about $1,485 to $2,185. Burlington Land Trust, a The building is within local citizens’ group that a mile or so of grocery raises money to conserve stores, Interstate 189 and land, is leading the opOrchard School. Bliss position to a proposed city sometimes rides her bicyzoning change that would cle towing her daughter in allow housing on a portion a trailer along the sidewalk JENNIF ER BLISS of the UVM land zoned for to Orchard, where the girl institutional/agricultural started kindergarten this use. The forestland provides a habitat year. But traffic is heavy on Route 7, and for animals, trees that help clean the air it would be nice to have a bike path in and an important greenway for people the area, she said. And while Veterans to enjoy close to home, she said. Memorial Park and Red Rocks Park “I feel really strongly that all commu- are within a few miles, there’s no nities ought to have some green lungs park with ball fields and a playground around them, and that shouldn’t be re- nearby. Their apartment building can served just for the Northeast Kingdom,â€? seem like a residential island in an area Dopp said. “Especially in Chittenden planned more for cars than for people. County, we need to preserve some of The city is aware of the need for these areas ‌ We can’t pave the whole amenities near new residential concounty over, I hope, although we’re struction and wants to increase sidemaking a pretty good effort of it.â€? walk and bike connections as well as South Burlington is technically a city parks, Conner said. but for years didn’t look like one. Dopp Bliss’ neighbor, retired teacher grew up in the Mayfair Park neighbor- Maida Atkins, lives at Bartlett Brook hood off of Williston Road. It was one with her husband. They have a condo of the first suburbs in what was then a in Florida and spend part of the year rural landscape. Not far from the side- in Vermont. Atkins has enjoyed getwalks and colonials in Mayfair Park, ting to know Bartlett residents of Dopp said, were the dirt roads, barns all ages, including a young mother and pastures covering most of South with whom she swapped garden fare Burlington. from their respective plots last week. “It was just another world — quiet Multifamily or single family, a neighand lots of cows around, farming opera- borhood comes down to the people. tions and cutting hay,â€? she said. “It was “I gave her tomatoes; she gave me idyllic.â€? potatoes,â€? Atkins said. “There’s lots of Many of those farms were con- that kind of thing — it’s really nice.â€? ! verted to streets lined with singlefamily homes in the 1970s, ’80s and Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com
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