Downtown/Waterfront Plan- Retail Feasibility Analysis
The planning process we are about to undertake will help us to address many questions regarding the future of the City's Downtown and Waterfront including:
How to encourage and accommodate infill development on under-utilized sites - particularly for workforce
housing and office uses?
How to enhance Burlington's economic vitality and build upon our creative and entrepreneurial spirit?
How to support additional development without compromising important views and Burlington's character
and scale?
How to balance mitigation of traffic congestion and parking demand with desires for expanded public transit?
How to leverage future downtown development to facilitate and support expanded public transit service and
visa-versa?
What kinds of waterfront activities and improvements can we encourage without compromising public access
to the lakeshore?
What land-side improvements are necessary to support future harbor activities?
What public investments can we make that improve lake quality, reduce stormwater overflows, save energy,
improve traffic flow and safety?
How to encourage and support more "green" building and development?
How to grow smarter and use our compact mixed-use urban form as a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
The first phase of this overall planning process consists of a series of existing condition analyses that will bring perceptions
into reality and increase our understanding of the gaps to fill and opportunities to seize. Below is the description of
the tasks and work needed for a Retail Feasibility Analysis, a sub-task of this first phase
