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Matt Mignanelli Kelly Brigham has lived her entire life in Burlington s only mobile home park. The resident-owned North Avenue Cooperative has 114 homes, including Brigham s gray single-wide, purchased with an inheritance from her late mother in 2016. At the time, the city assessed the home for $69,300. Brigham, 54, has since paved her parking lot, installed a privacy fence and added an entrance ramp. Still, when the results of Burlington s first citywide reassessment in 16 years arrived in mid-April, she was one of hundreds of homeowners who gasped at the numbers on their notices. The valuation of Brigham s home had more than doubled, rising by nearly $100,000. She wasn t alone: Around her neighborhood, the average mobile home had doubled in value, according to the city s data. Some valuations had more than tripled.