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After a year of negotiating, the Burlington City Council on Monday signed off on purchasing a piece of land to facilitate the city s Harrison Street sewer separation project.
The city needed to get about five acres of land from the Burlington School District to build a retention pond, which will help with stormwater flow during heavy rain events. (This is the credit) system we have proposed to the school district to purchase the 4.6 acres on James Madison (school), Assistant City Manager for Public Works Nick MacGregor explained.
As part of the agreement, the city will purchase a chunk of land on the northeastern corner of the district s James Madison property. The school district has been using the James Madison building to house its enrichment program for kindergarten through sixth-grade students on their continuos learning days since the start of the school year, but with the district discontinuing its hybrid schedule effective Feb. 8, the building will be cl
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Pool company may create new jobs in Burlington
The company s move to Burlington would create about 80 jobs, some of which would pay $21 per hour.
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Burlington might be getting a new business in the new future that would bring 80 jobs into the community.
Leisure Pools and Spas, a Tennessee-based company, has expressed interest in a property at 2800 West Ave. to expand its operations into Burlington.
“Eighty jobs, at this time, would be welcome news to our community,” Greater Burlington Partnership Economic Development Director Jeremy Hess told Burlington City Council members Monday during a work session.
The prospect of a new area employer comes soon after ABB announced it intends to close its West Burlington plant by the end of June, leaving about 300 workers without jobs.