A developer has big plans for a historic downtown Burlington building, but it will need grants to carry them out. If those grants are awarded, the Typewriter Shop will join a growing list of commercial and residential development projects in the downtown area.
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Wells said retaining walls have been built and he s met with city and fire code inspectors. He said they re now working to get utility hookups coordinated.
Wells hopes tenants will be moving into the 24 apartments of the new building by this time next year.
The building will have one and two bedroom apartments upstairs, and a large space for rent on the main floor, which Wells says could be used for a grocery store, boutique shop, restaurant, or office space.
Wells also mentioned that his apartments will include a parking space at a nearby garage that he also owns.
Wells said more than half of the apartments will be eligible for the affordable housing program.
Monday was Chad Bird s first day on the job as Burlington s city manager.
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Chad Bird arrived Monday to City Hall for his first day as Burlington s city manager to find a trail of rubber ducks leading the way from his outer office to his desk overlooking downtown Burlington.
Mailed to city clerk Kathleen Salisbury ahead of Bird s arrival by his former colleagues, the ducks are somewhat of a fixture of events in Decorah, where Bird had served as city manager until taking on the same role in Burlington.
A similar row of ducks this one led by a lame duck with bandaged wings had guided the way out of his Decorah office on his last day there.