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BURLINGTON WINTER FEST FEBRUARY 4TH

Now celebrating its 20th year, the Burlington Winter Festival features a variety of fun-filled events, held both indoors and out. Activities include Vermont's own sanctioned snow sculpture competition at Waterfront Park, Family Expo with activities and crafts at ECHO, and entertainment at Contois Auditorium Read More »

TIF PUBLIC PROCESS

The NPAs will be meeting as follows: Wards 4/7 January 31st at 6:45 pm atthe Miller Center Ward 2: Feb 2 at 7 pm at the Greek Orthodox Church, 600 South Willard, st Ward 1: Feb 8, 6:30 pm Memorial Loungeat Waterman Building at UVM Wards 2/3: Feb 9, 6:30 pm,McClure Multi Gen Center, 241 No. Winooski Ave. Ward 5: Feb 16, 7 pm, DPW/Parks Building, 645 Pine St. Read More »

PLAN BTV

PlanBTV Public Design Workshop/Charrette - January 24-30, 2012: This week-long planning process is a chance for all members of the community work directly with a multidisciplinary design team, including town planners, architects and engineers, to help create a master plan for Burlington’s Downtown & Waterfront. Join us in the planBTV Design Studio at 1 Church Street (in the former Ann Taylor store) anytime between 9am and 11pm all week! Read More »

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FROM THE MAYOR

Welcome to the City of Burlington website and your window into the city. On the shores of Lake Champlain with Vermont's Green Mountains to our east, Burlington has been recognized as one of the best places in the country to live, work, play, and visit. Burlington is home to a major research hospital, several highly-regarded educational institutions, numerous arts and cultural venues, with recreational activities in all four seasons.

BURLINGTON FACTS

Burlington was the recipient of the Home Depot Foundation Award of “Excellence for Sustainable Community Development” - Sustainable Cities Institute View All

Outdoor Life Magazine now rates Burlington, Vermont as one of America’s top three “Bass Capitals” View All

Burlington was named as one of Kiplinger's "10 Best Cities for the Next Decade", in July 2010 View All

Forbes.com named Burlington as one of the "Prettiest Town in America" View All

Forbes.com cited Burlington as one of the "Best Cities for New Jobs This Spring" View All

Burlington was declared one of the "Top Ten Great Places to Raise a Family", and "Top 100 Places to Live in America" by RelocateAmerica.com View All

Burlington is consistently named "Tree City USA", by the Arbor Day Foundation View All

Named one of "America's Greenest Cities" by Organic Gardening Magazine (ranked second among cities with less than 150,000 residents). View All

Top 25 "Small Cities and Towns" Arts destinations by readers of American Style Magazine View All

Ranked among "Best Towns" 2007 by Outside Magazine View All

Named as the "Best Walking City" in Vermont and one of the "Top Walking Cities" (ranked #42) in the U.S. by Prevention Magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association. View All

The Carbon War Room, a non-profit organization announced Burlington as one of 15 first wave cities selected to participate in the Green Capital Global Challenge View All

The Church Street Marketplace outdoor pedestrian mall designated as one of ten "Great Public Spaces for 2008" through the American Planning Association's Great Places in America program. View All

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Recognized with the runner-up 2009 City Cultural Diversity Award by the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials and National League of Cities. The award seeks to promote and honor community leadership in developing creative and effective programs designed to improve and advance cultural diversity. View All

Ranked Burlington metropolitan area as "Greenest City" in the country in survey of 379 metropolitan areas nationwide. Based on air and watershed quality, mass transit use, power use, and number of organic producers and farmers' markets. View All

Gallup Poll lists Burlington as the Happiest Small City in the U.S. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-41142308/the-10-happiest-and-saddest-cities-in-the-us/ View All

Designated the "Healthiest City in the USA" by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Burlington ranked highest in exercise, and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and other indicators of ill health. View All

Burlington's Hill Section named one of ten "Best Old House Neighborhoods 2009: Northeast" by ThisOldHouse.com. The designation was given because the Hill Section's "mid-19th-century housing stock has kept its architectural character and charm," making it one of the "ten best places to buy an old house in the Northeast, from Delaware to Maine." View All

Given "Level 5" award (highest possible level) by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (one of two ICLEI member cities to receive this award) View All

Named one of America's "Prettiest Towns" in a listing published by the travel website Forbestraveler.com. Burlington was third among the 20 places profiled. View All

Ranked #1 in a regional study of downtowns commissioned by the Rues Principales Vieux-Saint-Jean (compared to 16 other downtowns in Quebec View All

Burlington Area deemed one of six "Safe Havens in Real Estate" nationwide according to a review of housing data conducted by Kiplinger.com and published on-line on Yahoo! Real Estate. View All

Ranked among "Top Ten Greenest Cities" by real estate service, Move.com View All

Ranked #5 among "Top Ten Places to Retire Young" by Money Magazine View All

Burlington was listed as the top City in the country by Men's Health magazine for 2012. Read the full article at: <a href="http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/best-worst-cities-men-2012">http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/best-worst-cities-men-2012</a> View All

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