2023 Exploration of Public/Private Partnership for Redevelopment of the Gateway Block
- Gateway Block Redevelopment Presentation to CC, 2023.11.06
- City Council Resolution for LOI, 2023.11.06
- Letter of Intent (LOI) Gateway Block Redevelopment 2023.11.09
Articles:
2022 RFP
Mayor's Press Release April 2023: Next Steps for Memorial Auditorium
- Request for Proposals for the Adaptive Reuse of Memorial Auditorium
- Proposal - Babaroosa
- Prooposal - Hawthorne Development Corporation
- Proposal - Big Heavy World
- BH+A Final Report of Adaptive Reuse Plans (Historical Renovations & Additions) for Memorial Auditorium, 2019
- CEDO Memorial Auditorium PACC Presentation, 2018
- Center for Research & Public Policy (CRPP) Community Survey Results Presentation 08.23.2018
- Memorial Auditorium Interviews Summary, 2018
- Memorial Auditorium Individual Interview Summaries Compiled, 2018
- Memorial Auditorium, Comparable Historic Municipal Facilities Findings, 2018
- Mayor’s press release, 2017
- Mayor’s memo to City Council, 2017
- All Ward NPA Meeting Video, 2017
See supporting references in the City's studies:
- Burlington City Arts Site Analysis and Conceptual Development Studies, 2014
- BH+A Design Recommendations for Burlington Community Recreation Center, 2002
- CEDO Design Charrette by Lindberg Architect, 2001
- Professor Thomas D. Visser, University of Vermont’s Historic Preservation Program Director, presentation on a brief history of Memorial Auditorium
- Student Emma Haggerty’s research on the City’s planning for the construction of Memorial Auditorium
- Snapshot of Burlington City Arts in Memorial Auditorium, 1995
- National Register Nomination Form, 1988
- What Does the Future Hold for Memorial Auditorium?, Channel 3, 2017
- Burlingtonians Speak Out to Save Memorial Auditorium, Seven Days, 2017
- Tenants Must Vacate Memorial Auditorium by Year’s End, Seven Days, 2016
- Memorial Auditorium’s Future Unknown, Burlington Free Press, 2015
- Memorial Auditorium Showing Its Age, Burlington Free Press, 1996
Physical Conditions and Required Repairs
The City has wrestled with deferred maintenance and code requirements for the Memorial Auditorium building for many years. Over the years, the City has invested funds to address these needs, but it has not been sufficient to keep pace with the continuing structural deterioration and functional obsolescence. In both 1994 and 2021, the City went to the Burlington voters requesting bond funding to invest in the building, but did not get the required two-thirds (2/3) vote to pass. The voters did approve $1 million in bond funding for analysis and stabilization of the building in March 2022.
Throughout the years, there have been a number of assessments done on the condition of Memorial Auditorium all of which can be found below.
Most recently, the City worked with structural engineer, Engineering Ventures, to do a stabilization review and provide recommendations and cost estimates. The intent of the review was to reduce the potential injury to people in and around the building, and to reduce the potential for further weathering or structural failure over the next three (3) years to enhance the feasibility of future redevelopment of the building.
- Memorial Auditorium Structural Stabilization Review - Engineering Ventures PC, 2022
- Preliminary Structural Review - Engineering Ventures PC, 2017
- Memorial Auditorium Conditions, 2015:
- Martha Keenan, Capital Improvement Program Manger, Department of Public Works, Memo to the Mayor and City Council, October 13, 2015
- Martha Keenan, Capital Improvement Program Manger, Departement of Public Works, Presentation to City Council, October 13, 2015
- Stantec Summary of Observations, October 9, 2015
- Martha Keenan, Capital Improvement Program Manager, Department of Public Works, Memo to the Mayor and City Council, September 21, 2015
- Facility Condition Assessment, EMG, 2014
- Facilities Assessment Report, Stantec, Inc., 2009
- Masonry Report - Liszt Historical Restoration Inc, 2008
- Memorial Auditorium Historic Preservation Report, 1996
- Bond Vote, 1994
- Correspondence on Exterior Deterioration, 1991
