
Burlington City Council Weighs in on Rental Housing!
- By Luke Clavelle
- Posted

It is with mixed reactions that I post this blog about my parents moving overseas and selling the home they have owned and lived in for the last 25 years. The Seven Days article titled "A Former Mayor's New Direction" details Peter Clavelle and Betsy Ferries' move to Albania.
Now, at age 62, Clavelle has moved to Albania. He has a five-year contract to oversee a local governance project in the eastern European country. Albania is about the same size as Vermont, but has a population that is five times larger....
Interviewed in the kitchen of her home on South Union Street, Ferries confesses that it isnt easy to leave Burlington behind. Three of the couples four children Luke, 27; Will, 23; and Awil, 20 live in the Queen City, while Jae, 24, works for an international development company in San Francisco. Ferries and Clavelle are the legal guardians of Awil, a refugee from Somalia whos set to graduate in June from Burlington High School.
Here is a link to the 4+ bedroom 3 bath 2848 sq. ft home at 291 South Union Street Burlington VT. If you would like to view this home, give me a call at (802) 846-9556 or email me at Luke@lipvt.com. Thanks, LukeThe report also suggests connecting cul-de-sacs that feed onto U.S. 7 to help create a grid of streets that allow off-highway movement in the town. And form-based zoning, which emphasizes appearance rather than the use of a district, would allow the town to encourage building with a desired look as well as mixed-use, commercial, residential development important, the report says, because the town has a shortage of both office space and of affordable housing.
Here is a great opportunity for investors to benefit from the new "vision" for Route 7. 4253 Shelburne Road in Shelburne already has a fully leased 5 unit apartment building as well as a clubhouse rental situated on 4.4 acre parcel with significant development potential. Contact Us today to learn more about this opportunity or to set up a showing - (802) 846-9575.