Burlington, VT PLUS

Building falling down w squatters inside. Fire hazard.

They are currently (1-2 pm, 10/27) using some sort of strong smelling chemical - maybe to clean out the sewer at Crescent Woods/ Englesby Brook. It smells 100% toxic over the whole neighborhood and makes me feel nauseous and dizzy. It is necessary to use such a toxic substance to do what they are doing?

There is a large mound of excess concrete left in the greenbelt at the SE corner of North St and Park

Big mound of concrete left behind after construction

7:45 PM on August 28 I saw two young white males carrying wooden pallets into the leddy Park Beach area. Perhaps they’re taking these wooden pallets on a field trip, but I suspect they’re planning on dumping them on the beach and building an illegal and potentially dangerous bonfire. Pointless to contact the police cause they’re not gonna do anything so I walked to the fire station on North Avenue.
When I got to the fire station couldn’t locate a doorbell, but I did notice that the door to their fitness area was UNLOCKED. I was trying to respect their space and didn’t want to scare them by walking inside, so I waved my phone at one of the firefighters that I saw upstairs in the station. We made eye contact and I motioned for him to come outside. I waited five minutes he never came outside. I wanted to share this picture with him to give him a chance to decide if they had a little time they might wanna take a ride down to leddy Park tonight. But instead, I’m posting it here because no one ever came downstairs to meet me, and I saw at least two firefighters upstairs by the windows. Also, firefighters might want to lock all the doors because anyone can just walk in to use their fitness equipment and who knows maybe someone might do worse.
I get that they’re busy and they’re overworked and I’m very appreciative of them, but I was disappointed they couldn’t take 5 minutes because what if what I was reporting were more serious than this? I’ve reported pretty serious stuff like cars driving down the bike path or suspicious people leaving suspicious bags on Church Street and then walking away and have been ignored or laughed at by the police - or accused of lying or “changing my story” when my “story” was not accurately listened to. I grew up in a way bigger city that has been dealing with heroin and theft and killings for 30+ years, I’m not stupid. I know what something suspicious looks like. Was this life threatening? Probably not. But reckless behavior and fire is not something we should turn a blind eye to. That’s exactly what happened with the attics downtown, we ignored them when the pandemic hit and no one listened, now look.

Tree branch broken from windstorm

Please prioritizing paving accessible parking spots. It would be incredibly unsafe for anyone with mobility challenges to get in and out of car in these accessible parking spots. Merci!

on 127 going over the railroad track payment is all broken up

TWO LARGE AREAS WITH NO TOP LAYER OF PAVEMENT

COULD USE A LOAD OF PATCH UNTIL PAVING SEASON NEXT YEAR

Melting snow and rain unable to drain from area of depressed sidewalk that is along the entire frontage of 285 North St, causing pedestrians to walk in street & resident has to walk through ankle deep or more water to access their steps & entry.

MISSING.many walkers with strollers, pets, elderly using walkers dodging cars higher risk of pedestrian to car collisions then elsewhere in the city this should take priority before another bike lane is planned ..