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Courtney Lamdin

@clamdin

Covering Burlington for @sevendaysvt. Recovering perfectionist, perpetually in search of balance.

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The #btvcc unanimously approved a new zoning district that allows housing to be built in part of the South End where it was previously prohibited. Also allowed: Dorms. Not allowed: Hotels. More on the decision & tonight's council meeting here: sevendaysvt.com/vermont/burlin… #btv

The #btvcc unanimously approved a new zoning district that allows housing to be built in part of the South End where it was previously prohibited. Also allowed: Dorms. Not allowed: Hotels. More on the decision & tonight's council meeting here: sevendaysvt.com/vermont/burlin… 
#btv
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It begins: Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (@emmaformayor) kicks off the #btv mayoral contest. sevendaysvt.com/vermont/emma-m… #vtpoli

It begins: Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (@emmaformayor) kicks off the #btv mayoral contest.
sevendaysvt.com/vermont/emma-m… #vtpoli
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Just in: #btv took the unprecedented step this week of suspending the Handys' rental permit for 184 Church Street, a notorious building with more than three-dozen code violations. sevendaysvt.com/news/burlingto…

Just in: #btv took the unprecedented step this week of suspending the Handys' rental permit for 184 Church Street, a notorious building with more than three-dozen code violations. sevendaysvt.com/news/burlingto…
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Three decades after voters ended #RentControl in Massachusetts, rents have exploded. For renters, only California and Hawaii are more expensive than Massachusetts, per National Low Income Housing Coalition. To afford a modest 2-bed apt. at $2,165 per month in MA, a renter would need to earn almost $42 an hour.

Three decades after voters ended #RentControl in Massachusetts, rents have exploded. For renters, only California and Hawaii are more expensive than Massachusetts, per <a href="/NLIHC/">National Low Income Housing Coalition</a>. To afford a modest 2-bed apt. at $2,165 per month in MA, a renter would need to earn almost $42 an hour.
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This story by Melissa Pasanen was a great diversion from what I'm usually reading and writing about Burlington. Find some much-needed feel-good journalism here: sevendaysvt.com/news/catching-… #btv

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.Emma Mulvaney-Stanak made history Monday night when she was sworn in as the first woman and openly queer person to serve as #btv mayor. My latest for Seven Days. sevendaysvt.com/news/queen-of-…

.<a href="/Emmaformayor/">Emma Mulvaney-Stanak</a> made history Monday night when she was sworn in as the first woman and openly queer person to serve as #btv mayor. My latest for <a href="/sevendaysvt/">Seven Days</a>.
sevendaysvt.com/news/queen-of-…
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Burlington police terrified high school students this week when they staged a mock shooting in an attempt to teach them about the unreliability of witness statements. My latest, with Colin Flanders sevendaysvt.com/news/burlingto… #btv #vtpoli

Burlington police terrified high school students this week when they staged a mock shooting in an attempt to teach them about the unreliability of witness statements. My latest, with <a href="/CFlandersVT/">Colin Flanders</a> 
sevendaysvt.com/news/burlingto…
#btv #vtpoli