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Burlington’s mayor is touting a comeback, citing booming summer events like the jazz festival and a new million-dollar marketing push, alongside major infrastructure projects like the Champlain Parkway and Main Street revitalization. But while business leaders are cautiously optimistic about recent gains, they’re wary of long-term trends amid inflation, labor costs, and pandemic aftershocks. Homelessness and drug use downtown remain hot-button issues, with the governor calling it a crisis and the city responding with a new budget that adds ten police officers and more unarmed community support staff — a reversal from past cuts. Hotel bookings are down, and retail vacancies still linger above historical norms, leaving Burlington in a precarious balancing act as it tries to rebuild after years of struggle.

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