Burlington’s Moran Plant is popping up from the dead, but its resurrection will be short-lived.
The 60-year-old power plant, which went offline in 1986, will be the site on Saturday of a set of city-sponsored events intended to renew local interest in the decrepit waterfront structure and its surroundings. The “Popup Moran” happenings are set to start soon after Penguin Plungers emerge from the lake around 11:30 a.m. Lit by a bonfire, the fun continues till 10 at night.
“We want to bring energy and life to that part of the waterfront,” explains popup coordinator Diana Colangelo, who works for the city’s Community and Economic Development Office. “In a lot of people’s minds, the waterfront sort of ends at the Coast Guard station. We want people to feel invested in Moran.”
Does that mean the Weinberger administration is formally advocating rehabbing the building rather than, say, tearing it down? Not necessarily, Colangelo responds.
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Skate Park? Would that be the million dollar drain on Pennies for Parks funds, to build a skateBOARD arena on the waterfront, or is that a different project?
Someone needs to pop up with a bulldozer and mow the plant down and then let discussions begin. Mr. Mayor tear down that building.
Sounds like a cutesy PR move to show the mayor’s development buddies that he duped citizens to foot the big ticket items and all it cost was a measly skatepark few will use and access we already have. If you build the parking, business will come!!! Goodbye publicly owned waterfront!! What else in this town is for sale Mr. Mayor?