As a former chair of the Burlington Community Gardens, I have helped promote good use of public land in Burlington. together with Jim Flint and many volunteers, we developed the Starr Farm Community Garden, a jewel in the New North End. Together with the Ethan Allen Park and the Homestead/Intervale areas, Leddy Park is another “Jewel” for all Burlington citizens. Over the past 20 years, many areas in the new north end have been built up with houses and rental properties. Several meetings have taken place to hear proposals on massive construction near the Sunset - Starr Farm area. I hope the city council will see the wisdom in a concentration of housing where housing is most needed; downtown. Leddy Park should remain as is. The wooded areas are precious and actually hold some wonderful plants which would be destroyed by any further development of the land. The trees have been thinned recently and the soccer fields have been upgraded. No other development should be done. The idea of disc golf in Leddy Park is absurd as has been the process involved last summer and fall.Leddy Park is for all citizens, not just an elite group who wants many areas to be cleared for disc golf.
Larry Solt