BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Leaders at Burton say cost was a major factor in the decision to pull out of a plan to move concert venue Higher Ground to Burlington.
Higher Ground said Wednesday that Burton pulled the plug on the plan for the music venue to move from South Burlington to a building Burton owns in the city’s South End. The decision came after a yearslong legal battle with neighbors opposed to the project.
Now Burton is responding. Chief Financial Officer Andrew McConnell says a lot has changed in the five-plus years the process has been underway, but he said the cost was a major factor and that they could not find a viable solution to make the move happen.