Burlington’s mayor says the city is ‘back.’ Is it just a blip?

People walk along Church Street in Burlington on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak stood at a podium on Church Street, flanked by city employees, and declared that “Burlington is back.” “There’s a growing sense that Burlington is turning a corner, that energy is back, the confidence is returning in this city, and that this city is moving forward,” Mulvaney-Stanak said at a press conference late