From the Deputy Publisher: Winooski, My Town?
Seven Days -

The Winooski roundabout was still a gleam in some urban planner's eye in January 2003 when my wife, Ann-Elise, and I bought our first house in the Onion City. With help from the local land trust, we got a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home on lower North Street for just $118,000 — cheaper than anything we could have found in Burlington. We were among the homebuyers who flocked to Winooski because we were priced out of the big city. Seven Days noted the trend in a package of stories...

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