They had short-term dreams of opening a mobile community center that serviced underprivileged and unhoused Chittenden County residents and a long-term goal of turning the bus into a caravan that traveled cross-country offering food services to various food deserts. With nowhere to live, no job prospects and no consistent stream of money, Wilcox said, they used the money they had saved to buy a school bus and turn it into a home. They sought odd jobs to make quick cash around the state but nothing substantial enough to fully support themselves financially, eventually leaving Vermont to seek work.Īfter months of being away from their hometown and family, Wilcox returned with the intention of resettling with other community activists on Sears Lane at an encampment for people experiencing homelessness - but the encampment was cleared out in early December after months of warnings from judges and other city officials who asserted that it was a health risk. Wilcox was employed at Burlington International Airport until March 2020, they said, when they were laid off as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Such a scene was not what Wilcox envisioned for the bus. They rarely left the bus out of fear of it being vandalized in their absence. Wilcox said the couple was berated by passersby frustrated by the bus’s presence. They declined the city’s offer to tow the bus because the vehicle was in too poor condition to handle it, they said. They contacted eight or nine mechanics, they said, and waited all day Tuesday for a mechanic who never showed. Wilcox, meanwhile, said they understood the burden the bus was causing but that they were unable to get it moving. “If the back of that building is on fire, a ladder truck can’t get to it,” Edgerly said. The bus also drew a visit from Burlington Assistant Fire Marshal Phillip Edgerly, who indicated the bus was a fire hazard to the building and its occupants. Deliveries were also impacted to both stores, he said.
But Ran Mangar, Asian Food Mart’s owner, said he saw his customer base decrease following the bus’s arrival, in part because more Jake’s customers were using up the parking spaces out front. 1646659802TMB (Use this ID when enquiring about this item.Two smaller lots out front, including handicap-accessible spots, remained available for customers of both stores. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling, stamp marks, light tanning and foxing marks to couple of pages. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine. A picture of a horse and round traveling wagon with a smoke stack. Brown background with yellow and tan and white lettering. There is a little scuffing along the spine. The dust jacket has a 1/2" chip at the edge of the back panel near the flap. Rich brown boards with black lettering on the spine. 1651066840LSA (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces.
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Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper.
Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. 1648670782CLB (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding.
Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout.
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