Editing Winooski, Vermont (section)

===Modern times===
[[File:Textile mill. Winooski, Vermont.jpg|275px|thumb|left|alt=black and white photo of textile mill along river in Winooski, Vermont|Textile mill in Winooski, 1937]]
The [[American Woolen Company]] purchased the failing [[Burlington Mills]] in 1901, restoring a measure of economic growth to the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonvt.org/arts-and-humanities/search.cgi?query=woolen|title=A VISIT TO BURLINGTON, VERMONT – Burlington is a perfect destination!|website=www.burlingtonvt.org|access-date=2008-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725111118/http://www.burlingtonvt.org/arts-and-humanities/search.cgi?query=woolen|archive-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> This success eventually led Winooski to incorporate as a city in 1922, breaking away from the town of Colchester.

The mills closed in 1954, resulting in two decades of economic problems for the city.<ref name="Historical look at Winooski"/> In the 1980s, two old mills were converted into commercial, office, and apartment space, helping to revitalize the area.<ref name="Historical look at Winooski"/>

In 1979, the city researched the construction of a dome over the entire city of Winooski, to reduce heating costs during the winter. The proposed dome would have been {{convert|200|ft}} at the center, and internal combustion engines would have been banned.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912572,00.html A Dome for Winooski? - TIME Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906073503/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912572,00.html |date=2009-09-06 }} retrieved June 15, 2008</ref> Though the dome was never built, in 2009 the city's planner defended the concept, insisting, "Economically, it's a slam dunk," and adding, "You could have had year-round fly-fishing."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/09/30/doomed-dome-future-never-was/|title=Doomed Dome: The Future That Never Was - h+ Media|date=2009-09-30|work=h+ Media|access-date=2009-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313062432/http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/09/30/doomed-dome-future-never-was/|archive-date=2011-03-13|url-status=dead|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2008, the city dismissed their city manager of 11 months, while he was still an [[At-will employment|at-will]] employee. His contract had been scheduled for three years.<ref>{{cite book | author = Sutkoski, Matt |title = Winooski manager's future cloudy | publisher = Burlington Free Press | date = September 24, 2008}}</ref>