WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The start of one of Vermont’s largest commercial development projects came on this day in history.

We take you to Williston on August 21, 2000.

Channel 3 took one last video of the field before construction started on the Maple Tree Place project.

550,000 square feet of new construction was on the way.

25 years earlier, the plan had been to build Vermont’s largest indoor mall on the site.

The mixed development plan emerged after long legal and permitting battles.

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