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CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

Once used as open sewers for manufacturing spoils and human waste, Connecticut’s long-abused rivers have recovered much of their past allure following stricter environmental laws passed in the 1960s and 1970s, accompanied by the retreat of large-scale manufacturing...
CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

CRDA in serious talks with global sports, entertainment company on multimillion-dollar XL Center investment

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

CRDA Executive Director Michael Freimuth recently told his board — which oversees the XL Center on behalf of the city of Hartford — that Oak View Group (OVG) is interested in a deal that could see the company putting much of its own funding into the XL Center. OVG...
CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

Proposed mixed use zone could lead to Trumbull Center apartments

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

A plan to renovate the shopping plaza, which now has multiple vacant storefronts, including one previously occupied by Starbucks, and another that formerly housed Porricelli’s Food Mart, has received support from many of the businesses that currently occupy Trumbull...
CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

Redesign of downtown Naugatuck excites developers

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

Back on July 21, the Board of Mayor and Burgesses chose Pennrose, a real estate development company with its headquarters in Philadelphia, and the Cloud Company, a Hartford-based firm, to develop 7.75 acres at the corner of Maple Street and Old Firehouse Road, also...
CT’s riverfronts increasingly seen as major economic development opportunities

State DOT to ‘reassess’ controversial Route 82 roundabouts

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

The state Department of Transportation will pull back a widely criticized plan to reconstruct a 1.3-mile stretch of Route 82-West Main Street with six roundabouts, a median divider and single traffic lanes in each direction. The $45 million, two-phase project received...
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