When Gov. Ned Lamont visited the Norwich marina on Aug. 1, he turned around in the parking lot and looked at the blighted former Marina Towers building. City leaders had a ready answer for the governor, saying they had submitted a grant application to assess, remediate and begin demolition of the long-vacant Marina Towers. The three-story, faded pink and white building at the entrance to the Marina at American Wharf blocks the view of the harbor for people coming into the city. On Tuesday, the state Community Investment Fund Committee approved $4.55 million to continue Norwich waterfront improvements, including money for Marina Towers, along with $7.8 million to demolish and clean up the partially collapsed, former Capehart Mill complex in Greeneville. Norwich was the region’s biggest winner in the latest round of CIF grants totaling $74.6 million that were approved Tuesday. New London received a $250,000 planning grant to design improvements to Gordon Court, and the Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence received $250,000 to support recovery in the city.
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