New Britain officials are trumpeting a newly approved $6 million state grant that will be used to demolish buildings at its former Department of Public Works yard on Harvard Street and prepare the 3.1-acre site for redevelopment. Officials hope to see the former DPW yard at 55 and 70 Harvard St., which sits near a CTfastrak bus stop, become a mix of multifamily housing and other uses that will take advantage of this mass-transit option. The state Bond Commission on Tuesday signed off on the $6 million grant. The request was initially endorsed by the state’s Community Investment Fund board in September. The roughly $55 million greenhouse construction in the Maine project is being funded and managed by Vertical Harvest Farms, a partner recruited for the development. The apartment portion of the project has not yet launched.
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