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Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

A major renovation of Hartford’s XL Center would cost tens of millions of dollars more than an estimate of $107 million, throwing into uncertainty a long-debated makeover of the aging arena and likely forcing another downsizing. Five months ago, the Capital Region...
Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

Small, medium, large: Options for East Lyme Community Center upgrades run the gamut

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

A vision for the aging Community Center laid out by a team of specialists in architecture, landscape design and community engagement has given the Board of Selectmen a lot to consider as it weighs what the community wants against how much taxpayers can afford to pay....
Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

The transformation of a 1928 building into new Farmington Town Hall is underway

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

For so many townspeople, the 1928-era building at Farmington High School is a landmark, a structure whose walls safeguard the memories of generations of residents. And in an April 2023 referendum, voters decided the fate of the nearly 100-year-old building, with an...
Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

Hartford mixed-income housing project gets $5 million in state funding to build 50 more units

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

The redevelopment of the now-demolished Bowles Park apartments in Hartford’s Blue Hills neighborhood will enter its fourth stage with the help of $5 million in state funding. At the site of the old Bowles Park, a 410-unit state housing complex, sits Willow...
Renovation of CT sports and entertainment arena skyrockets to $140M. It’s a ‘nonstarter.’

Proposed Budget Boosts IIJA Transportation Construction Programs

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

With almost $79 billion earmarked for highway, safety and transit programs, the budget also adds $9.5 billion to support the resilience, safety and sustainability of the nation’s transportation network via the bipartisan infrastructure law. Enacted in late 2021,...
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