by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
A large apartment project proposed for 900 Long Ridge Road has become a test for just how much development residents will accept for the northern half of the city, near the Merritt Parkway. After an outcry from parkway-area residents, members of the Zoning Board in...
by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
State officials have offered a grant worth up to $1.6 million for the city to create traffic and pedestrian upgrades to Foxon Boulevard. City Engineer Giovanni Zinn said in an April letter to Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker Myers announcing the funds that the...
by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The revitalization of Norwalk’s Wall Street area has been a community goal since a flood in 1955 devastated the area. Now the city is undertaking $25 million in grant-funded projects to revive it. So far, Norwalk has been allocated $18 million in state and federal...
by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The city is receiving $9 million in state bond funds, including more than $6.4 million from the state Community Investment Fund, that will aid two redevelopment projects in South Norwalk. A total of $3.4 million is allocated to the redevelopment of Meadow Gardens....
by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The first two new elementary schools in a $385 million school construction project received their first local permit approvals Thursday, with plans showing how the two schools would be situated on their properties. The Inland Wetlands, Watercourses and Conservation...
by Joelyn Leon | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The commission approved $2 million for Montville to build a new animal control facility to replace the current one at 225 Maple Ave., which for years has failed to meet state Department of Agriculture regulations. The new shelter, which will be built in the same...