Mark Barnhart, the community and economic development director, said the town has an opportunity to apply for grants from the state to help remediate and redevelop the property at 81 Black Rock Turnpike, noting it is next to Fairfield Metro Station. The fund has $25 million available, with towns allowed to apply for up to $4 million in grants, Barnhart said at a recent meeting, where the Board of Selectmen gave the go ahead to apply for the grant. The estimated cost to remediate contaminants on the site is $3 million, Barnhart said, adding that Post Road Realty is the developer who built The Anchorage on Unquowa Road, a residential apartment building downtown. If the grant funding was approved, he said, the town could help the developer clean up the property before it is turned into something that generates tax revenue.
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