Windsor Locks has been awarded a $4.8 million state grant, helping secure a developer’s commitment to build a $42 million mixed-use apartment project near the town’s new planned train station. The welcome center will be located a stone’s throw away from the town’s new $65 million train station, which broke ground last year and is expected to be completed in 2025. The new station will be served by the CTrail Hartford Line, which connects New Haven to Springfield, and four Amtrak lines. The other $2.4 million in state funding will go toward acquiring the Windsor Locks Commons property at 255 Main St., adjacent to where the new train station is being built. The property is currently home to an underutilized retail complex. The Community Investment Fund is an economic development program created by the Lamont administration to invest up to $875 million in distressed communities over a five-year period. So far, there have been three rounds of CIF grant funding. The latest round, approved in September, allocated $76.4 million to 20 projects.
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