Built-out and pocked with abandoned buildings and tattered shopping plazas, East Hartford has long suffered from a lack of interest by developers in building anything new within its 18 square miles. With per-capita income among the state’s lowest at about $32,000, East Hartford’s residents face few choices when it comes to shopping, updated housing or amenities within town limits. But a surge of federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act, regional non-profits and the state has sped the demolition of structures that have sat derelict for decades, with the wrecking ball set to swing starting in the coming months. The state bond commission is expected to vote to authorize $11 million in funding at a scheduled meeting on June 26 that will allow for the demolition of three dilapidated buildings in and around Founders Plaza, an office park along the Connecticut River.
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