Community Development

Page 3 of 7

• CT SiteFinder

  The AdvanceCT SiteFinder is Connecticut’s most comprehensive online database of available commercial properties.

• Flood Management

  Access information on Connecticut’s floodplain as well as certification application and permit guidelines.

• DEEP Resources

  Find links to Brownfields programs within the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

• Capewell Lofts Helps Put New Face on Sheldon-Charter Oak Neighborhood

  The Capewell Lofts, a 72-unit mixed-income apartment complex, opens Wednesday in the former Capewell Horse Nail factory building in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood of Hartford.

• Mohegans, Malloy Detail Plans For Old Norwich Hospital Site

  News update on the redevelopment of land at the site of the former Norwich Hospital

• Environmental Cleanup Begins at West Haven's 'The Haven' Outlet Mall Project

  Work began Monday to clean up environmental contamination that remains from decades of oil storage and processing on the waterfront future site of The Haven high-end outlet mall and more.

• Mohegan Tribe Reaches Agreement to Buy Former Hospital Site

  The Mohegan Tribe has reached a tentative agreement with the town of Preston for an ambitious plan to buy and redevelop the property on the Thames River for office, retail, entertainment, recreation and possibly housing.

• Mohegan's Preston Project Is Outstanding News For Region

  Development will take place at the former Norwich Hospital campus in Preston, dramatically expanding the town’s tax base and giving an important economic boost to the region.

• Mohegan, Leaders Call Hospital Project a Joint Commitment

  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday that an additional $10 million is on the agenda of the State Bond Commission for clean-up efforts to support the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority’s non-casino resort development concept at the former Norwich Hospital property in Preston.

• City Seeks Better Understanding of Brownfields, Market, With New Study

  The city of Torrington is working to turn brownfield sites, which are common in the city and can decrease surrounding property values, into economic boons, using a new brownfield-area revitalization study.

• Ground Broken on New Tech Campus

  Old CT Transit bus site, to be renovated into $22 million projected called DISTRICT: a future tech hub, beer garden, kayak launch, and a new destination that might become the Elm City’s version of Silicon Valley linking Fair Haven and East Rock along a cleaned-up Mill River.

• Former New Haven Clock Company Site Could Get New Life as Housing Space

  The state Department of Economic and Community Development plans to award an Oregon company that specializes in restoring historic buildings a $4 million loan to help with brownfield cleanup at the former New Haven Clock Company on Hamilton Street.

• State Announces $7.9M in Grants to Clean Up Brownfield Sites

  The state is providing $7.9 million in grants to 14 cities and towns to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites.

• “Cool” Tech Hub Fast Tracked

  The committee was considering a plan to turn a vacant, polluted former CT Transit bus depot on 9.3 acres at 470 James St. into the new tech and innovation campus, complete with a beer garden and kayak launch and amphitheater, called “DISTRICT.”

• Contaminated Site Redevelopment the Focus of Statewide Conference

  Connecticut stepped up its efforts Tuesday to find ways to develop abandoned industrial sites, organizing a first-ever conference to bring together state and local officials, developers, property owners and others.