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Borough, DOT hoping to strike a deal
NAUGATUCK — ‘Help me help you’ seems to be one premise of an agreement the borough is negotiating with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The two sides are pressing out details in hopes of reaching a deal that could benefit both sides and change the landscape of downtown Naugatuck. The DOT has proposed an... »
First step toward $500,000 federal grant
NAUGATUCK — Small actions can sometimes trigger larger and more substantial reactions. The Borough of Naugatuck and all those involved in the implementation of Renaissance Place, the planned, $710 million downtown revitalization project, are hoping that will be the case in the near future. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee last week approved federal funding... »
Naugatuck submits development plan
NAUGATUCK — In order for people to decide if they want to help you, they must first know what you’re planning to do. For this reason, Connecticut General Statues Sec. 8-186 requires municipalities to develop a Municipal Development Plan in conjunction with any and all redevelopment projects. The Borough of Naugatuck informed the state... »
GDC, Mezzo to sign agreement on site access
NAUGATUCK — The borough will begin its long-awaited search for contamination on privately owned property downtown where a Fairfield-based developer wants to build the first phase of the$710 million revitalization project called Renaissance Place. The Board of Mayor and Burgesses unanimously gave Mayor Robert A. Mezzo authority on Tuesday to enter into a site... »
Coal contamination a wrench in the works
NAUGATUCK — The contractor that has been working to clean soil contaminants from Parcel C, the 2.2-acre, borough-owned tract at the corner of Maple and Water streets, has run into an enigmatic problem. Manafort Bros. has been injecting an oxidizing chemical to neutralize the soil, which is contaminated with lead, petroleum and organic compounds... »
Lieberman backs Renaissance Place
NAUGATUCK — Those who envision a day when the now-dreary downtown business district is booming again received a major boost from a high-ranking government official Friday. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman promised to do everything in his power to see that the planned $710 million downtown revitalization project known as Renaissance Place gets the government... »
Grant will fund GDC contamination study
NAUGATUCK — The borough will use grant money to search for underground contaminants on one of the sites pegged for development in the planned downtown revitalization project, Renaissance Place. The borough will use a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to search for chemicals and other contamination at the General DataComm property at... »
Renaissance Place: 2010 may bring progress
NAUGATUCK — Contrary to popular opinion, General DataComm’s apparent unwillingness to sell its property at 6 Rubber Avenue will not be the biggest impediment to the Renaissance Place project in 2010—the biggest stopping block will be a tight-fisted, cash-strapped public sector and a skittish private investment market, according to first-term Democratic Mayor Bob Mezzo.... »
NEDC hopeful about economic future
NAUGATUCK — Thursday’s news from the U.S. Department of Labor that unemployment in Connecticut had jumped from 8.4 to 8.8 percent lent an air of irony to that night’s Sixth Annual Business Meeting of the Naugatuck Economic Development Corporation (NEDC), where officials acknowledged the challenging economy but expressed hope about the future. Among orderly... »
Conroy, NEDC solicit opinions of Parcel C
NAUGATUCK— The Naugatuck Economic Development Corporation and Conroy Development officials didn’t quite get what they were looking for Monday night when they held a public forum with St. Mary’s Health System regarding their potential construction of an outpatient health facility at Parcel C, the 2.2-acre borough-owned site across from Nardelli’s Grinder Shoppe. The forum... »