[CPEO-BIF] Son-Chief Electrics property, Winsted, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Winsted's Son-Chief brownfield property deemed top candidate for  
'business incubator'

By JASON SIEDZIK

Torrington Register Citizen (CT)
August 7, 2011

WINSTED - A visit to Hartford helped shed some light on the plan to  
set up a business incubator at one of Winstedâs brownfields sites.


The Son-Chief Electrics property, considered by the Northwest  
Connecticut Economic Development Commission to be a prime candidate  
for a business incubator, was on the docket for a July 22 meeting in  
Hartford. Using the property to help grow businesses in town could  
just be part of a growing trend.


"I like the idea of incubators," said Winsted Economic Development  
Commission chairman Bill Pratt.

The building's owners offered to transfer ownership of the facility  
to the Northwest Connecticut Economic Development Commission, due to  
its non-profit status. While the Northwest Connecticut Economic  
Development Commission initially declined the offer - the property  
does have some contamination and will need remediation - they remain  
a likely candidate to take over the facility and handle the  
contaminants.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2011/08/07/news/ 
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