2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 08:30:21 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Urban farm in Bridgeport, Connecticut
 
Plans would turn Bridgeport lot into greenhouse


By BRIAN LOCKHART
Connecticut Post
June 2, 2013

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Antonio St. Lorenzo and Sean Richardson looked out at a tangled urban jungle.

The vacant, contaminated land at Central Avenue and Trowel Street is overgrown with weeds and grass, and features the occasional stray mattress - an unproductive, 3-acre-plus industrial brownfield in the East End.
The state has awarded their limited liability corporation, Heroes Village, a $1 million grant to help clean up the pollution. They want to build an 80,000-square-foot greenhouse to grow tomatoes, lettuce and peppers for distribution to stores, restaurants and, through an on-site community center, the local neighborhood.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Plans-would-turn-Bridgeport-lot- into-greenhouse-4569256.php

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Lenny Siegel
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