[CPEO-BIF] "Torrington [Connecticut] aims to be 'active and proactive' regarding brownfield sites"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Torrington aims to be “active and proactive” regarding brownfield sites
Remediation projects include Stone Container, Hendy Machine Company

By Ben Lambert
Torrington Register Citizen (CT)
July 11, 2016


TORRINGTON - A series of recent brownfields grants will be used in conjunction with one another, Economic Development Director Erin Wilson said this week, to better provide for the future of the properties which dot the city, including the former Stone Container site.

Wilson discussed plans for the grant funding with the Economic Development Commission Tuesday at its most recent meeting.

The state recently received $100,000 for the remediation of the Stone Container property, located at 100 Summer Street, and a $200,000 brownfields area-wide revitalization grant, which will be used in part to develop a strategy for the future consideration of brownfields in the city.

The $100,000 will be used to conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 environmental assessments on the property, which includes the former Hendey Machine Company building, after the project is put out to bid in the coming months, Wilson said. This will serve as an update to studies conducted in 2008 and 2009, Wilson said, which are out-of-date.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.registercitizen.com/article/RC/20160711/NEWS/160719985

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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