[CPEO-BIF] Fairfield County, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfields fewer as Fairfield cleans up for redevelopment

By Kevin Zimmerman
Westfair Online (CT)
October 13, 2016

Municipalities across the state are increasing their rehabilitation of brownfield sites, including several notable examples within Fairfield County.

The assessment, remediation and redevelopment of such long-vacant properties — some abandoned for decades — into usable and taxable commercial and residential parcels has the potential to revitalize previously ignored real estate as never before.

On the state level, the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is taking a leading role, doling out grants and loans to qualifying towns and cities “to develop specific, actionable plans that will clean up multiple brownfields, leverage private investment, and bring jobs and new economic activity to long-dormant corridors throughout the state,” said DECD Deputy Commissioner Tim Sullivan.

“These sites are everywhere,” he said. “We have a process of determining what towns and what projects in those towns qualify” for financial aid. “Generally they apply to us, but if we hear  of something that we think we could help address, we’ll get in contact with them.”

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For the entire article, see
http://westfaironline.com/82441/brownfields-fewer-as-fairfield-cleans-up-for-redevelopment/

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