[CPEO-BIF] Former Ames headquarters, Rocky Hill, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

With old Ames HQ in Rocky Hill demolished, state kicks in nearly $1 million for multi-use development

By DON R. STACOM 
Hartford Courant (CT)
March 3, 2023

Now that the former Ames headquarters in Rocky Hill has been demolished, the state has awarded a nearly $1 million grant for Belfonti Companies to clean up hazardous debris and build a 213-unit apartment building there.

Along with a previous grant, the new funding means Connecticut will have put approximately $1.5 million toward the estimated $60 million or more redevelopment.

For the town and its legislative delegation, getting rid of the long-vacant 225,000 Ames building has been a priority for years. Most recently though Rocky Hill has developed a long-range plan to create a walkable town center directly around the 12-acre parcel on Main Street.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.courant.com/2023/03/03/with-old-ames-hq-in-rocky-hill-demolished-state-kicks-in-nearly-1-million-for-multi-use-development/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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