[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Stratford Army Engine Plant (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Settlement near in airport, engine plant suits

By Richard Weizel
Connecticut Post
August 30, 2009

STRATFORD -- While Sikorsky Memorial Airport and the former Army engine 
plant stand across Main Street from each other, the town has no say in a 
complex four-party deal about to be signed that would transfer more than 
an acre of property from the Army to Bridgeport to make long-awaited 
runway upgrades and clear the way for a major economic development 
project at the former factory.

The agreement, already approved in principle in June by federal Judge 
Charles Haight, would potentially benefit both Bridgeport and Stratford 
by allowing addition of runway safety zones at the airport, owned by the 
city, and jump-starting the town's decade-long plan to generate economic 
revenue from the sprawling engine plant property. That could happen if 
Hollywood East can come up with the remaining $8.6 million it needs to 
finalize its bid to obtain the 78-acre property on the banks of the 
Housatonic River, and carry out plans for a digital media and movie 
production center.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/ci_13235397

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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