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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Future of Army Engine Plant in focus

John Burgeson
Connecticut Post
January 6, 2014

STRATFORD -- The former Stratford Army Engine Plant, today little  
more than a 77-acre industrial wasteland, will become a vibrant  
community with park lands, apartments, retail stores and  
entertainment outlets, developers of the long-awaited project  
announced at a news conference Monday.

"This an extraordinary day," said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.  
"This allows us to compete for the future. We are in tough economic  
times. The way forward is economic development and revitalization,  
and the people in this room are at the center of that effort."

Although many hurdles remain, the developers say the plant that once  
produced the Corsair F4U that ravaged Japanese forces in the Pacific  
Theater in World War II will become a "crown jewel" of the region.  
Demolition, they said, will begin in about a year, and hopes are that  
construction will follow soon thereafter.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Future-of-Army-Engine-Plant-in- 
focus-5119020.php

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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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