New Britain’s state legislative delegation, Sen. Rick Lopes (D-6), Rep. Robert Sanchez (D-25), Rep. Manny Sanchez (D-24) and Rep. Peter Tercyak (D-26), thanked Gov. Ned Lamont (D) for $1.4 million to support residential development in downtown New Britain.
Gov. Lamont earlier announced,
$1,355,000 for environmental clean-up, abatement, and partial demolition of the former manufacturing and industrial property at 27 Columbus Boulevard and 43 High Street, popularly known as the Polar Building. A mixed-income residential development with 62 rental units will be constructed on the 1.5-acre site.
“This grant will help to move forward efforts to create new housing, while spurring local economic activity,” said Sen. Lopes.
Rep. Manny Sanchez said that, “Bringing abandoned properties back into productive use helps New Britain with environmental protection, quality of life and the tax base.”
“Thank you to Senator Lopes for leading the charge on securing this funding,” said Rep. Tercyak. “This further proves that Governor Lamont has been and continues to be fond of the City of New Britain.”
The funding was a part of a package of $17.9 million in state grants to remediate what the Governor’s office said are,”40 blighted parcels in 13 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back into productive use.”
Rep. Robert Sanchez said that, “I am pleased that New Britain featured prominently in this brownfield remediation funding and that we are helping people with housing needs in this transformation of an old site.”
“Cleaning up blighted properties that have been vacant for decades and putting them into productive use will ultimately generate back many more times the amount of these grants through private investments,” said Gov. Lamont.
