After more four months of hearings, testimony and deliberation, the conservation commission will rule this week on Toll Brothers’ proposed 48-lot subdivision on Cedar Mountain. For more on this story, visit: Decision Expected Tuesday On Toll Brothers’ Cedar Mountain Development In Newington – Courant.com.

Norwich – The proposed new plan of conservation and development calls for directing new development to areas already served with city utilities, public transportation, sidewalks and other amenities while preserving rural and environmentally sensitive areas. For more on this story, visit: The Day – Norwich plan puts development where infrastructure is | News from southeastern

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In hopes of spurring economic development, Gov. Dannel Malloy visited New Haven last week to announce a series of policies designed to foster new business growth and create “innovation hubs” throughout Connecticut. Malloy’s policies are part of the state’s Innovation Ecosystem program, which aims to grow the Connecticut economy through an array of financial, technical

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By State Rep. ELAINE O’BRIEN, (D-East Granby/Suffield/Windsor) The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment Protection is currently in the process of developing what has been labeled the first-ever Comprehensive Energy Strategy for our state. The challenge is to assess energy issues that affect our businesses, industry and residential users. The development of a comprehensive strategy

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In Rocky Hill, a developer has proposed a 35-lot subdivision on what was a family farm. At the same time, the town council has put a referendum question on the November ballot that would allow officials to borrow up to $10 million to acquire open space and preserve farmland.

It is, when you think about it, a pretty convoluted way of doing things. Bridgeport has needs. To help, the government spends millions of dollars bringing a business to the city in hopes that it will attract more businesses and, eventually, higher-income residents. Those people and businesses will pay taxes, easing the burden on current

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After more than decade of discussions, the Southington Planning and Zoning Commission appears poised to set a plan in motion for the development of the West Street corridor. via Building a Plan for Future Development – Southington, CT Patch.

STAMFORD — Densely developed urban centers as well as spread-out suburbs will falter if urban planners neglect a better balance between automobile traffic, transit, and pedestrians, Regional Plan Association President David Kooris said. For more on this story, visit: ‘Walkability’ seen askey development focus – StamfordAdvocate.

Developers and other business interests are gearing up for a legislative fight in an attempt to change one of Connecticut’s key environmental protection laws that they say is being abused and makes the state one of the most unfriendly places to do business. The law, known as 22a-19, is part of the landmark Connecticut Environmental

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I had lunch with former New Haven Mayor Richard C. Lee about a decade ago, not long before he went to that last fundraiser in the sky. Talk turned to the city’s much-publicized urban renewal efforts of the 1950s and ’60s. I asked why the program failed. “Because it stopped,” he said, emphatically. Well Dick,

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We have 12 different turtle species native to Connecticut, out of 328 species known worldwide, the Hartford Courant reports. But the Connecticut’s “Year of the Turtle” is over. The joint campaign by the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection and Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation has come to an end. Click on this environmental headline to read more about what you might have missed during the Year of the Turtle.

Residents want reassurance new development will be sustainable over time without having a dramatic impact on the character of their towns. Smaller local businesses feel they should be supported and larger corporations should be kept at bay. Governments are facing an epic struggle to attract sustainable businesses in the face of declining tax rolls. And

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If approved, the so-called “Green Area restrictions” would mean that lots of 7,500 square feet must leave 35 percent of that space unpaved and undeveloped. Advocates of the restrictions say they’re designed to yield a “greener” Greenwich, and that preserving open space—even in small pockets—boosts property values. For more on this story, visit: Concern Over

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Three regional planning councils and two agencies focused on jobs and housing are collaborating on a regional development plan for New London and Windham counties. Six cities have been identified as central to the plan — Killingly, Norwich, Putnam, Windham, Groton and New London — along with 41 towns, plus the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan

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As a way to jump-start the state’s economy, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a $626 million bipartisan jobs bill last month. Included in the jobs bill were some important transportation and land use investments, as well as reforms to the State Traffic Commission (STC), an obscure state board that has a significant role in Connecticut’s

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Apocryphal or not, the story offers little solace to current city residents. In cities across the country, highway-placement decisions of yesterday continue to impact life today. The ghosts of the interstate era still linger in New Haven’s Route 34 Connector, for instance, which has bifurcated the downtown district for more than half a century. For

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The underdeveloped area around New Haven’s train station may soon get a little busier. Last Thursday, New Haven won a $390,000 grant from the state of Connecticut to develop a commercial district around Union Station and strengthen the transportation systems that link it to the rest of the city. The grant, part of a $5

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Taking a lead from the flourishing downtown it serves, the Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District is experiencing its own revitalization. The organization, which provides maintenance and marketing services for downtown merchants, on Wednesday announced the hiring of Danbury’s Michael Moore as its first president and chief operating officer, titles that replace the organization’s former managing

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Hurricane Irene caused significant beach erosion as it made landfall at North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands. It also crashed into the Jersey Shore, Long Island and other popular East Coast beaches this weekend. Many of these areas are filled with high-priced oceanfront real estate, and the battle to save these

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Blue Back Square, a centerpiece of retail in West Hartford since it opened in 2007, is on the market. The principal owner of the shopping center, Atlanta-based Ronus Properties, reportedly told town officials it’s not just Blue Back that’s up for sale. The company plans to sell off all of its real estate holdings in Connecticut,

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