A day after Tuesday’s collapse of the controversial Haddam land swap, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection published on its website the appraisal documents that led to the deal’s unraveling. Click here to get to the DEEP website that contains links to the two appraisal reports, which state officials obtained late last year
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A “who’s who” of Connecticut Democratic leadership assembled on June 29 for the ceremonial ground-breaking of Storrs Center near the University of Connecticut campus.
A 17-acre state parcel behind the Riverhouse at Goodspeed in Haddam overlooking the Connecticut River is to be traded for an 87-acre parcel of woodlands adjacent to Cockaponset State Forest in the Higganum section of town.
If approved, the proposed changes would lead to proposals to build multifamily homes in the village.
Howard Soffan, the owner of the Sports Center of Connecticut, wants to build two new shopping centers on River Road.
The plan to remediate the complex, available on the department’s site, calls for a series of steps, including removing storage tanks, contaminated soil and asbestos. The project will begin May 15 and is scheduled to conclude precisely six months later.
State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg testified in favor of legislation that would amend the state’s affordable housing law to allow towns to expand the criteria they use to contest projects brought by predatory developers.
The public hearing portion was a continuation from Dec. 1, and has been further continued to Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Old Saybrook Middle School.
Public interest in development plans for The Preserve, which includes 114 acres of wetlands, hasn’t waned despite the project’s lengthy tangles in court.
After Planning Commission Chairman Robert McIntyre called the meeting in the woods to order and instructed the group to ask only site orientation questions until the next public hearing, the hiking tour of the site began.
“The Preserve” development proposal is back before the town of Old Saybrook and all future options — including a possible sale to conservationists — are on the table.
The New Haven Board of Zoning Appeals has approved a plan to rehab the buildings at 26-36 and 44 Crown St. Each apartment must have 50 square feet of storage space for things like bicycles.
A UConn initiative to help the city advance its downtown revitalization could be an important step to form an economic development strategy.
Two new applications for cell phone towers here are not likely to meet much opposition, officials said Friday, because they address local concerns and fill in service gaps.
The seemingly endless quest of developers to turn what’s known as The Preserve into a high-end community of homes and a golf course continues.
Connecticut has made a major push in recent years to acquire open space, toward a laudable goal of protecting 21 percent of the state’s land by 2023 — nearly 675,000 acres that won’t be available for development.
Opponents of the proposed 124.7-acre residential development in Easton that includes affordable housing have launched a multi-pronged attack aimed at defeating the project.
The recent state Supreme Court decision against River Sound Development LLC in its case against the Old Saybrook Inland Westlands Commission was a “slam dunk” for those who oppose the development of the Preserve. But the contest between private property rights vs the public trust is expected to continue. via Despite court ruling, Miller says
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The Connecticut city whose citizens put up their own money up to save its local baseball team is now taking the same approach with downtown revitalization.
Storrs Center master developers enter into an agreement to develop the first two phases of Storrs Center, a mixed-use town center project adjacent to the University of Connecticut.
