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• Other Resources

  Find information links to external partners including Whitehouse.gov, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Accountability Office and more.

• About the Office of Brownfield Remediation & Development

  Information on funding and links to resources from The Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD).

• CTforMe.com

  Find perspectives from our own millenial residents on the many reasons to live, work and play in CT in this robust content hub.

• Don’t miss our Opportunity Zones Conference!

  Join us on Oct. 30 in New Haven to learn more about how to make smart tax-advantaged investments in Connecticut’s Opportunity Zones.

• Brownfields Fewer as Fairfield Cleans Up For Redevelopment

  In addition to being ecologically sound, turning long vacated property into something attractive — and taxable — is key to most cities’ efforts.

• City Seeks Better Understanding of Brownfields, Market, With New Study

  The city of Torrington is working to turn brownfield sites, which are common in the city and can decrease surrounding property values, into economic boons, using a new brownfield-area revitalization study.

• Mohegan, Leaders Call Hospital Project a Joint Commitment

  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday that an additional $10 million is on the agenda of the State Bond Commission for clean-up efforts to support the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority’s non-casino resort development concept at the former Norwich Hospital property in Preston.

• Former New Haven Clock Company Site Could Get New Life as Housing Space

  The state Department of Economic and Community Development plans to award an Oregon company that specializes in restoring historic buildings a $4 million loan to help with brownfield cleanup at the former New Haven Clock Company on Hamilton Street.

• Mohegans, Malloy Detail Plans For Old Norwich Hospital Site

  News update on the redevelopment of land at the site of the former Norwich Hospital

• Mill Revivals Could Choke On Their Own Success

  The former sweater mill reopened at the end of last year after an extensive and elegant rehabilitation, with commercial space on the first floor and 68 apartments on the upper four floors.

• Mohegan Tribe Reaches Agreement to Buy Former Hospital Site

  The Mohegan Tribe has reached a tentative agreement with the town of Preston for an ambitious plan to buy and redevelop the property on the Thames River for office, retail, entertainment, recreation and possibly housing.

• Ground Broken on New Tech Campus

  Old CT Transit bus site, to be renovated into $22 million projected called DISTRICT: a future tech hub, beer garden, kayak launch, and a new destination that might become the Elm City’s version of Silicon Valley linking Fair Haven and East Rock along a cleaned-up Mill River.

• Contaminated Site Redevelopment the Focus of Statewide Conference

  Connecticut stepped up its efforts Tuesday to find ways to develop abandoned industrial sites, organizing a first-ever conference to bring together state and local officials, developers, property owners and others.

• Environmental Cleanup Begins at West Haven's 'The Haven' Outlet Mall Project

  Work began Monday to clean up environmental contamination that remains from decades of oil storage and processing on the waterfront future site of The Haven high-end outlet mall and more.

• Capewell Lofts Helps Put New Face on Sheldon-Charter Oak Neighborhood

  The Capewell Lofts, a 72-unit mixed-income apartment complex, opens Wednesday in the former Capewell Horse Nail factory building in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood of Hartford.