Meriden Receives $597,000 Grant to Jumpstart Mixed-Use Project

Meriden – City of Meriden: $597,000 Brownfield grant to the City to remediate a 1.24 acre site that will replace distressed public housing with a mixed use, mixed income development located nearby the Meriden Transit Center; the project includes 75 residential units.

“Revitalizing Connecticut’s cities and downtowns is critical to continuing the State’s economic momentum, and with the announcement of today’s investments we are taking a significant step toward reactivating priority brownfield sites in every corner of the State,” said DECD Commissioner Catherine H. Smith. “These 20 projects represent outstanding opportunities to activate long-stalled sites, create economic opportunity and remove blight from our communities.”

“Investments in the cleanup of contaminated lands pay real dividends to our state in the form of reduced public health and environmental risks, economic growth, and job creation,” said Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee. “The new round of grants announced by the Governor will go a long way toward putting hundreds of acres back into productive reuse. DEEP is supporting this effort by partnering with DECD and other parties to streamline the cleanup process – making certain cleanups can go as fast as possible while maintaining the highest environmental and public health standards.”

“Most of the 20 properties awarded funds for remediation include housing as part of their redevelopment plans,” said Department of Housing Commissioner Evonne Klein. “This includes not only market-rate housing, but much-needed affordable housing, which will contribute to long-term economic revitalization of these communities.”