$1M In Federal Funding Awarded To Middletown Project

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Middletown is set to receive $1 million in federal funding to modernize building infrastructure at R.M. Keating Historical Enterprise Park as part of the federal spending package recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro announced.

DeLauro, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, recently announced more than $13.6 million in Community Project Funding that is slated for Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District.

DeLauro, D-3, said the spending package includes funding “for community projects across Connecticut.”

“These investments support our local communities, small businesses, and working families,” DeLauro said in a news release. “They go to local governments and nonprofits that serve our communities, not to big companies.”

The modernization of the building infrastructure at R.M. Keating Historical Enterprise Park will “turn unusable, empty space into new, leasable space for small businesses and create space for entrepreneurial support programs within the community,” according to the news release.

“With this federal funding, the Keating building – already one of Connecticut’s most successful small business incubators – will finally be able to reach its full potential as an engine for job creation, a thriving mixed-use destination, and a community anchor for the North End,” Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim said. “Rosa has always been a champion for Middletown and for the North End, and as Chair of the Appropriations Committee, her support and partnership represent a historic opportunity to move our city forward in big, meaningful ways. We can’t wait to get to work.”