Hart Perry Boathouse Design Receives Over 20 Proposals

STONINGTON – Stonington Community Rowing Center and Hart Perry Boathouse Campaign Manager Rick Larkin said Tuesday that 23 proposals had been received from architectural firms across the country bidding for the right to design the Hart Perry Boathouse.

Responding to a Request for Qualifications issued by the Committee on January 12, the responses are from highly qualified firms in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts, according to a release.

“The response to our request has been really extraordinary – over the top,” Larkin said in a release, “and it shows the incredibly high level of interest in this project throughout the region.”

The Hart Perry Boathouse is a privately funded enterprise that plans to locate on the Mystic River Boathouse Park site sometime next year. The boathouse will become the home of the award-winning Stonington High School Crew and the Stonington Community Rowing Club.

“This is a public private enterprise that promises to provide a first class park for the people of Stonington as well as a first class boathouse for our kids and amateur rowers,” First Selectman Rob Simmons said in a release.

The campaign has already risen over $400,000 for the Hart Perry Boathouse from 100 donors.

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