NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) will be holding a Public Information Meeting for the Waterbury-Oxford Airport Master Plan Update. The meeting will include both a presentation and an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide comments.
The public information meeting will be on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Wyndham Southbury, 1284 Strongtown Road, Southbury, CT 06488.
The presentation will include an introduction to the master planning process, an overview of the airport’s facilities and operational environment, and a summary of the goals and potential facility improvements that serve as the focus of the master plan.
A second public meeting will be held later in the planning process, following the release of the draft master plan report.
The second leg of the Naugatuck River Greenway in Torrington opened with a ribbon-cutting celebration on Tuesday. The newly-opened section in Torrington starts at the Sullivan Senior Center and ends at Scoville Street. This section was built with $351,373 in grant funding and city bonding. The third section along Scoville Street should be completed next year.
Once completed, the Naugatuck River Greenway will be a 44-mile walking and biking trail from Torrington to Derby along the Naugatuck River. Currently, there are open sections of greenway in Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia, and Derby, as well as Torrington, with more sections in design and pre-construction phases.
See our webpage for more information about the Naugatuck River Greenway.
Sustainable CT taps into the power of creating change at the local level. Guided by the vision set by Connecticut’s municipal leaders, over 200 people from local governments, non-profits, state agencies, businesses, academia, and our communities worked together to develop Sustainable CT. Each of Connecticut’s 169 cities and towns was represented in the creation of the program.
The Town of Woodbury has received Bronze Certification in 2019. The City of Bristol achieved Bronze Certification in 2018. The municipalities of Bethlehem, Naugatuck, Prospect, Seymour, and Thomaston have registered to participate in Sustainable CT, but have not reached certification as of yet.
If your community is not yet registered in Sustainable CT and you would like to learn more, contact them at info@sustainablect.org. They would love to discuss what Sustainable CT might look like in your city or town.
A public information meeting on State Project No. 151-325: Waterbury Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrades to be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at the UCONN Waterbury Campus in the Multi-Purpose Room 119 at 99 East Main Street, Waterbury. Representatives from the City of Waterbury and their consultant, VN Engineers, Inc. will be available from 5 pm to 7 pm with a formal presentation at 6 pm. All residents, commuters, business owners, and other interested individuals are encouraged to come and learn and discuss this project.
On Thursday, November 7, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont released the plan to update transportation features across the state. This plan includes highway and transit projects in the Naugatuck Valley region:
Review all of the improvements to be made in the state and the plans for funding these projects in the Governor’s transportation plan on the CT2030 website.
The Valley Community Foundation has released the 2019 Valley Community Index, a data resource on many topics from education to employment to health in seven Valley municipalities. Non-profits, businesses, and residents of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Naugatuck, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton are encouraged to read this resource.
If you are a daily commuter through the Greater Waterbury area, the rehabilitation of the interchange between Interstate 84 and Route 8, locally known as the Mixmaster, has affected or will affect your life, one way or another. Keep up to date with the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s website for the project, mixmaster-rehab.com, and subscribe to the project newsletter.
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people across the country to assist with the 2020 Census count. Temporary positions feature flexible hours to fit into anyone’s schedule to earn a little extra money; hourly pay starts at $21 per hour.
Apply, and with one application you may be considered for several positions including census taker, recruiting assistant, office clerk, and supervisory staff – and help your community while getting paid.
Jobs for the 2020 Census are located throughout the State of Connecticut and include both field and office positions. Connecticut will have three Census Bureau offices in Danbury, Hartford, and New Haven, but need field workers in every town and city to get people counted.
Mayor Neil O’Leary opening the RBP Annual Meeting at Waterbury City Hall.
On September 25, 2019, the City of Waterbury hosted the Annual Regional Brownfields Partnership (RBP) of West Central Connecticut Meeting at Waterbury City Hall. Mayor Neil O’Leary opened the meeting with regular business. A presentation was given to the forty people in attendance on brownfield transformations within the City of Waterbury by Jim Nardozzi of Waterbury Development Corp.
Next, recent revisions to the RBP’s operating procedures created two new executive-at-large seats on the RBP Executive Board. Previously, there were only chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary/treasurer seats on the executive board. Elections for two newly created executive board member positions were held, adding Ron Pugliese and Chris Edge to the board. The elections for these positions will be held on even-numbered years.
NVCOG Environmental Planner Arthur Bogen updated all of those in attendance on noteworthy projects in Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Derby, Naugatuck, Thomaston, and Waterbury. He proceeded to explain the available funding for future brownfield projects.
NVCOG Executive Director Rick Dunne stated three new NVCOG staff positions will be involved with the RBP starting in October. Since the meeting, Olivia Brandi, Lesley Barewin, and Ricardo Rodriguez have started at NVCOG and dove headfirst into the program.
The conclusion of the meeting was a brownfield panel discussion with James Byrne, EPA Program Lead, Clean-up, and State Funding; CT DECD Deputy Commissioner David Kooris, CT DEEP Brownfield Coordinator Mark Lewis, and CT Brownfield Land Bank President Arthur Bogen. Arthur represented both NVCOG and the CT Brownfield Land Bank at this meeting.
The Regional Brownfield Partnership is a voluntary association of municipalities and community organizations hosted by NVCOG. The Partnership guides our brownfield programs and brings together planners, economic development professionals, and community leaders across the region.
