A small Hartford brownfield parcel is among 14 sites being awarded state grants totaling $6.9 million for assessments and revitalization across Connecticut.
The city will get $605,000 to remediate a 0.4 acre site at 175 Mather St. that will be developed as a secured parking facility supporting 220 units of housing.
That and other projects comprise 424 acres of redevelopment as part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s ongoing efforts to restore and put blighted properties back into productive use and foster economic growth. Fourteen cities and towns are affected.
About $5.6 million is being awarded for the remediation and redevelopment of five properties, totaling 32 acres. An additional $1.3 million is being awarded for assessments that will be completed toward the future revitalization of eight properties, covering a total of 392 acres.
The Department of Economic and Community Development is making the awards.
Besides Mather Street, the remediation and redevelopment projects include:
Hamden, 560 Newhall Street: $600,000 to prepare a portion of a former high school for private mixed-use redevelopment;
New Haven, 198 River Street: $375,000 to continue the remediation and abatement of the 3.5 acres of property in the former Bigelow Boiler site;
Norwalk Redevelopment Agency, Ryan Park: $2 million to remediate a 2.2-acre parcel known as Ryan Park; and
Sprague, Baltic Mill: $2 million to remediate a 16-acre former mill site.
Assessment projects have been awarded to the towns of Ashford/Willington, Berlin, Brookfield, Haddam, Middletown, Shelton, Stonington and Waterbury.
