The City of Hartford submitted an application for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greening America’s Capitals program, which provides consulting services to maximize a city’s assets.
Hartford submitted its Capitol Avenue Visioning project as the potential participant in the EPA program. If accepted, the consultant would work with stakeholders to connect, cultivate, showcase and strategize the best assets along Capitol Avenue, including from Pulaski Circle to Columbia Street in the Frog Hollow National Historic District; from Holy Trinity Church to Sigourney Street in the Asylum Hill neighborhood.
The proposal also includes the planning process for a new or improved I-84 overpass, the iQuilt arts-based economic development plan, and the One City, One Plan program for conservation and development to promote livable neighborhoods, protect Hartford’s natural environment, and enhance mobility through public transit and citywide pedestrian and bike systems.
“Hartford seeks to become a symbol of being environmentally responsible and economically efficient. The ‘Greening America’s Capitals’ program is an opportunity for us to further develop and showcase in a comprehensive manner the ideas and projects that have been in the works that will help grow and sustain us for years to come,” said Mayor Pedro E. Segarra in a statement.
