[CPEO-BIF] "Redding [Connecticut] takes next steps to prepare old wire mill for future redevelopment"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Redding takes next steps to prepare old wire mill for future redevelopment


By Shayla Colon
Danbury News Times (CT)
March 6, 2021

REDDING — Town officials are taking steps toward preparing the old Gilbert and Bennett Wire Mill property for redevelopment after obtaining its title in February after years of battling over the future of the site.

The town spent years in a lengthy legal fight over the millions of dollars in unpaid taxes and lack of site development but regained ownership in February when the title transferred over.

First Selectwoman Julia Pemberton hit the ground running in preparing the land for its future redevelopment, though she anticipates major improvements are still years away. Pemberton said there were a couple of steps the town had to take prior to procuring the property’s title to ease the transition.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Redding-takes-next-steps-to-prepare-old-wire-mill-16004658.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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