2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:18:59 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Resort proposed for Stratford Army Plant (CT)
 
[Reminds me of the "Land of Oz" theme park once proposed for the Sunflower Army Plant in Kansas. Ignore the man behind the curtain. - LS]

Harkins: Resort not viable for Army site

Brittany Lyte
Connecticut Post
November 21, 2011
STRATFORD -- A local real estate developer's plan to build a destination resort at the site of the long-shuttered Army engine plant is not viable, according to Mayor John A. Harkins office.

Milford-based developer Bob Hartmann, 63, of Hartmann Development, is touting a $1 billion plan to develop the government-owned brownfield on South Main Street into a waterfront resort funded by a public- private partnership.

Both Hartmann and the federal government would contribute $500 million under the plan to support remediation and the construction of movie and television production studios; an interactive air and military museum; a waterfront village with housing, shops, restaurants, bars and a boardwalk; a full-service hotel; public and private marinas; a wellness spa and an outdoor theater.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Harkins-Resort-not-viable-for- Army-site-2281116.php

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Lenny Siegel
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