Governor Lamont Announces $17.9 Million in State Funding to Remediate Blighted Properties
Today Governor Ned Lamont announced that $17.9 million in state grants to help with the costs of remediating 40 blighted parcels in 13 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back into productive use. The mission is to return brownfield sites across the state to productive re-use, including mixed-use, residential, commercial, industrial, retail and open space uses. Two of these properties are in Torrington and the money will be used at the Torrington Business Park and 245 East Elm Street.
“Cleaning up blighted properties that have been vacant for decades and putting them into productive use will ultimately generate back many more times the amount of these grants through private investments,” Governor Lamont said. “If we remediate these properties now, we can turn an eyesore into an asset, revitalize neighborhoods, and transform otherwise unusable property into new space for businesses and residents.”
What does this mean for you? If you’re looking for work there will be job creation, if you’re a business owner your neighborhood may be improved, or if you’re looking to open a new space there will be new opportunities. Brownfield clean ups are like the clean up of Superfund sites, they do require those who work on them to obtain specific certification for the proper removal of hazardous materials.
Our environmental remediation training can prepare you for the expected local job creation that restoring these Brownfields will bring to our local area. Earning your OSHA 10 and Lead/Asbestos abatement can be done in 6 weeks and most trainings pay stipends with perfect attendance. Contact Paul today to get started – 203-574-6971 ext 465