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	Podcast:		WNPR
	Episode:		Ansonia and Other Municipalities Eye Revitalization Through Brownfield Clean Up
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:01:25
	Publish Date:		2021-07-09 16:45:04
	Description:		23 cities and towns across Connecticut will receive state funding for brownfield remediation. For the city of Ansonia, it’s step two in a long process to bring more industry, jobs, and ultimately taxpayers to the city. On a rainy day in July 2020, State Representative Kara Rochelle of Derby and Ansonia stood beside Governor Lamont outside a blighted factory on Ansonia’s North Main Street. There were more masks then, physical distancing, and furrowed brows. A year prior, a carpet padding manufacturer called Rug Pad USA had approached the City of Ansonia to buy the property. Mayor David Cassetti and his economic development team set out to find funds to clean it up. In July 2020, Rochelle announced $500,000 in state bonding to take down one section of the factory and ready the property for redevelopment. Demolition was set to begin in winter 2020 but there was a problem with asbestos. This week, and almost a year later, Rochelle, Cassetti, and a handful of others met on the same property
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