ANSONIA – State Senator Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) today welcomed the news that the State Bonding Commission is poised to approve nearly $10 million in state aid in order to clean up two former industrial sites in Ansonia and to expand a craft brewery in Woodbridge.
“Week after week and month after month, the State of Connecticut is investing in its citizens and its businesses in order to keep us growing and moving forward,” Sen. Cabrera said. “I want to thank Governor Lamont and the State Bond Commission for its consideration of the people of Ansonia and Woodbridge and investing in our current successes and planning for even more success and jobs in the near future.”
The State Bond Commission is scheduled to meet Friday, October 6 in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Among the many items on its agenda for approval are:
· $6.7 million for the identification, investigation, containment, removal or mitigation at the Ansonia SHW Metal Working Co./North End Economic Recovery Plan. A 2021 redevelopment plan predicted that the site – which closed in 2013 – could be developed and create at least 1,800 full- and part-time jobs in light and heavy industry and office and clerical jobs. Another 225 full- and part-time construction jobs would also be created during construction.
· $2.5 million for the demolition of the Ansonia Copper & Brass factory. The former mill has been the target of various, massive state and federal investments over the years, including $6.5 million in 2022 to repair an access bridge to the factory in order to allow for the site’s revitalization.
· $600,000 grant-in-aid to the New England Brewing Company of Woodbridge to expand craft brewing facilities. The brewery is looking to nearly triple its current 3,000 square foot size.