Media Advisory: Thursday – Senator Needleman, Colchester First Selectman To Promote $1.728 Million Grant For Norton Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe O’Leary | Joe.OLeary@cga.ct.gov | 508-479-4969

Who: State Senator Norm Needleman, Colchester First Selectman Bernie Dennler
Where: 139 Westchester Road, Colchester 06415 (Site of Norton Park upon completion)
When: Thursday, September 10, noon

On Thursday afternoon, Senator Needleman and First Selectman Dennler will promote a $1.728 million grant awarded to Colchester by the State Bond Commission on September 8. The grant supports the completion of Norton Park, a new local recreation park, following the cleanup of the former Norton Paper Mill brownfield site. The park is expected to be complete in the autumn of 2027.