By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER It’s been one year since the Planning and Zoning Commission approved site plan modifications for Greenway Commons, and the slow-moving project recently saw a major setback. Last month, Town Attorney Mark Sciota reported that the…
We just simply have to have restrooms on the rail-trail, council chair Mike Riccio argued at Monday’s Town Council meeting. It isn’t in the current budget, but the council swiftly passed the plans for bathroom facilities on the Goat Island…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER The long journey of the Greenway Commons development took a promising turn at the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) special meeting Tuesday, Aug. 16 with the approval of Meridian Development’s special permit modification. The modification…
By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Meridian Development will begin demolition of the old Ideal Forging buildings after the Apple Harvest Festival next month, a representative from the company announced at last week’s Southington Chamber of Commerce Celebrity Breakfast. Howard Schlesinger,…
By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer Demolition of the buildings of the abandoned Ideal Forging factory will begin soon and is expected to be finished by the end of the year. The Meridian Development Partners’ plan to build 263 condominiums as…
By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer The former property of Ideal Forging is one step closer to redevelopment as environmental cleaning took place during the past several weeks at the abandoned property. Meridian Development Partners reported that a variety of manufacturing…
By Rob Glidden Staff Writer The Greenway Commons project has secured the approval of both town and state officials for a “tax increment financing district” around the former Ideal Forging property, and now Meridian Development hopes their long-awaited work on…
