"The YMCA is a proud partner of this City Initiative. The investments from this grant are going towards upgrade of our housing. It’s helping us preserve housing for low income men in this community. We are really proud to be part of this with other great partners."
Michele Rulnick, CEO and President
#housing #historicpreservation #collaboration #socialresponsibility
Reshare of Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim's post:
Today was a big day for downtown Middletown-- I was thrilled to join Governor Lamont to announce our city as one of 12 awardees out of 50+ applications for the State of Connecticut Community Challenge grant program. This award will bring $4.5 million in funding to redevelop historic buildings to meet modern community needs from one end of Main Street to the other-- housing, healthy food, community spaces, and beyond. I want to thank the City’s partners in our successful application, the developers and on-the-ground program providers who will be putting this funding to work going forward: J.R. Hargreaves (545 Main Street), DeMartino Investments (418/422/584 Main Street), and the Middlesex YMCA. Today’s announcement follows $2 million in recent state bonding approved for 545 Main Street as well as combined $3 million in state and federal funding for renovations at the R.M. Keating Historical Enterprise Park and $580,000 in state grant funds for continued improvements to recent local park renovations. This represents a total of over $10 million and counting in competitive state and federal investment secured for Middletown this fiscal year. Huge thanks to our state legislative delegation, Governor Lamont, and Lt. Governor Bysiewicz for their confidence in our city, the Middlesex Chamber for their outstanding and constant advocacy for Middletown’s business community, and to the amazing staff on my team who put in the long hours needed to get the job done on this funding. Now the real work begins, and we can’t wait to share the progress with you! #middletownmeansbusiness
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