Frank Smith Says NB: Democrats Allow Blighted Property to Stand | New Britain Republicans

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Democrats Allow Blighted Property to Stand | New Britain Republicans

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Democrats are a blight on the community.; September 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Lou Salvio said...: Many Democrats seeking office are saying that one of their goals is to decrease blight in NB. O'Brien is saying that more than any of the Dems on his slate. Why is it important to Dems now but was not when the Aquinas proposal was before the people? O'Brien was nowhere to be found then!; September 19, 2011 at 7:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Democrats Allow Blighted Property to Stand
Posted by NB RTC, on September 18th, 2011...

Back in August the NB Common Council Democrats, with the exception of Emmanuel Sanchez, voted to squash yet another development project within our city. Community Builders Inc. had presented a plan to develop the blighted Aquinas building on Kelsey Street.

Their proposal included the creation of duplex and town house style buildings that would have provided 91 bedrooms of housing, including multiple units set aside for senior housing. After years of complaints about the blighted eyesore one would think the NB Common Council would be relieved to have a solid proposal on the table.

That, however, was not how Alderman Trueworthy felt. He took the chance to lob vague accusations and complain about the lack of multiple proposals, saying “Something wasn’t done right. The plan is not right or it was not put out right.”

This is despite an explanation from Ken Malinowski, director of municipal development, who said the site had been advertised throughout the state and several interested parties had toured the facility. But, he went on to explain, the cost of rehabilitating the site, including asbestos removal and demolition, would be over a million dollars.; September 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Blighted properties leave a negative image of New Britain. Tear them down and build new ones, either as new apartments or new businesses. The last thing our city needs is to continue to appear as a downtrodden city..build new attractive residency buildings or new businesses, where residents would be proud to live and shop!!; September 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM

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