NEW HAVEN — The vast concrete foundation at 149 and 169 Derby Ave. will soon rise into the brand-new Monarch Apartment Homes — a building of 64 “affordable” rental apartments for people at or below 80 percent of the area median income.

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Thirty years in the making, but the site of a former circuit board recycling facility is now generating 7 MW of solar energy and providing power to 960 subscribers.

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GLOVERSVILLE — Gloversville officials have unlocked a new weapon against post-industrial blight.

New York state recently expanded access for developers to tap tax credits and funding opportunities for revamping a 922-acre stretch of the city that is home to 47 brownfields.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is supporting the University of Connecticut with a five-year $10 million federal grant for an Environmental Justice Thriving Community Technical Assistance Center, according to an Oct. 30 press release by EPA. 

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Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam’s administration plans to invest $600,000 toward cleanup of the former Carbone’s Ristorante property on Franklin Avenue, part of an effort to redevelop the site into apartments.

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Nov. 10—NEW LONDON — The owner of a dilapidated, long-vacant former mill property said he expects to begin turning the sprawling structure into apartment units before Thanksgiving.

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The Department has adopted a plan regarding the clean-up of Black Oak Development Site OU-1 (DE-1863) located at 14241 Black Oak Drive in Lewes. The Site was historically used for agricultural purposes and consists of approximately 24 acres of a larger 77-acre parcel. The site is divided into two operable units, OU-2 will be addressed separately.

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OLEAN — Another Olean brownfield has been cleared of industrial waste dating back almost 150 years.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation reported Wednesday that work at 350 Franklin St. has been completed by owner MJ Painting Contracting Corp., leaving the site ready for redevelopment.

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The state attorney general’s office announced that it has reached an environmental justice settlement with owners of a gas station site in Orange and filed a lawsuit against owners of an unrelated site in Irvington.

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Over a dozen people gathered at a recreation center in the East Mount Airy neighborhood Monday evening to talk about environmental issues plaguing the area. 

The event was the first in a series of workshops led by the city’s Office of Sustainability that will result in Philly’s own environmental justice mapping tool. Officials hope the finished map will identify communities in Philly that are disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards, such as air pollution, and also lack environmental amenities, such as green space.

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