Update: see contract here. The City Council’s Contracts Committee in a 4-1 vote Wednesday night approved a facility development and operating agreement that allows sports entrepreneur Howard Saffan and concert promoter Jim Koplik of Live Nation to operate the warm-weather Harbor Yard Amphitheater projected to open in the spring of 2019. The contract goes to […]
Entries Tagged as 'AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia'
Council Committee Approves Concert Amphitheater At Harbor Yard
October 26th, 2017 · 54 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, Firefighters, News and Events
Tags: Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anthony Paoletto·Bridgeport Bluefish·Howard Saffan·Jim Koplik·Joe Ganim·John Mayer·Milta Feliciano·Richard Thode·Tom McCarthy·Webster Bank Arena
Watch: North End Public Safety Meeting
October 20th, 2017 · 36 Comments · City Council, Law Enforcement, News and Events
North End City Council members from the 134th District Michelle Lyons and AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia organized a public safety forum Thursday night at Blackham School. OIB friend Steve Krauchick of Doing It Local provides video coverage that opens with Police Chief AJ Perez addressing neighborhood residents.
Tags: AJ Perez·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Doing It Local·Michelle Lyons·Steve Krauchick
How The City Council Voted On New Tax Abatement Guidelines
October 19th, 2017 · 77 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Monday night by a 10-8 vote the City Council approved new tax-break guidelines for developers while eliminating the legislative body’s future approval on such deals. Here’s how they voted:
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anthony Paoletto·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez·Jack Banta·Jeanette Herron·Jim Holloway·John Olson·Jose Casco·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Mary McBride-Lee·Michelle Lyons·Milta Feliciano·Nessah Smith·Richard Salter·Scott Burns·Tom McCarthy
City Council Approves Downtown Theater Development Plan
September 19th, 2017 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
The City Council Monday night in a 13-4 vote signed off on New York-based Exact Capital’s $410 million proposal to resurrect two nostalgic Downtown theaters and former Savoy Hotel in addition to constructing more than 800 housing units along adjacent streets. The vote came without a Project Labor Agreement that had been encouraged during a […]
Tags: Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Bob Keeley·Denese Taylor-Moye·Jeanette Herron·Jose Casco·Michelle Lyons·Scott Burns·Tom McCarthy
Dems Endorse Municipal Candidates, City Council Primaries Loom
July 24th, 2017 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Get set for a bunch of primaries for City Council, possibly 9 of 10 districts. The Democratic Town Committee Monday night at Testo’s Restaurant endorsed candidates for Board of Education, city sheriff and the 10 districts encompassing the legislative body on a day its leader Tom McCarthy announced he’s not seeking reelection to his seat in […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anderson Ayala·Bob Keeley·Chaila Robinson·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dennis Scinto·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Hector Diaz·Hernan Illingworth·Jack Banta·Jessica Martinez·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Weldon·Jose Casco·Kevin McSpirit·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano Viggiano·Mario Testa·Michelle Lyons·Milta Feliciano·Pete Spain·Ralph Ford·Testo's Restaurant·Tom McCarthy
Regional Approach To Motor Vehicle Enforcement, ‘Boundaries Just Lines On A Map’
April 1st, 2017 · 5 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
You want regionalism? When it comes to traffic enforcement, so do police chiefs from six area departments: Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe and Easton. See video above courtesy of Doing It Local.
Concert Amphitheater Approved; McCarthy, Holloway Bid Farewell
November 7th, 2017 · 37 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
On an emotional night for City Council President Tom McCarthy, who bid farewell to his peers after 16 years on the legislative body, the past 10 as its leader, the council voted 18-2 to approve the contract between the city and a joint venture of sports entrepreneur Howard Saffan and concert promoter Live Nation to […]
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