From the Sierra Club: Churches, Environmental Groups, Elected Officials and Coal Plant Owner to Address Community on Energy Issues Healthy Connecticut Alliance teams up with Shiloh Baptist Church at Bridgeport Sustainability Summit to discuss future of coal plant The Second Annual Bridgeport Sustainability Summit is a community response to growing concerns and debates about the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Carl McCluster'
Saturday Summit On Coal Plant
October 12th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Fox Blows Cork At South End Meeting For Proposed Halfway House–Fore! McCluster Wants A Mulligan
February 8th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
UPDATE: Leave it to city resident Jim “Sonny” Fox to add a little excitement to a community meeting. A proposed “Community Benefits Agreement” between the developer of a controversial 120-bed halfway house for male offenders and the South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone was debated Tuesday night at the University of Bridgeport. The benefits agreement guarantees [...]
Tags: Carl McCluster·Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·Jim Fox·University of Bridgeport
Does Halfway House Proposal Have New Life?
February 6th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
A proposed “Community Benefits Agreement” between the developer of a controversial 120-bed halfway house for male offenders and the South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone will be the subject of a community meeting Tuesday 6 p.m. at the University of Bridgeport Student Center faculty dining room. The benefits agreement guarantees a $50,000 charitable contribution if the [...]
Tags: Carl McCluster·Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·Sal DiNardo·University of Bridgeport
The Case Against The Halfway House
March 1st, 2011 · 28 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Rally on steps of City Hall before the Planning and Zoning Commission hearing. Michael Voytek, the attorney representing neighborhood groups in opposition to the halfway house proposal that was rejected by city zoners Monday night, delivered the following presentation in City Council chambers.
Tags: Carl McCluster·Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·CT Post·Michael Voytek
Foster Fillets Finch’s Flip Flops
February 14th, 2011 · 28 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
In 2009, before State Rep. Chris Caruso screamed holy hell, before neighbors from the Upper East Side blew a cork, before rallies and vigils and protests made it clear that Governor Jodi’s Rell’s proposal for a juvenile detention center for girls was unacceptable, Mayor Bill Finch had made it clear he was all for building [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Carl McCluster·Chris Caruso·Community Solutions Inc.·Jodi Rell·Mary-Jane Foster
Mulligan Stew For The South End NRZ
February 23rd, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning
The South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone meets tonight (Thursday) 6 p.m. at the University of Bridgeport Student Center. The agenda includes “Democratic Town Committee elections” and “Revision of Bylaws.” Revision of bylaws? What could that mean, considering the previous heated meeting to consider a proposed “Community Benefits Agreement” between the developer of a controversial 120-bed halfway house for [...]
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Tags: Carl McCluster·Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·Denese Taylor-Moye·Jim Fox·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Voytek·University of Bridgeport