Superior Court Judge Theodore Tyma has ruled for the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission that denied a second extension of time for a proposed 120-bed halfway house by Community Solutions Inc. at Norman Street and Railroad Avenue. The proposal has been the subject of several heated zoning and neighborhood meetings.
Entries Tagged as 'Sal DiNardo'
Judge Sides With P&Z, Rejects Halfway House Application
June 21st, 2012 · 21 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
OIB Archive: ‘A Land Swap For You! Carve Up The City–Abolish The Board of Education’
July 13th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
CT Post columnist MariAn Gail Brown writes that the City of Bridgeport should be dissolved as a result of the state takeover of city schools. In the be-careful-what-you-wish-for category, here’s the OIB post from March 29, 2011. Eek! All this talk about land swaps between Bridgeport and Trumbull has me thinking (always a peculiar thing) [...]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Hospital·Captain's Cove Seaport·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Ernie Newton·Housatonic Community College·Lee Samowitz·MariAn Gail Brown·Mario Testa·Nancy DiNardo·Pat Crossin·Sacred Heart University·Sal DiNardo·Seaside Park·Tim Herbst·University of Bridgeport
They’re Baaack! Halfway House Proposal Returns
June 19th, 2011 · 16 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Land use lawyer Chuck Willinger, on behalf of Community Solutions, Inc., is petitioning the Planning & Zoning Commission for approval of a halfway house for men in the West End. It appears that Willinger is reapplying a special permit application under the new 2010 zoning regulations following rejection by P&Z in February of the second extension request loaded with neighborhood [...]
Tags: Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·Nancy DiNardo·Sal DiNardo
Kohut: Stop The Insanity
May 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning
From independent mayoral candidate Jeff Kohut: Regionally-driven Bridgeport development policy ensures only death and taxes for residents The Monday, 5/16/11 article in the Connecticut Post, “Bridgeport study finds obesity, asthma and diabetes are prevalent,” by Keila Torres Ocasio, reporting on the findings of the large-scale, citywide study on the health of the Bridgeport community, conducted [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·General Electric·Jeff Kohut·Jim Himes·Joe Lieberman·Keila Torres Ocasio·Nancy DiNardo·Paul Timpanelli·Sal DiNardo
Hey, How About A Tax Break!
May 6th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Development and Zoning, Media, News and Events
The Connecticut Post published a profile Sunday of developer Sal DiNardo, patriarch of Peter DiNardo Enterprises, a commercial real estate company. Scribes Michael Mayko and Keila Torres Ocasio presented a balanced view of the irrepressible developer who allowed them access to his real estate world to show he’s made of flesh and blood and not stitched body parts [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Sal DiNardo·Tom McCarthy
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 [...]
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Tags: Carl McCluster·Chuck Willinger·Community Solutions Inc.·Sal DiNardo·University of Bridgeport