Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday Connecticut will offer $22 million in municipal bonds to help finance a new store for outdoor retailer Bass Pro Shops at the Steel Point redevelopment area. The sale of the general-obligation bonds through Connecticut Innovations Inc., the state’s financing arm, is expected the week of May 5, according to Moody’s […]
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State Selling Bonds To Help Finance Bass Pro Construction
April 15th, 2014 · 8 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Casting Construction Line For Bass Prop Shops
March 17th, 2014 · 11 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Missouri-based Bass Pro Shops is still coming to Bridgeport’s Steel Point site.
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Robert Christoph·Steelpointe Harbor
What’s In Your Crystal Ball For 2014? Battle Cry: If You Want To Be Close To Everything, Bring Your Business To Steelpointe Harbor
December 31st, 2013 · 10 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Development and Zoning, State Politics
A lot of campaign action is on the horizon for the new year, elections for governor, Congress, state legislature and, as local as local can get, races for the 90-member Democratic Town Committee, the pols who conduct party business and endorse candidates for public office. The positioning has started with more to come with district […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bass Pro Shops·Bill Finch·Chris Rosario·Christina Ayala·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Santa Ayala·Steelpointe Harbor
Finch Heralds ‘Success’ In 2013, What Say You?
December 27th, 2013 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education, Firefighters, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch on Friday issued a year-ending news release chronicling his administration’s successes in 2013. In a year that produced more taxes, a highly criticized city response to a crippling snowstorm, a controversial airport-related land deal, the closure of a Downtown market and a North End Staples store, and a whole bunch of Democratic-endorsed […]
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Bill Finch·Pleasure Beach·Steelpointe Harbor
Finch: CT Post Inaccuracies Damaging To Bridgeport
October 1st, 2013 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch on his Facebook page takes exception to how the Connecticut Post characterizes his administration’s relationship with developer Sal DiNardo. The mayor writes: My administration has never given Sal DiNardo a tax break. We’ve aggressively gone after every delinquent property owner, including Mr. DiNardo. Through our actions against Mr. DiNardo, my administration was […]
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Bill Finch·CT Post·Manny Moutinho·Sal DiNardo·Steelpointe Harbor
Shipping Out Of Downtown, Zoners Back New Ferry Location In East End
April 15th, 2014 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
It was a rocky process that included legal battles and prior site rejection, but the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company that provides daily service to and from Port Jefferson New York, won approval from the Zoning Commission Monday night to relocate its Downtown terminal to Seaview Avenue across the harbor in the East End.
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Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Brian McAllister·Chuck Willinger·CT Post·Steelpointe Harbor·Webster Bank Arena