Redevelopment of the Former Gilbert

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Redevelopment of the Former Gilbert Bennett
Wire Mill
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The Site

• 55 /- Acre Brownfield located in Georgetown
  section of Redding, CT
• Home to the former Gilbert and Bennett Wire Mill
  Facility
• Current site use is mostly vacant old mill
  complex primarily used for storage

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1989-Plant Closes
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Existing Site
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Local Involvement

• Town of Redding
• Boards of Selectman and Finance
• Planning, Zoning and Conservation Commissions
• Town of Weston
• Board of Selectman
• Planning and Zoning Commission
• Conservation Commission
• Town of Wilton
• Board of Selectman
• Planning and Zoning Commission
• Conservation Commission
• Town of Ridgefield
• Board of Selectman
• Planning and Zoning Commission
• Conservation Commission
• Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials
• South Western Regional Planning Agency

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State Involvement

• Connecticut Department of Environmental
  Protection (DEP)
• Office of Policy and Management
• Connecticut Department of Health
• Asbestos Abatement
• Connecticut Department of Community and Economic
  Development
• Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
• Connecticut Department of Public Utilities
  Control
• Utilities
• Connecticut General Assembly
• Special Taxing District Legislation
• Connecticut Department of Transportation
• State Traffic Commission (STC)
• Rail Operations and Regulatory Unit
• Environmental Planning Unit

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Federal Involvement

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Brownfields Program
• National Smart Growth Award
• US Treasury
• Green Building and Sustainable Design Designation
• US Department of Agriculture
• Rural Development Program
• US Department of Transportation
• CMAQ
• US Department of Energy
• Building Technologies Program
• US Department of the Interior
• Weir Farm National Historic Site
• US Department of Homeland Security
• Interoperability Funds

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The Master Plan

• Reactivated Metro North Train Station
• Performing Arts Center
• Waste Water Treatment Plant
• Public Open Space

• 416 Residential Units
• Office
• Retail
• Restaurants
• Light Industrial
• YMCA

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Project Financing

• US EPA
  Brownfield
  Assessment Grant Technical Assistance
  US EPA Clean Up
  Grant
• US Treasury
  Million Green Building and
  Sustainable
  Design Tax Exempt
  Bonds
• HUD CDBG Grants
  Home Funds
• Department of the Interior Historic
  Rehab Tax Credits
• Department of Energy
  Million Energy Tax Credits
• US Department of Homeland Security
  Interoperability Grant (Police)
• US Department of Transportation
  Million CMAQ Grant (Parking Garages)

• Debt secured by the Tax Lien
  Equity from Investors (Venture Capital)
• Greenwich, CT Mezzanine Financier
  (Investor Participation)
• Country Bank, NY
  (Master Planning
  Financing)
• TD Banknorth (Development
  Financing)
• Banc of America Securities
  General Obligation Bond (Tax District
  Infrastructure)
• USDA Rural Communities
  (Waster Water Plant Permanent Financing
  )
• Union Savings Danbury, CT
  (Waste Water Plant Construction)
• Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
  (Debt) for Affordable Housing
  (Equity ) for Affordable Housing

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Project Team

• Owner/DeveloperGeorgetown Land Development Co.,
  LLC
• Project General CounselRichard S. Gibbons
• Corporation/Development/Environmental
  CounselBrody, Wilkinson Ober
  Wiggin and Dana Day, Berry
  Howard
• Tax District/Bond CounselShipman and Goodwin
  
  Baker Botts
• Lead Project/Master Plan ArchitectsRoger Ferris
  Partners
• Site/Civil/Environmental EngineeringFuss
  ONeill, Inc.Tighe Bond
  Langan
  Haley Aldrich
  
• Transportation Engineering
  Fitzgerald Halliday
  Earthtech
  Liro Group

• Design ArchitectsCrosskey ArchitectsBeinfield
  Architecture PCJack Curtis Associates
  Roger Ferris Partners
  Studio ABK
  Cubellis
• Charrette FacilitatorsDuany Plater-Zyberk
  Company
• Economic Impact Analysis
  Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
• Public/Governmental Relations and MediaAberdeen
  Associates, Inc. Capital
  Strategies, Inc. Roy LeRoy
  Alexander Isley
  Co. Dakota Group
• LEED Consultants Davis Langdon
• Construction Management/Demolition O
  G Industries
  Bestech Inc.
  Manafort Brothers

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