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NCDC to Receive “Community Revitalization Leader of the Year” Award from The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT
Have you heard the news?
NCDC will be receiving an award from The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut!
“Norwich Community Development Corp. and its executive director, Robert B. Mills, will receive the Community Revitalization award. Mills “has transformed NCDC,” according to the nomination form, investing in redevelopment and revitalization worth $6 million in economic activity in the private sector in the last year. Mills and his two staff members are on 30 committees and organizations throughout New London County, devoting hours outside of the work day to improving life not just in Norwich, but in the region.”
I Heart Norwich Magnets and Stickers Now Available
Order your I heart Norwich magnets and stickers today! Show everyone you love your community. They can be purchased at the office at 77 Main Street or through Paypal and mailed to your address!
$1 for a removable sticker
$2 for a magnet
Gracie Mae’s Kitchen has moved to Norwich
Rodney Green, owner/operator of Olde Tymes Restaurant on West Main Street in Norwich, is proud to announce a new partnership with Gracie Mae’s Kitchen, LLC of Griswold. The venture will ensure that the New London County area will continue to be supplied with Gracie Mae’s famous pies and confections. Moving the bakery into the main production kitchen at Olde Tymes Restaurant will more than triple the capacity of Gracie Mae’s Kitchen and provide even more customers with the delicious, all‐natural pies that have made Gracie Mae’s so well loved. Increasing the bakery’s capacity will also allow the partners to expand in New London, Waterford, Salem, Lisbon, and Bozrah and make the products available at local farm markets. Continue reading
25 Percent is Not Enough
On Tuesday May 14th, the Norwich Zoning Board of Appeals issued a strong pro‐business statement by granting a variance at 156 North Main Street. The Board was acting on a petition filed by Pietro Camardella who owns the property, which was formerly a Polish Club (private club) south of Greeneville. Pietro bought the property in 1999 and has only been able to use 25 percent of his building because the property has no off‐street parking spaces.
The city’s zoning regulations mandate that any change of use from a private club to a different activity be required to provide the off‐street parking. Because the property was developed decades prior to the adoption of zoning, parking was never considered in the site layout. There is no place to accommodate off‐street parking on Pietro’s property. Continue reading
