Eye on Town Government
Selectmen Present Items for Town Meeting By Ruth Melville At the July 2 meeting of the Board of Selectmen, First Selectman Matt Riiska reported that progress has been made on several bridge projects around town The River Place bridge is now finished. Riiska is working on getting all the billing done on the project, which […]
Haystack Woods Deadline Has Been Extended
There is still time to apply for affordable housing By Colleen Gundlach The Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL) has announced an extension to the deadline for applying to purchase a home in the Haystack Woods housing development. The original deadline of July 31 has been extended to Aug. 15. Haystack Woods is located on Old […]
Haystack Woods Secures $4 Million
State funding gets affordable housing development off the ground By Joe Kelly A plan to build a campus of compact, affordable homes on 39 acres off Old Colony Road has cleared a major hurdle: the state of Connecticut has committed nearly $4 million to start construction. The state money, combined with a roughly $2 million […]
Haystack woods inches forward
If all goes well, construction could begin in the fall. By Avice Meehan The Foundation for Norfolk Living has submitted a consolidated application to Connecticut’s Department of Housing for the Haystack Woods development off Old Colony Road, an important milestone before construction can begin. “Fingers crossed that construction could happen this fall,” said Kate Briggs […]
Update on Haystack Woods
By Avice Meehan With site work paused for winter, the Foundation for Norfolk Living is now focused on the next phase of developing 10 new houses at Haystack Woods, located off Old Colony Road. This phase is heavy on paperwork and documentation: preparing bid documents, reviewing options for construction financing, creating the framework for a […]
