FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Planners Award Park Committee:
Reclaimed Landfill Bolsters Welfare of Community
November 4, 2009
OLD SAYBROOK, Connecticut (November 4, 2009) – The Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association (“CCAPA”) has selected the Founders Memorial Park Ad Hoc Committee as the recipient of the 2009 Community Development Award. The award will be presented at a CCAPA luncheon to be held on Dec. 4th at the Inn at Middletown.
Recognizing that the Town properties of the former Coulter Street Landfill and those donated by the Clarke Family are an unrealized municipal asset, the Town of Old Saybrook, through the Board of Selectmen, established a Committee to develop a public park from which to view and explore Old Saybrook’s North Cove and the Connecticut River’s coastal wetlands with special regard for the combined goals of recreation, education, and conservation.
The Community Development Award, one of eight categories of annual awards, is given for a project, program or initiative that bolsters the social and economic welfare of the community. The Committee was nominated by Alicia Betty, Project Manager, from the Trust for Public Land.
Contact Persons: Michael Pace, First Selectmen, Board of Selectmen
Barbara L. Guenther, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee
Address: 302 Main Street
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Telephone: (860) 395-3124
Fax: (860) 395-3125
Nominated by: Alicia L. Betty
Title: Project Manager
Telephone: (203) 777-7367 x1
Fax: (203) 777-7488
Organization: Trust for Public Land
Address: 101 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Awarded by: Valarie Ferro, AICP
CCAPA Award Committee Chairman
Title: Senior Technical Director
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Address: 124 Hebron Avenue
Suite 3B
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Telephone: 860.368-3213 Direct
860.368-3200 General
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