I'm pleased to announce that the City of Shelton has been awarded a Recreational Trails Program Grant for Fiscal Year 2010, in the amount of $73,150.00
Thank-you to all who worked so dilligently on the grant application.
Here is a link to the Ct DEP webpage outlining all the grants awarded over the years. A link regarding the projects funded this June is halfway down the page.
From the Grant description:
To construct Phase 3, Section c (about 2500 linear feet) of the Shelton Lakes Recreation Path ("Rec Path"), and to purchase maintenance equipment. This section of the Rec Path will provide linkage to a recently completed Huntington Street walkway and to shops, the Community Center, Post Office, and events on the Huntington Center Green. The RecPath is a 4.5-mile multi-use, handicapped-accessible path connecting downtown Shelton and Huntington Center, This is a major capital project for the City of Shelton, and is incorporated in local, regional, and state planning documents. The completed section of Rec Path is 8 to 10 feet wide and about 1000 feet long with a crushed stone surface.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Community Garden plowed
The Conservation Commission is not directly responsible for the Community Garden concept, rather it is the ad-hoc committee formed by the Board of Alderman.
However, we on the Conservation Commission are supportive of using agricultural lands (City owned Open Spaces with appropriate agricultural soils) for that purpose.
Consequently, the Klapik Farm Open Space on Long Hill Avenue and Long View Drive is being prepared for planting. You can see photos of the work on facebook.
I recognize their was neighborhood opposition to using the former farm fields as gardening fields, but the need and desire expreseed by the community has outweighed the items of concern expressed by the neighborhood.
The Conservation Commission's part time staff (Conservation Agent) has been assisting co-ordination of the Community Garden Committee's activities.
Personally, I look forward to their first harvest!!
However, we on the Conservation Commission are supportive of using agricultural lands (City owned Open Spaces with appropriate agricultural soils) for that purpose.
Consequently, the Klapik Farm Open Space on Long Hill Avenue and Long View Drive is being prepared for planting. You can see photos of the work on facebook.
I recognize their was neighborhood opposition to using the former farm fields as gardening fields, but the need and desire expreseed by the community has outweighed the items of concern expressed by the neighborhood.
The Conservation Commission's part time staff (Conservation Agent) has been assisting co-ordination of the Community Garden Committee's activities.
Personally, I look forward to their first harvest!!
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