2022 Community Project Funding Wins

10 CPF requests submitted by Congresswoman Hayes to the House Committee on Appropriations were included in the final FY2022 budget.

Project Name: Avon Sidewalk Replacement
Request Amount: $424,000
Intended Recipient: Town of Avon
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 60 West Main Street, Avon, CT 06001
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used for the second and final phase of sidewalk replacements along West Avon Road, Country Club Road, and Scoville Road and includes the replacement of 5,580 linear feet of sidewalk. Four of Avon’s five public schools are located in the project area and will be directly served by the sidewalks. The project will also service the secondary village center development that was created as a neighborhood business zoning district in the 1960s, facilitate easier and safer access to the Sycamore Hills recreation complex, and link West Avon Road to the 4.8 miles of the Farmington Valley Greenway that run through town via Scoville Road.

Project Name: Cornwall Wastewater Treatment Facility Construction
Request Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: Town of Cornwall
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 26 Pine Street, West Cornwall, CT 06796
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used for the planning, acquisition, and construction of a wastewater treatment facility in West Cornwall Village incorporating state-of-the-art technology to build an appropriately sized, affordable plant. The facility will serve commercial and residential buildings and be supported by users and by the town's annual budget.

Project Name: Former Thomas Aquinas High School Building Remediation and Demolition
Request Amount: $350,000
Intended Recipient: City of New Britain
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 27 West Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used to remediate and demolish the former Thomas Aquinas High School building, a blighted structure, and allow for the construction of owner-occupied housing that will serve as a keystone community development initiative in the city’s predominately low-income Eastside.

Project Name: Improving Community Youth & Police Relations in New Britain Through Basketball
Request Amount: $15,000
Intended Recipient: New Britain Police Department
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 10 Chestnut Street, New Britain, CT 06051
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this initiative is critical to building trust and relationships between the police and the city's youth population. Funding would be used to pay officers their contractually obligated overtime to coordinate the event. The program is conducted during June, July and August and sees 125 kids attend these events on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Project Name: Northfield Firehouse Completion
Request Amount: $225,000
Intended Recipient: Northfield Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 12 Knife Shop Road, Northfield, CT 06778
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used to complete the second floor of the Northfield Firehouse. The second floor is designed to be used for training, meeting, exercise, restroom, uniform/firefighting bunker gear storage, and office space for the officers. Completion of the project will allow for greater focus on the primary job of providing emergency care, rescue, and firefighting for the residents of Northfield in the Town of Litchfield.

Project Name: Northwest Hills Regional Animal Control Facility Construction
Request Amount: $1,100,000
Intended Recipient: City of Torrington
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 140 Main Street, Torrington, CT 06790
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used to expand and improve the animal control facility and guarantee professional animal control services for the municipalities currently in partnership with the city as well as the potential to accommodate the other 19 towns that comprise the Northwest Hills Council of Government.

Project Name: Parking Area Construction at Fairfield Hills
Request Amount: $480,000
Intended Recipient: Town of Newtown
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 23 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT 06470
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used to design and install systems and non-impervious parking areas to accommodate incremental and current parking demand on the Fairfield Hills Campus due to ever increasing activity, especially that which may be related to the renovation of historic abandoned brick buildings.

Project Name: Sharon Hospital: A Healthy and Sustainable 2025 Vision
Request Amount: $400,000
Intended Recipient: Sharon Hospital
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 50 Hospital Hill Road, Sharon, CT 06069
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used for telehealth and health information technology equipment to develop and deploy digital health technology solutions to support a 2025 vision. These enhancements will transform Sharon Hospital into a digital hub and expand how patients can access care close to home.

Project Name: Southbury Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Request Amount: $444,946
Intended Recipient: Town of Southbury
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 501 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used to improve walkability and non-motorist safety and mobility for the many school children in the center of town, older residents in the area, and aims to provide the necessary and adequate accessibility for all individuals at key locations in the center of Southbury.

Project Name: Wolcott Fixed Network Equipment (FNE) Upgrade
Request Amount: $3,200,000
Intended Recipient: Wolcott Police Department
Full Street Address of the Intended Recipient: 225 Nichols Road, Wolcott, CT 06716
Financial Disclosure Letter
Explanation of the request: This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funding would be used for an upgrade of the existing dispatch console and radio system legacy components while resuing existing components that are still supportable and repairable. The town will leverage its existing investment in a Motorola system which will reduce the overall cost of migration to Motorola’s Astro® 25 IP simulcast system platform.