Norwalk to receive $1.8 million for Oak Grove housing development

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Gov. Ned Lamont gathered with housing officials and elected officials including Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling in the education center for Norwalk’s Colonial Village public housing development on the morning of April 17 to announce a $1.8 million grant for the construction of 69 new housing units and a new early education center.

Fifty childcare slots are also to be funded at the education center in the new construction, to be called Oak Grove Apartments and Learning Center. Bob Hotaling, the deputy commissioner and chief investment officer of the Department of Economic and Community Development, explained that the grant was part of the Community Investment Fund (CIF).

“It includes $175 million each year for five years to uplift towns and cities by providing inclusive growth and opportunity by focusing on unique and target investments,” Hotaling

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