{"id":6139,"date":"2019-10-15T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:26:36","slug":"goodwin-breaks-ground-on-revitalization-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/goodwin-breaks-ground-on-revitalization-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwin College Breaks Ground on Revitalization Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goodwin College Breaks Ground on Revitalization Project<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Collaboration, boldness, economic innovation are themes as new commercial space begins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On October 11, at a ceremony attended by local and state officials, business leaders, architectural and construction professionals, faculty, staff, trustees, and other supporters, Goodwin College broke ground at their property on the corner of Main and Ensign Streets in East Hartford. This is considered the school\u2019s first new construction project specifically targeted at revitalizing the South Main Street campus area, bringing commercial and retail businesses, services, new jobs, and added vibrancy to the area.<\/p>\n<p>The 25,000\u2013square-foot complex will cost an estimated $8 million and, as a commercially taxable property, add approximately $1.3 million in taxes to the town over an 8-year phase-in period in. It will also realize $260 thousand in permitting fees to the town. Set back from the corner of Main and Ensign, it will welcome visitors into a reimagined neighborhood that leads to the Connecticut River, other commercial and residential spaces, and the Goodwin College campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project will be a springboard. The south end of East Hartford is ripe for this type of development,\u201d said Goodwin president <strong>Mark Scheinberg<\/strong>. \u201cIt includes access to the river and recreation. It will keep people \u2014 and their purchasing \u2014 in town. If we do this right, this area will become a true destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Goodwin, we\u2019ve believed in this idea for a very long time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It was a day to celebrate collaboration. East Hartford mayor <strong>Marcia Leclerc<\/strong> pointed out how cooperation between the Town and the College has brought about achievements in which everyone wins. \u201cI\u2019m excited about the possibilities,\u201d she said. \u201cGoodwin College challenges the processes\u2026 not just for moving people forward \u2014 now they\u2019re moving land mass and development forward in East Hartford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last to speak was <strong>Congressman John Larson<\/strong>, who urged continued bold thinking for East Hartford to realize its full potential, observing, \u201cTrue collaboration in this day and age is elusive. It\u2019s people understanding that this what we have to do for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing a sign that hangs in his office, he concluded, \u201cWithout vision there is no victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Completion is expected in the fall of 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodwin College Breaks Ground on Revitalization Project Collaboration, boldness, economic innovation are themes as new commercial space begins On October 11, at a ceremony attended by local and state officials, business leaders, architectural and construction professionals, faculty, staff, trustees, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/goodwin-breaks-ground-on-revitalization-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goodwin College Breaks Ground on Revitalization Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":6140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1063],"tags":[268,881],"class_list":{"0":"post-6139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-events","8":"category-university-news","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-revitalization-project","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revitalization Construction Project Begins | Goodwin College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Goodwin is re-imagining and revitalizing the South Main Street Campus area in East Hartford, CT. 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