After years of stalled development plans for the Fort Trumbull development area, the city suddenly has four major projects in various stages of development.
New London A planned $30 million community recreation center received two key endorsements this month.
The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously agreed to issue a positive referral on use of land at Fort Trumbull for the planned facility.
The Renaissance City Development Association, the city’s development arm that markets the Fort Trumbull property, likewise approved of the use of the land and determined it was in line with a Fort Trumbull Municipal Development Plan approved in 2000.
The Planning and Zoning Commission’s vote came earlier this month as part of a statutory review triggered whenever the city plans a change of use, sale or purchase of property. A negative referral would have forced a two-thirds vote, instead of a majority vote, by the City Council on upcoming approvals related to the community center.