Bristol Mayor Jeff Caggiano, who took office amid a massive local Republican victory two years ago announced Wednesday evening that he’s running for re-election.
After decades of worsening stagnancy, Bristol’s downtown is in the midst of a large-scale makeover with at several major construction projects either under way or imminent.
KindCare is starting work in Bristol on what it promotes as an assisted-living complex geared toward the middle-income elderly, and expects to be renting to 117 tenants by the spring of 2023. When it’s built, the five-story building at Route 6 and North Main Street will be a gateway to downtown from the north.
Bristol’s new Republican council in December surprised Wheeler Clinic when it killed plans for the non-profit to build a 30,000-square-foot headquarters and medical building downtown, but the city is still working on ways to bring Wheeler and its 200 jobs.
Fearing that operations could start as soon as early this year, opponents of Covanta’s plan to burn medical waste at its Bristol incinerator are pressing the city council this week to intervene.