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.
Has anyone else in military housing, especially the streets right off of gungywamp, had an issue with delivered packages not actually being in their mailboxes? It will say delivered by post office to mailbox but then it’s not there and doesn’t show up days later either. This has been a constant for me over the past few months and only with USPS or UPS packages that get handed over to USPS for delivery. Either the postal worker is putting them in the wrong boxes and people aren’t being neighborly or something else is going on. But regardless I’m sick of it. They need to be bringing our packages to the door like they would be in any other neighborhood! Never have an issue with fedex
Crew sets the sails to check if Eagle s shipshape
Bosun s Mate 2nd Class Joe Giannetti, left, and Seaman John Kittrell furl the outer jib sail as the crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle perform a test-set of the tall ship s fore sails, the inner jib, outer jib and flying jib on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, while docked at Pier 7 at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
Bosun s Mate 2nd Class Joe Giannetti, left, and Seaman John Kittrell furl the outer jib sail as the crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle perform a test-set of the tall ship s fore sails, the inner jib, outer jib and flying jib on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, while docked at Pier 7 at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
Published February 05. 2021 5:10PM
My somewhat conflicted emotions about the proposed Community Center for New London were ably covered by two of your most interesting columnists. While I wholeheartedly want our city to succeed as David Collins articulated, “Bravo for New London’s community center plans,” (Feb. 2), my career instincts require getting to the bottom of things and I agree with Mike DiMauro that details are needed, “NL Community Center needs more specifics, less cheerleading,” (Feb. 2).
However, my immediate reaction after reading both columns was how wonderfully the center would pair with the Coast Guard Museum now that Fort Trumbull has been deemed such an admirable site.