As Evergreen Walk prepares to welcome two prominent new tenants, South Windsor planners likely will decide next week on a proposal for 165 apartments at the retail hub an idea that got both public support and criticism at a recent hearing.
In Enfield, representatives of Massachusetts-based Winstanley Enterprises met with locals months ahead of submitting plans for an 817,000-square-foot distribution center.
The company said it cut the proposed size of the building planned for 35 Bacon Road by about one-fourth, pledged to donate 22 acres to open space, planned dark sky-compliant lighting and heavily-landscaped buffers.
Gov. Lamont said this week he hoped the omicron variant would be the last big surge of the virus in Connecticut, but he agreed that the state should maintain significant testing capacity in case another wave comes.
As Connecticut officials scramble to curb the outbreak of the omicron variant, residents in many towns should prepare to pick up free state-supplied test kits starting Thursday.