Community Grants
August 31, 2009 by admin
Filed under Community Grants
- Connecticut Grows – Dept. of Agriculture Joint Venture Program – $800
- Survey and Planning Grant, Historic Preservation and Museum Division, CT Commission on Culture and Tourism – $20,000
- HOMEConnecticut – $50,000
- Transit Enhancement Project for Bus Shelters – $67,760
- IBA Conservation Plan Implementation – $872
- DEP grant for underground storage tank removal – $51,600
- Greening of the Boston Post Road Tree Grant – $5,000
- Streetscaping Sawmill-Wagner – $250,000
- CT Main Street – $10,000
- EPA Brownfield Redevelopment – $600,000
- DEP – $40,000
- Yale – $500,000


The City of West Haven has been lauded by "BusinessWeek" as one the "best places to raise your kids." Noting that West Haven is home to the University of New Haven and is about five miles from Yale University and offers easy access to Bradley Point Park beach and the Sandy Point bird sanctuary, the publication narrowed the list of towns using the following weighted criteria: affordability; school performance; number of schools; household expenditures; crime rates; air quality; job growth; family income; museums, parks, theaters, and other amenities; and diversity.
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