FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2015 Mayor Stewart Announces Mixed-Use Development Plans for Berkowitz Building NEW BRITAIN—Mayor Erin E. Stewart announced today that a Hartford-based developer plans to purchase the long-vacant Berkowitz building and intends to turn the structure and several surrounding parcels into a development complex containing retail and housing. The City of New Britain owns the 24,552-square-foot-building, which…
By John Gizzi More than a year ago Erin Stewart took office as mayor of New Britain, Connecticut, at age 26. Ten months before she faces the voters again, the Republican is on target in rescuing her city from the $19 million budget deficit she inherited for Fiscal Year 2014 and the $33 million deficit that had been projected for…
By Samantha Schoenfeld NEW BRITAIN–On Tuesday, New Britain received some positive news about its financial future. After Standard & Poor downgraded the city’s bond rating to BBB last year, the rating service announced on Tuesday that it has upgraded the city’s bond rating to an A–a jump of three levels. “This is phenomenal news and is a strong validation of the difficult…
It seems like yesterday. A year ago, I pledged to bring a new style of leadership to our city. To move New Britain forward, I promised to reach across party lines, restore fiscal sanity and do whatever I could to make New Britain a place we are proud to call home. I said I would never lie to the taxpayers. There would be no sugarcoating the realities we face. We would have to take bitter medicine now in order to make our city healthy over the long haul. So, a year later, how are we doing? Surely challenges remain, but much progress has been made.
Today, the 27-year-old Republican mayor marks her first year in office. During her inauguration speech, the city’s second female mayor promised transparency, “restoring fiscal sanity” and “making New Britain’s government work for New Britain again.”
I want to take this opportunity to extend my most sincere thanks for all those who organized, implemented and enjoyed the 2014 New Britain Oktoberfest this past weekend.