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Volume 14, Number 11
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Selection of firm for new elementary schools underway Citizen staff
The Next Generation School Building Committee is narrowing down its final candidates as it seeks an architectural firm to lead the school district’s new building projects. The district plans to build two elementary schools with the intention of having these ready by the fall 2026.
Harbor Brook winds behind residences on Columbus Avenue in Meriden on March 10. Flood prevention measures along Harbor Brook are nearing completion. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Big step to connect local towns with trail nears completion MERIDEN — After launching the project nearly a year ago, city officials say disaster prevention measures along Harbor Brook are nearing completion, with a possible conclusion date as early as this fall.
The overall project is aimed at connecting Meriden, Southington, Wallingford and Cheshire via a recreational trail, but starting construction hinged on widening out Harbor Brook. The efforts to expand and deepen Harbor Brook represent one component in a
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multifaceted, decades-long initiative to confront over a century of repeated flooding in downtown Meriden. City Engineer Brian Ennis said floods began as a byproduct of the second Industrial revolution in the mid 19th century after factories See Trail, A8
As part of its preparations for interviewing the architectural firms, committee members conducted a series of in-person viewings of school projects across
Connecticut, with representatives of those firms providing information on design features during the tours. Committee members visited Barack Obama Magnet University School in New Haven on Feb. 15, a 64,000 square foot facility that cost $45 million to build. JCJ Architects, one of the four finalists, designed the builiding. See Firm, A6
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Next, the committee was to make a recommendation to the Town Council. Most likely, that means a recommendation of one or possibly two firms would be presented to the Town Council at its March 14 meeting, per Committee Chair Richard Gusenburg.
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On Feb. 28 and March 1, the committee held interviews with representatives from the four architectural firms selected as finalists.
A look inside Birch Grove Elementary School in Tolland, which was designed by JCJ Architects.