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AUGUST 22, 2022 VOL. 58, No. 34
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WHITE PLAINS SOLAR PROJECT DUE FOR REVIEW; COUNCIL ADOPTS NEW REQUIREMENTS BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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proposal to build a solar electric generating facility at the RPW Group’s 1133 Westchester Ave. office park, where a multifamily residential project also is being built, is expected to be back before the White Plains Common Council on Oct. 3. Voda Solar Resources LLC is seeking final approvals for an amended master plan and amended site plan for the project. The continued review of the application was delayed pending Common Council action on proposed legislation to add new elements to the city’s solar regulations, which now have been unanimously adopted. The changes to the city’s zoning require specific technical details about an installation to be included in applications for
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Rendering of originally proposed solar installation at 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains.
Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi: ‘We are working continuously to make things better’ BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com
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Rudy Marconi. Contributed photo.
he Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce’s “Wine, Cheese and Chamber Chat” event on Aug. 11 offered local business professionals a chance to network among themselves and to gain insight from First Selectman Rudy Marconi on the issues impacting the town. Marconi, who has served seven consecutive terms as first selectman since 1999, took time from the event to speak with the Business Journal, noting how “business is an important part of every municipality in Connecticut.”
Marconi praised the chamber’s event as keeping open the conversation between elected officials and the business community. “They should be hand-in-hand in agreement,” he said of the relationship he has sought to foster between the town and its businesses. “We meet, we talk, we’re friends. Anything they need of me, I’ll do anything I can to help. Because commerce in our community is very, very important — but the most important thing is to shop local. “I know people like to go to the big malls and see everything that’s there,” he continued. “But then
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