Beyond the projects already completed or underway, dozens of other ambitious plans, concepts, and visions, from small local projects to regional infrastructure investments, align to make the valley and capital city more sustainable, prosperous, equitable, mobile, and vibrant. The best projects further multiple tenets at the same time. Together they constitute a shared vision, which could be realized by 2035.

Opened

Community First School

Community First School (CFS) opened on August 31, 2020 and serves children in grades K-2 in North Hartford’s federally designated Promise Zone neighborhoods, Clay Arsenal,

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In Progress

Pratt Street Redevelopment

Several downtown developers are coming together to elevate the profile of this cultural corridor. Updates and rehabilitation to numerous Shelbourne properties along Pratt & Temple

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Opened

GastroPark

West Hartford’s food truck court is opening, located near the Elmwood Fastrak station. The location is populated with vendors, with hours and information available on

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Opened

Swift Factory

This project, spearheaded by Community Solutions, is the rehabilitation of an 80,000-square-foot former factory building into a food incubator and job training center in the

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In Progress

Village at Park River

Village at Park River is a transformative redevelopment of Westbrook Village, a 40 acre former public housing site. This will create a brand new mixed-use

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In Progress

Park and Main

The gateway properties to Park Street are open for rental applicants. Retail spaces are also under lease. 126 apartments were developed on the two lots

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Opened

Parkville Market

A food hall, like those seen in major cities, is now in Hartford on Park Street, which opened in late May 2020. This historic preservation

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Opened

Dillon Stadium

Now completed is the rehabilitation and upgrades to historic Dillon Stadium. Hartford Athletic soccer is the anchor sports team, with the being used for community

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Opened

Montgomery Mill

A major housing development has been completed in Windsor Locks in their downtown along the CTRail line. 160 mixed-income apartments were created in the conversion

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Opened

Willow Creek Apartments

The former Bowles Park “project” has been redeveloped into 400 mixed-income residences in townhouse style development. This includes a community center, Boys & Girls Club,

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Proposed

South Branch Trail

The City of Hartford is extending the South Branch Trail from Flatbush Avenue to Hamilton Street. This project will continue the trail to the edge

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Idea

River Road

River Road is a proposed idea for Hartford’s downtown riverfront area. The idea for highway relocation was first proposed by Congressman Larson, and by analyzing

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Opened

Teachers Village

The conversion of a former office building by RBH Group created 60 apartments intended for educators. It includes coworking incubator space and a theater; two-thirds

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Proposed

Reimagining Main Street

A new vision for Main Street in Hartford has been put together, connecting Downtown with SoDo in an attractive, multi-modal manner. The City of Hartford

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In Progress

Bushnell South

A new neighborhood is rising from the sea of parking lots near The Bushnell. The Bushnell South area encompasses 20 acres along Capitol Avenue, Buckingham

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Proposed

Collinsville Axe Factory

A large, largely-abandoned mill complex has a redevelopment proposal that would rejuvenate the east bank of the Farmington River in Collinsville. The complex was built

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In Progress

Joe Marfuggi Riverwalk

The Riverfront North expansion will extend the Riverwalk along the Connecticut River from Hartford to Windsor. Funding is coming together and a master planner has

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Opened

Christ Church Cathedral

Hartford’s historic Christ Church Cathedral has restored its nearly 200-year-old cathedral. Interior renovations included the removal and re-purposing of pews to create a flexible programming

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Proposed

Hartline

An under-utilized freight rail corridor provides a great opportunity to accommodate a shared use path within the right-of-way that would connect the Union Station area

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Proposed

Batterson Park Restoration

Originally home to Hartford’s reservoir, Batterson Park was New Britain and Hartford’s beach park for decades before closing in 2015. A conservancy was formed to

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In Progress

New Park Corridor

The project will bring 52 mixed-income apartments to the mile-long stretch between the Elmwood and Flatbush CTfastrak stations in West Hartford. 41 units will have

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Proposed

Downtown Fire Station

WonderWorks, the developer of the Spectra apartments, has proposed a mixed-use redevelopment of the fire station into 40 apartments with a restaurant on the ground

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In Progress

55 Elm Street

A prominent building on Bushnell Park no longer houses state workers and could be repurposed soon. The state offices formerly housed in it have relocated

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In Progress

One Park – West Hartford

The Sisters of Saint Joseph are redeveloping their property on the West Hartford line to create new, upscale apartments. A high-profile adaptive reuse and new

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Proposed

Enfield Train Station

A new stop is coming to the Hartford Line, with the Enfield station now officially funded and in design. With federal funding combined with state

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