The Aftermath of Industry

When industry abandoned the Naugatuck Valley, it left as a legacy a 45-mile corridor with 189 contaminated "brownfield" industrial sites.  In response, the NVP has proposed to "create jobs that save our environment."  Successes have included:  

-    initiating a coalition that won an $800,000 EPA grant for the Valley Brownfields Pilot Program. 

-    creating an Environmental Remediation Technician Training Program at the Naugatuck Valley Community College that has trained 57 technicians and placed 40 of them in its first two years. 

-    redevelopment of the historical Plume and Atwood plant in Thomaston.