Middletown Building Chosen as Model Property for Pilot Development Program

A new program targeted at strengthening economic health in a city's downtown has selected a Middletown property as a model for its initiative.

According to The Middletown Press, the Connecticut Main Street Center selected 418-426 Main St. — the Amato property — as a model property for its Come Home to Downtown program.

Read the full story in the Press.

Here's the breakdown of what the Connecticut Main Street Center is, according to its website:

Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC), with the support of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA), has developed Come Home to Downtown, a mixed-use real estate planning pilot program, which will provide communities with new tools to strengthen economic health and restore vitality to their downtowns by redeveloping underutilized buildings into a mix of housing and retail. 

CMSC chose Middletown, Torrington and Waterbury as the pilot communities for this program.