Windsor Locks and East Windsor Get Small Cities Grants

East Windsor and Windsor Locks are two of 28 communities that will receive Small Cities grants totaling $12.34 million, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday.

East Windsor will receive $700,000 to renovate Park Hill Elderly & Disabled Housing Complex, an 84-unit rental housing project for the elderly and disabled. 

Funds will be used for ADA accessibility and energy efficiency upgrades. These improvements will help lower tenant’s utility costs and make the units more livable for the disabled residents, officials said.

Windsor Locks will receive $500,000 to reconstruct Pearl Street and Fern Street in the northeast section of town. This will improve the general condition of the streets as well as the storm drainage capacity, officials said.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program provides grants to eligible municipalities for economic development, affordable housing, community facilities and other revitalization projects. The federal program is administered by the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
 
“For most Connecticut towns and smaller cities, budgets are stretched thin but their infrastructure needs and the housing needs of their residents haven’t diminished,” Malloy said in a statement.  “That’s why the Small Cities program _ and the federal grants the program awards _ are so critical. The funding is key to these communities and their efforts to improve the lives of residents through housing programs and community projects.”