Funding for housing developments in Norwich, New London and Stonington, Mystic Seaport's new exhibit hall, school renovations in New London and Norwich, environmental projects in Old Lyme and Franklin and even a new halfway house at the Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville all are included in a lengthy agenda for the state Bond Commission's meeting next Friday.

The $30 million renovation of the giant historic Ponemah Mill building in Taftville would receive $4.9 million no-interest, 40-year loan funding through the Department of Housing announced last spring as part of a package of grants, loans, Low Income Housing Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits to complete the financing needed for the project to move forward.

Norwich Community Development Corp. President Robert Mills said final approval of the financing for the 116-unit project is an exciting milestone for the historic Taftville mill village.

Mills informed developer Finbar O'Neill at Ponemah Riverbank LLC Friday of the pending project approval and said work has been ongoing “quietly” inside the building.

“I was up there yesterday,” Mills said. “He's quietly plugging away, framing out the fourth and fifth floors.”

In Stonington, Spruce Ridge LP would receive a $3.5 million no-interest, 40-year loan also through the Department of Housing to support a $13 million, 43-unit project in Pawcatuck with a financing package similar to the Ponemah Mill financing.

Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities is in line to receive a $2.58 million grant to assist with the rehabilitation of 22 single-family houses in New London to be sold to qualifying home buyers.

Schools in Norwich and New London could receive capital improvements funding, with Norwich set to receive $1.22 million and New London $700,000 through the state Alliance District program for projects that could include building improvements, technology upgrades and outdoor work on playgrounds or parking lots.

New London's three Commissioner's Network Schools — the Science and Technology Magnet High School, Bennie Dover Jackson and Jennings schools — also would receive a combined total of nearly $1.4 million for building improvements and technology upgrades.

Several local museums and arts centers also are in line for funding, led by the proposed $2 million grant to Mystic Seaport to assist with construction of the $11.5 million, 14,000-square-foot new exhibition hall now underway.

The New London Maritime Society would receive a $125,000 grant to restore the historic U.S. Lighthouse Service dock at the New London Harbor Lighthouse.

The Hygienic Art Inc. also would receive $125,000 to transform the Hygienic Art Park into a three-season performance venue.

The Norwich Arts Center would receive $50,000 for façade repairs on its historic three-story brick building at 60-64 Broadway in downtown Norwich.

Two local projects would be funded through the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, including $5 million for the town of Franklin to connect to the Norwich sewer system — part of a proposed regional sewer network that would partially fund Norwich Public Utilities' planned $100 million sewage treatment plant upgrade.

“I'm really pleased with that one, because Franklin would not have afforded sewers on its own,” said state Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, who has been working with local towns on the sewer system expansion.

Old Lyme would receive a $600,000 grant to help pay for the $1.4 million closure of the town's bulky waste landfill.

Finally, the Department of Correction has requested $1.5 million to build a new 6,264-square-foot modular building at the Radgowski Correctional Center to host a halfway house for program and treatment space for “non-inmate clients.”

The Bond Commission meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

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