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New Use May Be Coming to Former Newtown Smelting Plant
A grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development will pay for investigation of the site.
Editor’s note: We published this story earlier in the week, but here it is again in case you missed it.
Newtown has received a grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development that will pay for investigation of a former smelting plant site, reports the News-Times.
The $150,000 grant will allow for an assessment of contaminants above and below ground level.
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The 30-acre former Batchelder site at 44 and 46a Swamp Rd. has been abandoned for three decades, but the goal is to turn it into a solar farm.
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The town would lease out the site, which would bring in revenue. The energy produced by the solar panels would either go onto the regional grid or potentially a local microgrid, which would provide power for a number of local businesses.
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