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The town completed a feasibility study for
the public market in 2018 and is working on a
formal business plan for it.
The vision is to create a "vibrant, safe and
exciting new place" where residents and visi-
tors could shop for fresh and locally produced
meats, produce, dairy and baked goods as well
as prepared foods and crafts, Kervick said.
Plans also call for a two-building complex that
would house 200 or so apartments and ground-
floor commercial space. That project would
likely be led by a private developer and the town
has already chosen Stamford-based JHM Group
of Cos. as the preferred development partner.
A parking garage would also be built to sup-
port the entire development, Kervick said.
"With transit-oriented development we don't
just need to bring commercial buildings we need
to bring a critical mass of people as well," he said.
There's already been development near the
new station's location. The $64-million, 160-unit
Montgomery Mill apartment redevelopment on
Canal Bank Road, debuted in August and is nearly
fully occupied, Kervick said, signaling demand for
more living units.
The Hartford Line cur-
rently has eight stops —
seven in Connecticut, and
one in Massachusetts —
which have spurred vari-
ous developments along
the 62-mile Springfield-to-
New Haven route.
Investments in new
mixed-use developments
near existing or proposed
Hartford Line rail stations
have totaled approximate-
ly $430 million, according
to the state Department of
Transportation.
Those projects, which encompass 1,400
residential units and 242,000 square feet of
commercial and office space, date back to at
least 2010, years before the Springfield-to-New
Haven line expansion debuted, but in anticipa-
tion of its potential impact.
Puzzle pieces
Financing the envisioned development
around the new train station remains a big
question, but the town is working with the
Build America Bureau — part of the U.S.
Department of Transportation — which has
expressed interest in the project and has two
low-interest loan programs to support transit-
oriented development, Kervick said.
The first selectman said the main priority is
to get the station platform built and he wants
to make sure the town's economic-development
aspirations don't interfere with that effort.
He's also cognizant of the irony in the proj-
ect going forward at a time when ridership on
the Hartford Line has significantly diminished
amid the pandemic.
"It's a scary prospect, but hopefully it comes
back," he said.
>> Town Profile continued
Windsor Locks
General
Land area (sq. miles) 9
Median age 44
Population 12,556
Median household income $67,072
Unemployment rate 4.3%
Major Employers
Collins Aerospace
Ahlstrom
Bombardier Aerospace
C & S Wholesale Grocers Inc.
Health New England
Housing stock
Median price $190,400
Median rent $1,139
Government
Total revenue (2017) $51,705,363
Per capita tax $2,666
Actual mill rate 25.83
Grand List $1,283,733,731
Economy
Top employment industries Units Jobs
Manufacturing 18 4,077
Transportation and Warehousing 62 2,544
Total government 21 1,548
Top taxpayers (2018)
EAN Holdings $125,181,761
United Technologies Corp.
(now Raytheon Technologies) $108,440,484
PV Holdings Corp. $58,101,536
Source: AdvanceCT
Windsor Locks wants to develop around its planned train station,
including opening a public indoor market.
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