Dear Friends,
Last week the House passed several appropriations bills that not only fund vital federal government agencies, but will also allocate more than $6 million to organizations in the First District if enacted.
To recover from this pandemic, we need robust investments across the board. That’s why I was proud to support last week’s appropriations package, because it invests in education, health care, worker protections, and environmental justice. It will also create tens of thousands of jobs to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, expand access to affordable housing, and bolster our nation’s public health infrastructure. Over the past year and a half, we’ve seen firsthand why we need these investments. This year’s funding package led by Connecticut’s own Chair Rosa DeLauro fulfills the promise of building back better.
Additionally, here are the 10 Community Funding Projects included in the funding bills:
- $250,000 for Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare to fund La Bodeguita De La Gente to provide food and other resources to local families.
- $1 million for the City of Hartford to restore the Colt Gardner’s Cottage and Colt Carriage House at Coltsville National Historical Park.
- $600,000 for the Town of East Hartford to purchase the former Downtown Post Office and expand Raymond Library.
- $630,000 for Hartford Communities That Care for their Hartford Care Response Team and Violence Prevention Enhancement program.
- $200,000 for the Hartford and East Hartford Levee Systems for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a feasibility study to address known deficiencies in the Hartford and East Hartford Flood Damage Reduction System, the first step toward addressing the levees.
- $900,000 for iQuilt Partnership to advance the work of the Hartford400 project to transform the Hartford region’s infrastructure.
- $700,000 for the Town of East Hartford to repair the Hockanum River Linear Park Trail.
- $900,000 for the City of Hartford’s Riverfront Park to improve access to greenspace and the Connecticut River.
- $300,000 for Mothers United Against Violence to provide support and services to victims of gun violence.
- $900,000 for the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology for their Connecticut Manufacturing & Technology CommUNITY eCommons to reinvent the workforce talent pipeline for small businesses post-COVID-19 and provide centralized and common resources that will reinvest in workers and small businesses.
Regards, John B. Larson Member of Congress |