[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE BRASS MILL CENTER MALL

  (Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a historic day 
for my hometown of Waterbury, CT. It marked the groundbreaking of the 
Brass Mill Center Mall, the soon to be home of the second largest mall 
in New England.
  Having worked at this location along with my father and other 
relatives when it was the Scovill Manufacturing Co. more than 20 years 
ago, I have a sentimental attachment to the site. But more important, 
thanks to the millions of dollars from the Federal Government, approved 
in the 103d Congress for the environmental cleanup of the site, it is 
now becoming a reality.
  The mall will have a significant impact on revitalizing the downtown 
area, while producing more than a thousand new much needed jobs. This 
has been a classic example, Mr. Speaker, of how the local, State and 
Federal governments can work hand-in-hand with private industry.
  I look forward to the fall 1997 grand opening.

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