Business View Magazine | December 2019

257 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 enable revitalization without gentrification, and retain Bridgeport’s historic character. Early priorities are the creation of an Energy Improvement District to support energy efficiency and production, adopting a “Transit First” policy, developing a plan for open space use and maintenance, expanding recycling, and protecting the region’s waterways through enhanced stormwater management. A Green Collar Institute will train workers and act as an incubator for developing green industries. Joe Gresko, the City of Bridgeport’s Green Issues Coordinator, serves in a capacity overseeing both energy and environment. He reports, “One project the city has been working on for a few years is now coming to fruition. Our Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) just issued a decision on our thermal loop, a combined heat and power loop that would service our downtown area buildings (municipal and state) and also downtown residents with heat. We BR IDGEPORT , CONNECT I CUT