CityCenter Danbury is a redevelopment project located in the downtown core of
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest ...
. The special taxing district was formed by Main Street's merchants in the late 1980s with the goal of bringing more people and businesses into the Danbury city center, and to revitalize the
downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...
core.
Background
The local economy fell in the early 1990s, and the city hired a consultant to look at plans to cluster retailers into the downtown core to hopefully compete with shopping malls for the consumers' dollars.
A broad revitalization of the city's center began in 1996. Achievements include the redevelopment of the former police station; the revamped retail center on Crosby Street developed by
BRT Corp.; and the
Danbury Ice Arena
The Danbury Ice Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Danbury, Connecticut. It was built in 1999 with renovation and expansion in 2004, and has a seating capacity of about 3,000.
The Danbury Arena was the home of the Danbury Trashers of the ...
, which was built in 1999 and expanded in 2004.
In the Region/Connecticut;In Danbury, a Short Street That's Long on Hope - New York Times
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References
External links
* {{official website, https://citycenterdanbury.com
Danbury, Connecticut