$698,350 Awarded to Torrington's Market Street Creatives
Key Takeaways
- State awards $698,350 to revitalize Torrington’s historic Turner & Seymour industrial building
- Rep. Joe Canino backs Market Street Creatives to spur local entrepreneurship and jobs
- Funding preserves historic architecture while expanding resources for makers, artists, and small businesses
Torrington - Rep. Joe Canino's Statement on the Community Investment Fund allocation:
I’m proud to celebrate the allocation of $698,350 for the Market Street Creatives project—an exciting investment in creativity, entrepreneurship, and community revitalization.
This funding will support the renovation of the historic former Turner & Seymour industrial building, transforming it into a vibrant hub for makers, artists, and small businesses. By breathing new life into this historic space, the project will create new opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and economic growth in our community.
Market Street Creatives will include Market Street Studios, a shared office and coworking space, as well as The Warehouse at Market Street, which will provide space and resources for creative work and small-scale production. Together, these spaces will give entrepreneurs, artists, and creators the tools and environment they need to develop their ideas and grow their businesses.
Projects like this play an important role in strengthening our local creative economy while preserving and repurposing historic buildings. I look forward to seeing Market Street Creatives become a place where creativity thrives and where members of our community can come together to collaborate, connect, and bring new ideas to life.