Tempers flare as Stamford residents fight to bring back Glenbrook Community Center
Dozens of residents packed Union Memorial Church Tuesday night for the first installment of a series of community meetings about the future of the former Glenbrook Community Center, which has been closed since the COVID pandemic.
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“If you speak to anybody basically on the East Side who grew up here," City Council Majority Leader Nina Sherwood says. "The community center has been a part of their life."
Dozens of residents packed Union Memorial Church Tuesday night for the first installment of a series of community meetings about the future of the former Glenbrook Community Center, which has been closed since the COVID pandemic.
“They want to try and repurpose it for some reason," says lifelong Glenbrook resident Michael Battinelli. "It’s more needed now I think than it has ever been in all the time I’ve been here."
Back in 2022, Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons proposed a plan that would’ve turned the site into affordable housing, but she eventually scrapped it after the public pushed back.
Some of the proposed options include turning the site into a health care and wellness center, a senior living community or even an eco-friendly green space.
The city says it hopes to find a solution that aligns with the community’s needs while ensuring long-term financial sustainability for the project.
“The East Side of Stamford is in desperate need of a place where the community can coalesce," Sherwood says. "It’s just not there right now, and it needs to be."
The city plans on holding more of these meetings over the next few months, and says it hopes to have plans for the project finalized by the summer.
“So far, with the last couple of dealings we’ve had with the city on this building, it’s run into a dead end," Battinelli says. "I’m hoping this is not another one."
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