Baltic - Hanover - Versailles
“A classic 19th Century New England mill town restored for 21st
Century Commerce and Recreation”
Welcome to the
Sprague Economic Development Commission (SEDC) Web Page
Our Mission
The mission of the Economic Development Commission is "to provide services to enhance the town's economy and to expand opportunities for individual, business and community prosperity. The Commission will strive to promote equity, and improve the quality of life for Sprague citizens."
The SEDC is comprised of seven appointed volunteers and meets the 4th Wednesday of every month in the Town Office building on the 2nd floor. For more information please contact Chair Kevin Generous at (860) 822-6923.
In 2004/05 The SEDC completed a strategic plan for redevelopment of all three villages in Sprague, with emphasis on Baltic Village, a classic New England mill town . . . and according to the National Register of Historic Places, “one of the best preserved examples of a 19th Century New England mill town in the region.” The Plan has been used in a number of plenary documents and funding requests as the foundation for Sprague’s future economic and social growth.
Strategic Plan for the Economic Re-Development of Sprague
Useful Economic Development Links
Below are some helpful links to regional organizations and trade associations exploring development strategies in Connecticut. . Sprague is a member of SCCOG, seCTer, 1000 Friends, and coordinates with CERC and the RDC on a regular basis.
10000 Friends of Connecticut is a statewide citizens’ organization whose mission is to promote and shape growth and to ensure a prosperous economy, a healthy natural environment, and distinctive, integrated and attractive communities that will promote opportunities in education, housing, transportation and employment for ourselves and future generations.
CT Smart Growth is a BLOG that provides a way for grassroots community groups, state-wide organizations, sympathetic elected officials, and policy experts to come together to share information . .By linking efforts and knowledge, we will be better able to promote and shape land use decisions to ensure a prosperous economy, a healthy natural environment, and distinctive, integrated and attractive communities while promoting opportunities in education, housing, transportation, and employment for ourselves and future generations.
The Connecticut Housing Program for Economic Growth offers financial incentives and technical assistance to municipalities t. that zone for and allow more compact, mixed-income housing development. The HOME Connecticut program encourages towns to develop in a more compact way, to help affordability and conserve land.
The Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region (seCTer) is a public-private regional economic development agency serving the towns of New London County Connecticut. Its mission is to promote and preserve the region's attractiveness, to encourage new businesses, and to assist and to nurture existing and expanding local enterprises. It has a comprehensive web site that provides potential investors and companies with town-specific information on economic opportunities, available properties, industry resources, etc. Sprague is a member of seCTer’s Business Development Committee.
The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (SCCOG) is a public agency with representatives from twenty towns, including Sprague, and formed to provide a basis for intergovernmental cooperation in dealing with a wide range of issues facing Southeastern Connecticut. The Council was organized in October of 1992, taking over the mission of the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Planning Agency (SCRPA), which had been existence since January 1961.
The Connecticut Economic Resource Center is a nonprofit company funded primarily by utility companies with a mission of promoting Connecticut as a competitive business location. It specializes in economic development, research and marketing for local, regional, state and utility economic development entities. It often provides technical assistance to municipalities such as Sprague in the areas of strategic planning and economic feasibility studies of specific town-owned sites.
CERC SiteFinder ® is the most comprehensive listing service of available commercial and industrial properties, for sale or for lease, in Connecticut. Search for a building, site, or office space from our inventory of over 2,500 listings, posted by the hundreds of commercial real estate firms and brokers who are members of SiteFinder. Each listing has a detailed property profile containing information on available space, lease rate or sale price, and much more.
E.D.D.I., or Economic Development Data & Information, is a first-of-its-kind, online database of economic and demographic information for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts and its metro areas, counties and towns. Connecticut and Western Massachusetts are the first states on the East Coast to utilize E.D.D.I., which is based on the LocationOne Information System developed by Midwestern utility company Aquila.
E.D.D.I.'s Connecticut data is complemented by CERC SiteFinder® - the state's most comprehensive list of available commercial and industrial real estate. Used together, E.D.D.I. and SiteFinder are valuable tools for determining the advantages of locating a business in Connecticut.
In carrying out its mission the Connecticut Rural Development Council provides coordination and serves as a catalyst for collaboration among organizations. Its goal is to preserve the rich heritage and unique physical, economic and social qualities of life in rural Connecticut. It offers technical assistance in the areas of participatory planning and community coalition building in order for towns to reach unified decisions regarding development and growth.
Additional Links
Municipal Alternative
Uses for the Mukluk Property developed by sub-committee
interested in exploring uses in addition to open space.
