2018
December
TILL overviews legislative remedy to relieve Town of Redding taxpayers of the legal and financial morass of the Georgetown Special Taxing District with Representative-Elect Anne Hughes and Senator-Elect Will Haskell
November
Representative-elect Hughes reviews the flawed 2005 Georgetown Special Taxing District legislation and the legal remedy of 2017 CT Brownfield Land Bank Legislation Public Act 17-214.
State Representative Anne Hughes (“I’m running to be your state representative because the status quo is killing us.”) and State Senator Will Haskell (“Young people aren’t the future of Connecticut, we’re the present.”) win decisive victories in November 2018 mid-term elections.
October
TILL principal Olivia Greenspan attends 2018 Clinton Global Initative University at the University of Chicago
TILL presents “Connecticut ReTooled: Leveraging Connecticut’s Knowledge Communities to Grow Prosperous Knowledge Economies,” Bruce Museum, Greenwich
September
TILL launches collaborationwith ecological fashion designer Jacob Olmedo, Jacob Olmedo Studio
TILL hosts a community conversation with Clinton, CT, native Zanagee Artis, head of logistics for Zero Hour, the national youth-led climate change movement
TILL launches a month of Sunday afternoon community conversationsto discuss application of P.A. 17-214 to remedy the flawed 2005 legislation enabling the Georgetown Special Taxing District in the Town of Redding
August
“Earth Age: Artists for the 22nd Century,” graduate seminar based on Georgetown mill site, Program in Art, Media, and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NYC
TILL continues to overview GSTD legal remedy with Town of Redding First Selectman in Redding
TILL overviews plant-based remediation with the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Department of Economic and Community Development in Hartford
TILL overviews GSTD legal remedy with District 135 Representative Adam Dunsby in Easton
TILL continues to overview GSTD legal remedy with the Department of Economic and Community Development in Hartford
July
TILL overviews GSTD legal remedy with the Department of Economic and Community Development in Hartford
TILL principal Jane Philbrick presents at LASER NYC
TILL introduces option for GSTD legal remedy with Town of Redding and respective counsel
Introduce TILL mission of holistic brownfield regeneration to Rivers Alliance of Connecticut leadership Margaret Miner and Martha Smith, with Norwalk River Watershed Association president Louise Washer in Roxbury, Connecticut
June
Introduce TILL mission of holistic brownfield regeneration to District 136 State Representative Jonathan Steinberg in Westport
May
TILL meeting with Governor Dannel P. Malloy in Hartford to discuss legal remedy to the Georgetown Special Taxing District, including P.A. 17-214 and bankruptcy option
TILL publishes in Cornerstone Capital Journal of Sustainable Finance & Banking
TILL presentation to Secure Our Future Energy (“SAFE”), Washington, D.C., think tank for autonomous vehicles
Meeting with US Congressman Jim Himes’ congressional aide Justin Meuse in Washington, D.C.
April
Open call for artist residency, “Dirt & Debt,” Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn
Test ride Olli, the world’s first 3D-printed, electric, autonomous, multi-person vehicle, in Clarksburg, MD
Discuss legislative remedy to special taxing district quagmire with US Senator Chris Murphy’s office
March
TILL presentation in Shelton, “Ca$h Flow$ and Debt Mountain$:The True Cost of Conventional Real Estate Development,” with fashion designer Jacob Olmedo, hosted by “Save Our Shelton“
Introduce TILL vision to Will Haskell, candidate for CT State Senate, District 26
February
Introduce TILL method of holistic brownfield regeneration to Director and Representative of the Office for Planning Advocacy for the State of NJ
TILL proposes 2017 CT brownfield land bank legislation, P.A. 17-214, as potential remedy for Georgetown wire mill quagmire to TILL counsel
January
TILL exchanges strategies on community-based advocacy with Greg Tetro, “Save Our Shelton”
TILL introduces mission of holistic brownfield regeneration to Newburgh, NY, city planner
“MetroPractice: Artist in the World,” graduate seminar, Program in Art, Media, and Technology,
Parsons School of Design, The New School