Part II

CREATE THE PATHS & LIGHT THE WAY

To many, the Mixmaster was more a mess than an efficient system. When the highway was improved, though, it sparked a flurry of development projects that will impact Waterbury’s cultural, educational, and corporate fabric for generations to come.

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Jamie Sarracco

Sarracco Mechanical Services

Neil O’Leary

The Mixmaster

Dannel Malloy

Freight Street

Metro-North Railroad

Greenway

Ned Lamont

Waterbury Career Academy

Daiana Lilo

CT State Naugatuck Valley

Post University

Howland-Hughes Building

UConn Waterbury

Fumiko Hoeft

Palace Theater

Bob Dylan

Bill Clinton

Frank Tavera

Mattatuck Museum

Bob Burns

Waterbury Green

Holy Land USA

Joe Pisani

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