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"Historic mills and factories make prime 21st century workplaces," according to the Connecticut Development Authority.

Add affluent Fairfield County demographics and a ready-made customer base, and you've got Georgetown's new village center.

River Rendering

Besides its 416 units of residential housing, the revitalized village offers retail locations, restaurants, office space and light manufacturing.

Georgetown will be home to a wide assortment of quality retailers that reflect the needs of residents, don't compete with existing local businesses and complement the character of the village.

And with a Smart Growth emphasis on creating a safe and inviting walkable neighborhood-with pedestrian trails, wide sidewalks and a compact/dense building design—foot traffic is the whole idea.

For those not on foot, there are options: a parking garage adjacent to the reopened Metro North Commuter Railroad station linking Georgetown with New York City's Grand Central Station.

Beautiful historic buildings from the old Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill days-some dating back to the late 1700s and including the Georgetown Church-are being carefully renovated and are available to commercial tenants.

Georgetown's shops, restaurants and offices will be side by side with existing tenant businesses that celebrate the area's rich history, such as the U.S. Park Service's maintenance facility for Weir Farm, Connecticut's only national park.

Imagine walking to work. Imagine it taking five minutes. Part of the mixed-use nature of Georgetown includes affordable loft-style apartments, where employees of lessee businesses can live near their shops.

All the buildings-new or renovated-will be energy-efficient and designed to function via the latest green technology, including photovoltaics and green roofs. Thanks to the reinstallation of the turbine on the 18-foot waterfall that powered the wire mill for years, a hydroelectric facility will provide electricity to one of the commercial buildings.

Local officials are working with GLDC to spruce up downtown Georgetown by linking it to the G&B site with new shops and businesses. The developer and Town of Redding are working to secure state and federal grant money to pay for paving and lighting streets and putting utilities underground on Main Street and Old Mill Road. As a result, underutilized lots on Main Street can expect to attract new retail tenants.

Current local business owners can't wait, saying the Georgetown redevelopment plan will bring in a lot of jobs and new people, and calling it "the new gateway to Redding."