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New Canaan Nature Center outlines capital plans, cites $200,000 private grant for greenhouse
Summary
The Nature Center reported roughly $2.3 million in revenue last year, described ongoing projects including the Kiwanis Pond dredge and invasive-species removals, and said it had secured a $200,000 private foundation grant toward a proposed greenhouse and native-seed propagation program; the center is not requesting town funds now but anticipates possible future participation for building-code remediation and capital work.
Bill Flynn, executive director of the New Canaan Nature Center, briefed the Town Council on Nov. 19 about recent conservation projects, program activity and preliminary capital plans, and said the center had received a private $200,000 grant toward a proposed greenhouse project.
Flynn said the nature center’s combined revenue last year was “about 2 point just over 2,300,000.0,” and described program mixes: 141 preschool students (about 86% New Canaan residents) and a large summer-camp program (the transcript noted attendance figures). He outlined completed…
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