741 Colonel Ledyard Highway  
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339  
TOWN OF LEDYARD  
Economic Development Commission  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Chairman  
John Vincent  
Regular Meeting  
Tuesday, August 4, 2026  
6:00 PM  
Town Hall Annex - Hybrid Format  
I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Vice Chairman Hary called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the  
Town Hall Annex Building. Chairman Hary welcomed all to the Hybrid Meeting.  
II.  
ROLL CALL  
Commissioner Carol Ann Schneider  
Recording Secretary Michael Dreimiller  
Chairman John Vincent  
Present  
Commissioner Michael Cherry  
Commissioner Peter Hary  
Commissioner Richard Tashea  
Commissioner Kevin Aherne  
Absent  
In addition, the following were present:  
Mayor Fred Allyn III  
Director of Land Use & Planning, Elizabeth Burdick  
III.  
IV.  
ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA  
Add “Events Magazine” to Old Business as item A and “Business Survey” as item F.  
PRESENTATIONS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
None.  
V.  
CORRESPONDENCE  
None.  
VI.  
RESIDENTS & PROPERTY OWNER COMMENTS  
None.  
VII. MEMBER COMMENTS  
None.  
VIII. REPORTS  
Mayor’s Report  
A.  
They’re working on the early stages of an application for a $1 million USDA Grant to  
line the sewer system through the Highlands. This would provide 20-25% more capacity  
to our sewer system due to the groundwater infiltration currently. 2nd round is just  
starting.  
SeCTer meeting about a pilot program through the State of daycare facilities in single  
family homes up to 10 seats per house over the next couple of years. Ledyard is about  
2500 seats shy of meeting the childcare demand and this program will only provide about  
120 seats over next several years. The plus side of having home-based facilities is that  
the red tape is much less onerous than it is for large scale facilities.  
Planner’s Report  
B.  
Planning & Zoning subcommittee is on home stretch for updating their housing  
regulations. They’ll meet on Aug. 27th to send it off to the full commission and to set a  
public hearing.  
Last month Planning & Zoning Commission approved 36 multi-family units behind  
Ledyard Center School. They’ll be connected to public water and sewer. Those are in  
addition to the 12 units in back half of school.  
Site plan for 72 townhouse units at 1947 expected to be approved at the August meeting.  
HOA owner occupied, not rentals.  
Two subdivisions, one through Wetlands and at Wetlands, coming in to P&Z soon. One  
at 84 Silas Dean and a 23 lot open space subdivision at 58 and 59 Seabury.  
Going to be having 12 Hyde and 975 Long Cove 14 lot open space resubdivision.  
Stoddards Wharf Rd. affordable housing resubdivision had to be modified to change the  
road location to improve the sight line. Approved at the July. Lot has been cleared.  
Dreimiller asked about 109 Christy Hill Rd. They owner hired a surveyor who flagged  
the wetlands at the 100ft boundary area. Once they did that they were able to show them  
where they could cut trees down. They want to build multi-family housing but she hasn’t  
seen any plans yet.  
Dreimiller asked about the former Lou’s Garage. The landscaper who is leasing it doesn’t  
have his whole business there yet but he has painted it. He coming in tomorrow to  
discuss something about the entrance. Approved without requiring him to put sidewalks  
in because the town already has plans for sidewalks there.  
IX.  
A.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
EDC Regular Meeting Minutes of June 2, 2026  
MOTION to approve the Regular EDC Meeting Minutes of June 2, 2026. Motion Passed  
by the following vote.  
APPROVED AND SO DECLARED  
Carol Ann Schneider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Richard Tashea  
SECONDER:  
6
1
Schneider Dreimiller Vincent Cherry Hary Tashea  
Aherne  
AYE  
ABSENT  
X.  
A.  
OLD BUSINESS  
Events Magazine  
Vincent asked if anyone received the 2nd quarter Events magazine because he didn’t get  
one. Everyone stated that they had received a copy.  
Dreimiller mentioned that the PDF versions of the Event magazine were being uploaded  
to the Town website’s document center but that it stopped around Dec. 2024. The Mayor  
said he’d check with Justin Dube since he was probably the one doing the uploading. He  
agreed that it was a good idea to have those on the website.  
Business Directory Update - Three pending businesses  
B.  
C.  
Vincent asked that everyone review the directory and the Events magazine looking for  
any new businesses that haven’t been added.  
Business Directory Email Program  
Aherne not present to provide an update. Vincent asked if we had paid to increase the  
number of email recipients. Burdick said we have the funds to do so but that it hadn’t  
been done yet.  
Vincent asked about 3 new businesses that he sent to her - Su-May Skin & Beauty, Tati  
Nails, and Krystal Clear Esthetics all located at 1026 Long Cove Rd.  
Dreimiller asked about the three outstanding add requests and Burdick said she’d follow  
up on those.  
Cherry noted a sign in front of Gales Ferry Landing for a new tattoo shop. Dreimiller  
confirmed seeing it as well. Burdick hadn’t heard about that and will look into it.  
RT-12 Streetscape Action Plan Update  
D.  
Vincent asked Cherry where he was at with updating the cost estimates for the 2012  
plans. He noted that he won’t be able to attend the next EDC meeting but that he’ll send  
a scope of work to everyone before then. He’s going to assume that everything will  
increase by 40%. Burdick noted that there is $65,000 in the Town’s budget for the  
engineering work but an RFP will have to be put together to find the engineering firm.  
Dreimiller asked if Cherry was going to leave in the traffic islands that were in the 2012  
report. Cherry agreed that he’d like to leave those in but noted that there are some  
complications that would need to be figured out. Dreimiller also suggested that a  
roundabout at the McDonald’s intersection would help to slow traffic down. Burdick said  
that she had contacted the DOT to get clarification on whether the pond in the  
McDonald’s  
CEDAS Certification/Membership Update and Town sell sheet  
Burdick finally got in touch with them regarding membership.  
E.  
F.  
Dreimiller noted that the submission deadline fo July 20th had passed and that  
applications will re-open in April 2027. He said he thinks we have enough points for  
Bronze certification even without the flowchart, sell sheet, and available properties.  
Resident & Business Surveys (2022) updating and re-running in 2026.  
Dreimiller suggested that we be prepared to vote on this at our next meeting.  
XI.  
A.  
NEW BUSINESS  
2025-2026 Annual Report  
Dreimiller shared his first draft and asked for feedback. Burdick suggested that everyone  
send their comments to her and she’ll forward them.  
Dreimiller asked the Mayor to confirm that he could access the Available Properties  
spreadsheet that he put online. He also asked if the Mayor knew why there was still a For  
Sale sign on the 740 Colonel Ledyard Hwy property where it extends out to Iron St. He  
thought it was probably just an old sign that was never taken down after it was sold, like  
the one at 15 Stoddards Wharf Rd which is currently under contract. Vincent will contact  
the agent on both signs about getting those removed.  
XII. ADJOURNMENT  
Our next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 1st at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex.  
A motion was made by Commissioner Tashea seconded by Commissioner Schneider to  
adjourn at 6:35 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED AND SO DECLARED  
Tashea  
SECONDER: Schneider  
AYE:  
ABSENT:  
6 Dreimiller, Cherry, Vincent, Hary, Schneider, and Tashea  
Aherne  
For the Commission,  
John Vincent, Chairman  
Dated: August 4, 2026  
DISCLAIMER: Although we try to be timely and accurate these are not official records of the  
Town.