NORWICH – Last year, the City of Norwich received a grant to sponsor a program to revitalize Norwich. Now, more than a year after the first meeting of the process was held, a second meeting has been planned.

The Opportunities to Revitalize Norwich program, sponsored by a grant through the Department of State’s Brownfield Opportunity Area Program, began last September, with an informational meeting held to identify underutilized sites on the east side of Norwich, and to determine their future potential. At the second meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at Norwich City Court, a report on the properties identified in the first meeting will be presented to the public.

Scott LaMountain of Shelter Planning, has spent the last year researching the histories of the 15 properties originally identified. “The Opportunities to Revitalize Norwich program is a community driven initiative that seeks to develop a strategy for the revitalization of specific properties and provide a road map to return the vacant, underutilized, abandoned or environmentally effected properties to productive use,” a draft copy of Thursday’s report reads.