Mary Welander

I want to wish everyone a very happy holiday! I hope all of you get the opportunity to relax and enjoy your favorite holiday traditions and festivities.

On top of securing my funding request for Orange on the Bond Commission's, my colleagues and I in Derby, also secured an additional $200,000 on the Commission's agenda to replace an elevator and windows at Century Center,TEAM, Inc.'s headquarters.

Representative Mary Welander (D-Orange, Derby, Woodbridge) announced today that the $200,000 state bonding request for the construction of Orange's first ever accessible public playground has been placed on the state's bonding commission's agenda by the Governor.

A new state program was launched Wednesday that will provide $2.7 million to colleges and universities in Connecticut as they respond to the ongoing student mental health challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, I was happy to join Governor Ned Lamont, Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Derby Mayor Richard Dziekan, CTDOT Commissioner Joseph Giulietti, my legislative colleagues and other state and local officials to announce a $12.6 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grant from the U.S.