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New Restaurant Coming to Old Premier Pets Location

Windsor Center Plaza's empty premier pets location is scheduled to become the home of Windsor's newest restaurant.

You can increase the number of eateries in town by one, hopefully.

Pending approval from town planning and zoning, Windsor's newest restaurant is slated to pop up in what was formerly Premier Pets of the Windsor Center Plaza.

According to town documents, an application and plans have been submitted to convert half of the Premier Pets location into a take-out Chinese restaurant.

The applicant, Zhen An Li of New Britain, said the restaurant would benefit the town in that it "will attract more people to Windsor Center" by "servicing delicious Chinese food to the town!"

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If approved, the new Chinese restaurant would be the sixth in a line of eateries to set their eyes on Windsor in the past year.

In a recent presentation to the town council, Town Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Anita Mips said four new businesses opened over the last year — all food establishments.

The four establishments that have opened are Izote, Popeye's, Moneta Moments and Get Baked.

The new chinese restaurant would also be the second eatery to set its eyes on Windsor Center, with Dorothy and Leroy's purchasing the old Whistle Stop location with plans of expaning its soul food operations.

According to the town, the applicant has already leased the property, which is owned by a Southbury, CT realty group, but has sent an appeal to the planning and zoning department regarding the expiration of its special use permit.

A special meeting, as requested by the applicant, has been scheduled from November 30, and will include a public hearing.

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Tim Curtis May 23, 2013 at 07:48 pm
Dear Michaela Fissel, You gave some very sound and concrete reasons as to the positives about livingRead More in Windsor. And I couldn't agree more. But then you become very vague about what specifically the differences you and your friends have seen in Windsor today. It would be very helpful to be as specific with the negatives as you were with the positives. BOE issues have been a part of Windsor, going back to at least 1984 when we first moved to town. Verbal shouting matches were not uncommon at meetings. But we've worked things out. My suggestion to you would be to visit the schools, talk to the principals and the teachers. Observe a class. Those were the people who sold us on education in Windsor, not the BOE. Tim Curtis
George Slate May 22, 2013 at 06:45 pm
Yes, success has many parents. I truly do not want to taint your story, but my question is: DoesRead More WEF have enough money to fund an EER by a legitimate researcher (or are you willing to start up a collection?)? If you do, maybe in five years you can do a similar story about our High School.
CatherineDennis May 21, 2013 at 08:45 pm
Congrats to all students, parents, teachers and administrators at Sage Park. It would seem thatRead More mission statements, transparency, parent involvement all equal excellence. How much would you charge to teach these basics to those that feel the need to hire college students from Chicago to review WHS-those very same people that congratulated you tonight? The students achievements that were honored tonight were very impressive and you make us all proud. Keep up the great work at Sage Park.
George Slate May 21, 2013 at 05:07 pm
Thank you Al and Bill for the follow up comments. For both, as I understand it, the fancy words are,Read More longitudinal studies. Take the same students, or group of students if the individual data is not available, and see how the test results go from third grade to high school. I've only done a quick scan of the test results for Windsor that R. Eleveld gave us a link to earlier. Along with understanding the Town's audited financial statements (which Bill might help me with), this longitudinal information is something that I hope to work through as time permits. As I write this, I should consider a FOI to see if it already exists. If it already exists, I'm surprised that all of us do not already have easy access to it. When I have the information gathered, I will share summaries here. And for the two of you, I will share the detailed spreadsheets. As I recall, even last night the conversation centered on the High School for turn around, and regardless of what we think of the person currently engaged for the EER, the EER is for the High School only.
Bill Generous May 21, 2013 at 04:46 pm
George, keep in mind that after middle school at Sage Park, some students go to other public orRead More private high schools. Studies comparing the middle and high school should concentrate on students that have attended both.
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Albert Williams May 20, 2013 at 03:40 pm
Just curious...any relation to Griffin Land, Imperial Nursuries, River Bend Associates?
R Eleveld May 21, 2013 at 03:44 pm
@Slate The BoE originally said they did not believe the Town Ethics Commission had purview over theRead More BoE. Yes in November the voters can choose to continue the behavior with the current party in the majority. See the comment of WR who says a Councilor accepted responsibility here: http://windsor.patch.com/groups/schools/p/council-approves-reduction-in-education-funding
George Slate May 20, 2013 at 02:27 pm
R Eleveld - Just to clarify, The Town Ethics Committee ruled (1) that the BOE is subject to the TownRead More Ethics Code, but (2) they do not have jurisdiction over violations of BOE by laws violations. When someone is brought in front of an Ethics Committee, and comes out vindicated, one of two things happen. They are humbled, or emboldened. The BOE President, and the Superintendent of Schools are emboldened because virtually nothing stands in their way of two person absolute rule, until November 2013. The only obstacle is for one of the Democrat BOE members joining the other four BOE members to reign (the pun works all too well here) them in (this appears unlikely). What is the old saying, Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely? So we have to wait until November to try and fix this situation. In the meantime the voters in Windsor can keep voting NO on the referenda to send the message that we do not want dysfunctional BOE oversight. Or we could get back a functional BOE. Since September 12, 2012, this possibility grow less likely each day.
R Eleveld May 20, 2013 at 10:18 am
@Michele, you are correct. The TC can only provide the BoE an amount of money, it can not in anywayRead More tell the BoE what to do with that money. It could make suggestions, however they carry the same weight as any citizen making any suggestion to the BoE. State law has created the BoE as an island unto itself. They do not even think they are subject to the Town Ethics Code. The voters do have the power to change what they do not like in November. The question is will they again repeat the prior behavior and vote in those that will not make change. Remember Einstein's definition of insanity. It applies here.
R Eleveld May 20, 2013 at 10:22 am
They did a good job of investigation along with Ms. Fissel. in the article: Some investigationRead More yields more questions. I ask some questions about the timing of this whole situation. It is now become an embarrassment to Windsor, Loyola, and Dr. James. The idea of this research/study is important, however this execution is fraught with problems and serious concerns. http://windsor.patch.com/groups/r-elevelds-blog/p/some-investigation-yields-more-questions