More than two dozen New Haven city officials and local public-education leaders gathered in the library of Career High School at 140 Legion Ave. to celebrate a new fund, which will be seeded with $200,000 from developer Carter Winstanley as part of a community benefits agreement related to the 101 College St. project nearby.
City Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli said on Tuesday that the fund will provide up to $3,000 per year for up to two years for students from the Hill, Dwight, and downtown neighborhoods who enroll in bioscience and STEM-related programs at Gateway Community College.
The fund will also provide up to $5,000 per year for up to four years for students from those same three neighborhoods if they enroll in the Biopath program at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU).