The couple purchased the Manresa Island property with plans to turn it into a public park and community hub as a gift to ...

Plans to turn the long-restricted Manresa Island in Norwalk into a 125-acre public park, beach and nature center represent a ...

Austin and Allison McChord plan to transform Norwalk’s decommissioned Manresa Island power plant into a community park, ...

Austin and Allison McChord have pledged to transform an abandoned industrial site into an ecological waterfront park as a ...

Austin and Allison McChord on Tuesday discuss their project to convert Manresa Island into a publicly accessible park. (Photo ...

The former industrial power plant of Manresa Island in Norwalk on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, which Philanthropist Austin and ...

A Norwalk, Connecticut couple is using their private philanthropy to buy Manresa Island, the 125-acre site of a former ...

A Connecticut couple plans to transform an abandoned industrial island into a fully accessible and dynamic natural park and community destination.

Manresa Island will become a “one-of-its-kind community hub” and the abandoned power plant there will house recreational ...

For decades, Manresa Island spewed coal and oil pollution into nearby neighborhoods. But thanks to tech entrepreneur Austin ...

Austin McChord, the founder of cybersecurity company Datto and a Norwalk native, is behind the new plans for Manresa Island, along with his wife Allison. Manresa Island is a 125-acre parcel at the ...