Governor Lamont’s Chief of Staff was in Redding yesterday to take a tour of the former Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill site. The state recently approved for a $200,000 brownfields remediation grant to assess the manufacturing company property for redevelopment. State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan took the tour with Paul Mounds, led by Redding First Selectman Julia Pemberton. The town has long hoped to turn the site into a walkable downtown village and multi-use development with affordable housing.