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February 10, 2023

SERC to complete move to Waterbury’s former Timexpo Museum building next week

Michael Puffer | Hartford Business Journal The Timexpo Museum building at 175 Union St., Waterbury.
By Michael Puffer

A quasi-public education agency working across the state has begun its move from Middletown into the former Timexpo Museum in the heart of Waterbury.

The board of the Naugatuck Valley Regional Development Agency, which owns the building, last year approved a lease of 11,568 “usable” square feet at the Timexpo building to the State Education Resource Center, commonly known as SERC.  

The three-story brick building is in the Brass Mill Commons shopping complex on Union Street. It has been dormant since the museum closed in 2015. As of next week, the building will host 10 SERC administrative and finance staff, and will also serve as home base for approximately 40 staff working with districts and the State Department of Education.

“It’s a beautiful building within the heart of the city,” SERC Executive Director Ingrid M. Canady said, according to a release on Thursday announcing the move. “We’re excited to become part of a vibrant area, and we look forward to being in a space that’s open and welcoming to everyone.”
SERC will use the ground floor for its education-focused public library, as well as meeting and training space.

Under the lease approved by the NVRDC last year, SERC will make payments of $220,370 yearly for the first five years and $242,407 in each of the following five years. SERC has the right to extend the lease for an additional decade, paying $266,648 annually for the first five additional years, and $293,313 yearly for the following five.

SERC started in 1969 as a small library on the campus of St. Joseph College. It has since grown, predominantly in Middletown, as an education consulting and training entity serving both the State Department of Education and municipal school departments, including Waterbury’s.

According to Thursday’s release, Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O’Leary said the move provides local educators and families to SERC’s training, support, research and professional development tools.

“We couldn’t ask for a better partner to relocate to Waterbury than the State Education Resource Center,” O’Leary said. 

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