For Peace of Mind, ESPN Wants a Piece of Road

ESPN is asking the city for a portion of Ronzo Road. It's the part that starts after the Locknetics driveway and runs only to ESPN buildings and parking lots.

The company owns the land on both sides of the road and wants the piece of public road to improve employee safety and security on its sprawling campus.

ESPN first raised the issue with Mayor Art Ward in early June, Mike Soltys, an ESPN executive told me.

City councilors will consider the request at their meeting Tuesday night.

The diagram at the top of this post is part of the paperwork ESPN filed with the city in hopes of getting the piece of the road.

I wrote about this for Tuesday's edition of The Bristol Press, so if you want more info, check it out at http://www.bristolpress.com/.

More New Jobs at ESPN's Bristol Headquarters

ESPN is moving its publication ESPN The Magazine to Bristol, the company said today.
The move will take place next year, according to ESPN Vice President Mike Soltys.
That's means 125 jobs moving to the Mum City. It's likely that there will be openings for at least some of them.
That's excellent news for Bristol and for Connecticut.
I didn't write about this today for The Bristol Press. I'm off for a couple of days and I have to draw the line somewhere. But for my loyal Extra B.S. readers, well, I had to offer a little bit.
I'll be sure to return to the story when I'm back at work next week.

A Bird's Eye View of the Awards Ceremony

ESPN doesn't have enough stuff to decorate all those buildings with. Believe me, it's all bare walls and empty trophy cases in there.
(That's why security is so tight... they don't want anyone to know they don't have any furnishings.)
Anyway, thank goodness Gov. Rell and the state's culture and tourism people picked Bristol's own World Wide Leader for an Award for Excellence in Culture and Tourism. Now they have a nice little statuette for their trophy case.
This is a nice thing, though. The picture at the left is a view from above the atrium in the Legislative Office Building where they held the awards ceremony.
ESPN Vice President Mike Soltys was there to accept the award on behalf of the company and his lovely wife Teresa was there to see it. That's them in the front row, on the right side of the circle. She's wearing light colored clothing and he's just another dot in a dark suit.