HAMDEN, CT — Residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the future of Sleeping Giant State Park at a public meeting hosted by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection next week. The DEEP will discuss restoration plans for the park following the devastating tornado of 2018. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Hamden Town Hall, 2750 Dixwell Ave.

The public meeting is part of a "mini-master planning" effort to restore and enhance sections of the park seriously damaged in a 2018 tornado and macro burst storm, according to the DEEP.

"Since that time, Connecticut State Parks staff, contractors, and volunteers from the Sleeping Giant Park Association have been working to clean up damage to buildings and the landscapes from the storm," the DEEP said in a press release. "Now that the damaged buildings and trees have been removed, the lower portion of the park is ready for restoration and enhancement."