Not only will New Milford & Connecticut benefit from the production of ethanol, the sale of town-owned property for a cash-infusion, the entire state and even the northeast will benefit from the close vicinity of an ethanol plant that will ease the distribution and availability of ethanol for the ever-growing demand (and government mandates).
As with any ethanol or cellulosic ethanol proposal, there are many viewpoints on both sides of the many issues these types of plants raise. I will do my "infomediary & intermediary" duties by attempting to log some of these viewpoints for ethanol plants in their early phases around the U.S. and Canada. In the mean time, here are some sites that already are helping to provide the information we are all seeking: