Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC), in partnership with the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG), announced today that the region has been awarded a USDA Rural Business Development Grant to support a year long initiative aimed at strengthening and growing the downtowns of Plainfield, Killingly, Putnam, and Thompson.
Read MoreA new UConn report urges the state to focus on the "application layer," where AI is embedded inside operating industries and value flows to proprietary data, deep domain expertise, and physical assets that cannot relocate.
Read MoreThe economic reality facing Connecticut’s most vulnerable households isn’t reflected in topline numbers about the state’s recent economic successes, New Haven-based policy research and child advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children said in a new report this month.
Read MoreWhile the vast majority of Connecticut parents regularly read to and engage in bonding activities with their young children, economic disparities and systemic barriers, such as work demands, lack of accessible books, and representation gaps, are limiting low-income and racially diverse families, according to new findings released recently.
Read MoreAn analysis recently released by the Economic Policy Institute noted that 588,000 immigrants reside in Connecticut, comprising 16.2% of the total population in the state.
Read MoreAccording to a recently released data analysis, Connecticut is the nation’s 15th most diverse state.
Read MoreFairfield County’s Community Foundation recently announced an increase in Community Impact grants to address the rising and urgent needs of 200 nonprofit organizations serving residents in the region.
Read MoreAfter more than three years of construction to expand and enhance many elements of the terminal at Bradley International Airport (BDL), the expansion of the main TSA security checkpoint is now fully operational for passengers.
Read MoreConnecticut is joining its neighbor New England states—including Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—to host a regional policy summit to explore the potential role of advanced nuclear technologies in the region’s evolving energy system.
Read MoreThe MetroHartford Alliance’s Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services (CT IFS) and the state Connecticut Insurance Department are co-hosting the third annual Insuring the Future summit, October 29 in the Insurance Capital.
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