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 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 MoreDr. Ken Udas has been appointed as the next president of Charter Oak State College, Connecticut’s public online college, by the Board of Regents of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU). He will begin his term next month.
Read MoreMeta is urging, for meaningful progress to happen, TikTok and YouTube to “join us and state attorneys general in adopting this new standard, to ensure teens use social media in a healthy and responsible way.”
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.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has awarded more than $3 million in unrestricted operating grants to nonprofit organizations across Greater New Haven providing flexible funding at a critical time for many.
Read MoreHartford is the No. 6 most affordable metro for minimum-wage renters, with rent for a one-bedroom apartment consuming 55% of a worker’s gross monthly income, data shows.
Read MoreQuantumCT has announced four Phase 2 Pilot Projects developed in collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn) and Yale University. The projects are funded by UConn, Yale, and numerous industry collaborators.
Read MoreThe Greater Hartford Gives Foundation has awarded 15 agencies grant awards totaling $249,300 over one year to support a variety of projects that serve individuals with visual impairments throughout the region.
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