Five Fairfield County Business Leaders Earn Recognition

Five Fairfield County Business Leaders Earn Recognition

Westfair Business Publications produces Business Journals for Westchester County in New York and adjacent Fairfield County in Connecticut. Once each month the publications join forces, otherwise they are separate and distinct publications. At year’s end Westfair sought to name a Person of the Year, but opted instead to name a top ten, five representing each county.

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State Launches Third Consecutive $1 Million Seasonal Tourism Ad Campaign

State Launches Third Consecutive $1 Million Seasonal Tourism Ad Campaign

The Connecticut Office of Tourism is launching a new winter marketing campaign reflecting Connecticut’s dynamic, diverse public places. The new $1 million “The State I’m In” campaign, announced by Gov. Ned Lamont this week, is aimed at supporting Connecticut’s tourism industry.

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Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live: Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live:  Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Since March 2020, more than 42% of the U.S. population has either moved or considered moving, according to recent data. The annual Top 100 Best Places to Live In America analysis by the website Livibility includes four Connecticut communities – Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury and New Haven.

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Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

More than 500 guns were purchased and 350 gun safes were distributed on a Saturday in October in Connecticut, in what was billed as the first Statewide Gun Buyback. Participating communities, under the umbrella of the #KeepKids Safe initiative, included Bridgeport, Guilford, Hartford, Newtown, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.

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Task Force, Working Group Tackling Issues Impacting Senior Citizens; Created by Legislature to Focus on Fraud, Senior Centers

Task Force, Working Group Tackling Issues Impacting Senior Citizens; Created by Legislature to Focus on Fraud, Senior Centers

The Connecticut legislature established a 10-member task force to study ways to protect seniors from fraud, this past spring. The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the Aging and Human Services committees of the legislature by the first of next month, January 1, 2022.

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One Million Mattresses Recycled in Connecticut's First-in-the-Nation Program

One Million Mattresses Recycled in Connecticut's First-in-the-Nation Program

After just six years of the nation’s first statewide mattress recycling program, more than 1 million mattresses and box springs have been recycled in Connecticut. The impact has been tangible - resulting in the diversion of more than 18,000 tons of steel, foam, fibers and wood from landfill and incineration, according to program officials.

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