State Unveils Business Recruitment Video Promoting “Place People Love to Live”
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NBT Bank Seeks Home in Greater Hartford as Banking Shuffle Continues
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One bank’s merger is apparently another’s opportunity. With the recent consolidation of some key players in Connecticut’s banking market, new players – large and smaller - from neighboring New York are joining, and growing, on the financial landscape of the Constitution State.
Read MoreWestport, Shelton Among Nation's Best Small Cities, Analysis Shows
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Westport and Shelton are among the Best Small Cities in America, according to a new national analysis. The two Connecticut communities, ranking 33rd and 57th respectively, were the only representatives of the Constitution State to reach the top 100.
Read MoreChange at the Helm of CT Technology Council is Latest in State's Economic Development Landscape
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Less than 10 months after being named as the new CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC), Derek Slap is moving on. It has been a year of new faces and changes in the state’s economic development line-up.
Read MoreKey to CT Economy, Manufacturing Growth Strongest in Eastern CT
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Eastern Connecticut manufacturing jobs grew four times as fast as the rest of the state between 2015 and 2019, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association is reporting. Two-thirds of all statewide manufacturing job growth during that period took place in the region's 41 communities.
Read MoreShoppers Alert: SoNo Collection Set to Debut in Norwalk
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It’s big, splashy and opening its doors in Norwalk. The SoNo Collection mall is scheduled to open this week, two and a half years after construction began. It is owner Brookfield Properties biggest retail project in the Northeast since an expansion a decade ago of the Natick Collection mall in Massachusetts. The three-story project features 725,000 square feet of retail space, three atriums, a bowling alley and a rooftop-level garden.
Read MoreManufacturing Day to Feature Companies Across Connecticut
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With modern, advanced manufacturing producing 21st century job opportunities in Connecticut and elsewhere across the country, and the number of retirements across the manufacturing fields growing, the spotlight is increasingly on industries that aren’t what they used to be.
Read MoreShort Term Rentals on the Increase; State, Local Regulatory Oversight Less Certain
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Are short term rentals (STRs), better known by their popular brand names such as Airbnb, good news for municipalities or asking for trouble? A new report by the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments seeks to air some of the pros and cons, as the number of stays (and income to hosts) continue to grow rapidly.
Read MoreBusy Logan is Good News for Growing Bradley
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New Englanders are flying more often to more destinations, and indications are that the trend will continue. Published reports suggest that the region’s largest airport, Logan in Boston, is on track to becoming one of the 10 busiest airports in the United States by 2022. That’s good news for the region’s second largest, Connecticut’s Bradley International.
Read MoreTravelers Championship Raises $2.1 Million for Local Charities
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The Travelers Championship has announced that the 2019 tournament generated more than $2.1 million for 150 local charities, including this year’s primary beneficiary, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. The impact of the tournament, one of the most highly regarded on the PGA Tour, reverberates throughout the state.
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