Riverfront Recapture Expands Geography with New Land Purchase on Hartford-Windsor Line

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Riverfront Recapture Expands Geography with New Land Purchase on Hartford-Windsor Line

RIverfront Recapture has purchased 60 acres of riverfront land on the Hartford-Windsor town line to build a new community park. The acquisition will allow Riverfront Recapture to complete a regional trail connection between the Hartford and Windsor, and will complete a seven-mile multi-use public transportation system extending from South Windsor to Hartford with connections to East Hartford and Glastonbury.

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Connecticut Invention Convention Names New Leader; Prep Underway for 2021 Event

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Connecticut Invention Convention Names New Leader; Prep Underway for 2021 Event

STEM educator Christine Lawlor-King has been named the new executive director of the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating invention education program for student inventors. For 2021, student invention applications are now being judged over a period of several weeks via a virtual portal system. A virtual "award ceremony" will take place on May 23 at 6pm, via YouTube and Facebook.

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Women In Bio Launches 14th Chapter, WIB-Connecticut, Connecting Women in the Life Sciences

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Women In Bio Launches 14th Chapter, WIB-Connecticut, Connecting Women in the Life Sciences

Women In Bio (WIB), a national organization of professionals committed to promoting the careers, leadership and entrepreneurship of all women in the life sciences, chose Connecticut as home to its 14th and newest chapter in North America. The new chapter will have its kick-off event virtually on April 20, bringing the perspectives of panelists from pharma, academia, and the BioCT organization.

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State Encourages More Diversity Across Skilled Trades to Boost Workforce

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State Encourages More Diversity Across Skilled Trades to Boost Workforce

Careers in the trades can offer a rewarding job with good pay and opportunities for growth. That fundamental reality explains why Connecticut is looking to better connect the potential career paths of job seekers with the increasing need amongst employers for individuals qualified in the skilled trades. An initiative announced this week by Gov. Lamont and top state officials is focused around a newly published step-by-step informational guide to pursuing a career in the skilled trades.

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Organizations to be Recognized for Work Highlighting Connecticut History

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Organizations to be Recognized for Work Highlighting Connecticut History

Connecticut organizations that focus on aspects of the state’s history will be receiving 2021 Awards of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) at a virtual awards on Tuesday, April 20. The awards come amidst a new commitment to expand diversity and equity across the organization’s membership.

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Latino Communities Reporting Lab Launched by Meriden Record-Journal

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Latino Communities Reporting Lab Launched by Meriden Record-Journal

The RJ Media Group, publisher of the Meriden Record-Journal newspaper, has launched a Latino Communities Reporting Lab in partnership with the Meriden-Wallingford Community Foundation. The initiative grew out of conversations with community stakeholders and those who participated in a listening tour conducted in Meriden and surrounding communities within the paper’s circulation area during the last five months.

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Community Foundation Attacks Twin Pandemics in Historic Effort

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Community Foundation Attacks Twin Pandemics in Historic Effort

Calling the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial inequity “fundamental challenges to people’s lives in Greater New Haven,” The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven began the year by launching Stepping Forward, an unprecedented commitment of $26 million to address these issues, and the largest community investment in The Community Foundation’s history.

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