LA, Philly & Storrs: America's Top 3 Cities for College Basketball Fans
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The top three Best Cities for College Basketball Fans: Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Storrs.
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Home-Grown Lenda Selected to Lead Connecticut's Office of Tourism
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Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that Rachel Lenda, a Connecticut native, will serve as the new director of the Connecticut Office of Tourism. A year ago, she told legislators “It is time we took our cultural and tourism assets and gave them the attention they desperately deserve.”
Read MoreCT Convention & Sports Bureau Honored by Smart Meetings As a “2023 Platinum Choice Awards” Winner
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The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS), with responsibility for marketing all of Connecticut as a premier destination for international, national, regional, and statewide conferences, conventions, and major sports events, has been named a winner of Smart Meetings magazine’s 2023 Platinum Choice Awards.
Read MoreHartford Artists Featured, Art Organizations Recognized for Support of Greater Hartford’s Creative Economy
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The Greater Hartford community—including artists, arts supporters, arts and nonprofit organizations—came together this month to celebrate and showcase 10 artist fellows who participated in the 2nd Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program, an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace in Hartford.
Read MoreBridgeport's Barnum Museum Earns Designation as City's First National Historic Landmark
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The Barnum Musuem in Bridgeport was recently designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) by the National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Designation is the highest historic designation that a property can receive - and it is the first such designation in the City of Bridgeport.
Read MoreYale Professor to Lead Session at Sports Statistics Symposium at Harvard Later This Month
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With the demand for data, analytical tools, and a competitive edge on the rise in professional and collegiate sports, the 2023 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports to be held later this month will feature new findings, applications, and insight into player performance and team success. A Yale professor will lead a key panel session.
Read MoreTravelers Championship Will Be Signature Event in 2024 Following Record-Breaking 2023
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The Travelers Championship will be one of the PGA TOUR’s Signature Events next year, setting the stage for back-to-back stand-out fields and strong crowds. The only PGA TOUR event in New England will once again feature the best players on the PGA TOUR competing for a $20 million purse.
Read MoreCultural and Historic Sites Across CT to Receive State Funding Support
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Connecticut will be providing more than $7 million in state grants to nonprofit organizations across the state for facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cultural and historic sites.
Read More$9 Million in Federal Funds Will Support Senior Center Upgrades Across CT
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State leaders have announced that the Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services has been awarded $10 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will be used to support upgrades and enhancements at senior centers statewide.
Read MoreHartford Creates Expands Creative Economy and Draws Crowds into Hartford
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Hartford Creates - an arts mobilization partnership between the City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Arts Council (GHAC) - has launched the second year of the Hartford Creates initiative. It is a year-round arts program designed to elevate the creative economy; increase engagement and increase diversity within the arts community; and create access and awareness of the arts through strategic activation.
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