Young Professionals Seek to Publicize Food Insecurity in United Way Competition

Young Professionals Seek to Publicize Food Insecurity in United Way Competition

The challenge was to create a public awareness campaign to raise awareness of local resources that address food insecurity in the Greater Hartford region. United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut has announced that the 2021 Emerging Leaders Society (ELS) Case Competition was won by HSB’s team, Steam United.

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Transit Oriented Development Efforts Should Leverage CT's Walkable Cities

Transit Oriented Development Efforts Should Leverage CT's Walkable Cities

Building transit-oriented development (TOD) along Connecticut’s new and existing transit infrastructure provides an opportunity to structure economic growth around “resilient corridors,” as studies have shown that walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods are more resilient to economic shock and better for the planet.

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CRIS Radio Awarded $46k Federal Grant to Make State's Revolutionary War Stories Come to Life

CRIS Radio Awarded $46k Federal Grant to Make  State's Revolutionary War Stories Come to Life

The Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS Radio), a 43-year-old nonprofit radio-reading service, has been awarded a $46,241 federal grant to create an accessible smartphone audio tour of a Revolutionary War winter encampment at Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, Connecticut, known as “Connecticut’s Valley Forge.”

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