SOLUTIONS FOR CONNECTICUT’S CITIES
The Cities Project is collaborative journalism and reporting on how to revitalize Connecticut cities from The Connecticut Mirror, Connecticut Public Radio, Hearst Connecticut Media, The Hartford Courant, the Republican-American (of Waterbury), the Hartford Business Journal, and Purple States.
The relief was palpable in some quarters when United Technologies Corporation offered no ugly words about Connecticut as the aerospace conglomerate announced plans to pack up its C-suite for a move to the thriving economy of greater Boston, the home of its merger partner, Raytheon Co., and another recent Nutmeg expatriate, GE. “It’s not like…
Read full story →New Haven and Danbury are among the top 50 cities in the U.S. with populations of less than a million, according to a new study from Resonance Consultancy, a marketing firm that specializes in destination branding. The study ranked New Haven No. 37 and Danbury No. 43. “With the top-ranking university, Yale, among small cities in the…
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WATERBURY — The irony carries great economic consequence: Once engines of Connecticut’s prosperity, the state’s former factories have long been massive liabilities for struggling cities. Connecticut has found a path to get these sites back into use, and it’s fueled with taxpayer money. Polluted industrial sites litter Connecticut’s struggling cities. Hulking, deserted and crumbling complexes…
Read full story →Inspired by a resident-led campaign against housing failures in Hartford’s poorest neighborhoods, city leaders are working to close municipal loopholes that allow anonymous slumlords to operate unchecked. The Housing Code, proposed by Mayor Luke Bronin, would work to correct and prevent neglect in city rentals by imposing new licensing schedules and fees — including regulating…
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BRIDGEPORT — Gary Flocco, managing partner of Corvus Capital Partners, excitedly spoke over the sound of power tools and the shouts of hard-hat clad builders working in the concrete hallways of the former Graphophone Co. “We see ourselves as catalyst developers,” said Flocco, speaking under caged light bulbs strung above piles of pipes. “We’ll…
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Bolstered by hefty public subsidy, a spate of development projects dots the capital region with the aim of revitalizing neighborhoods, bridging communities and putting more feet on the street. Lawmakers now want to extend that opportunity to the rest of the state. Tucked away in the budget bill is a provision to form the Municipal…
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In every Connecticut city and many Connecticut towns, you can find neighborhoods weighed down by blight – collapsed roofs, boarded windows, graffiti, overgrown vegetation. Sometimes it’s just a single blighted property, standing out among well-cared-for homes and businesses. Sometimes it’s property after property, whole blocks that have fallen victim to the contagion of unaddressed blight.…
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WATERBURY — There’s no telling how many empty industrial buildings are rotting away on polluted properties in Connecticut. The brownfield inventory maintained by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection lists 516 sites. But state officials admit that’s not comprehensive. Sites can only land on the list after state involvement in cleanup efforts.…
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