The gymnasium of St. Anne / Immaculate Conception Church on Park Street was recently the venue for a true community dialogue about the history and current state of the Latino vote in Hartford. The dialogue did not dwell in the past, nor did it center on the panelists’ contributions, as audience members readily joined in. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 22, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/democracy/realhtfd_052213.asp
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The appeal and use of the Hartford Public Library has grown under the helm of retiring Chief Librarian Louise Blalock. This is the reason she has been named the 2008 Hartford Business Journal’s Public Sector Executive of the Year. Blalock’s 14-year tenure marks the end of an era of unmatched expansion and recognition of Hartford’s library system. In 2001, Blalock was named the National Librarian of the Year by the Library Journal, and in 2002 the library won the National Award for Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Service. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/hbj_112008.asp
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In this year-end report, the Hartford Police Department reports that serious crime has declined slightly in 2009, although aggravated assault and burglary increased significantly. (PDF document, 19 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: January 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/2009_Safe_City_Overview.pdf
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The addition of a farmers’ market at the Chrysalis Center on Homestead Avenue will bring the number of such markets in Hartford up to seven — eight, if you include the one at the regional market. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_052012.asp
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Mike McGarry expresses the opinion that it’s now up to our state legislators to stop the madness on the corner of Farmington and Broad. City planners are trying to build Pathways to Technology Magnet School on that tiny spot. In addition, there is a proposed plan to change the roads around the space – despite tremendous public opposition. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 26 - May 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_news_042606.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes: If you haven't already heard: Bank of America closed its Barbour Street branch at 2 p.m. on March 26, 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022510.asp
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Hartford has its challenges, as is obvious, but also its strengths. One of those is the good number of small businesses along the city's major avenues. An agency that has played a key role in this positive development is quietly celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The Hartford Economic Development Corporation, known as HEDCo, was started by the Hartford Chamber of Commerce in 1975 to retain and develop small business and other economic activity in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_112310.asp
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The Hartford Courant comments on the recent move by the city of Hartford to serve developer David Nyberg with more than a dozen cease-and-desist orders last month for a project involving a dozen apartment buildings in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090108.asp
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Queen City Barber Shop closed at the end of June, 2006. The owner, Luigi DeMarco has cut hair for more than 60 years, but will be retiring since the building his shop is in, the former Hastings Hotel and Conference Center, will soon be the Connecticut Culinary Institute. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062906.asp
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The Upper Albany Development, Inc.'s ideas for the vacant lot at Albany Ave. and Woodland St. are being put slowly into action after gaining Mayor Perez and the city's support. Difficulties in negotiating with Exxon Mobil, however, have developed over the rights to the lot, where a gas station stood about four years ago. The project is estimated to cost between $400,000 and $800,000. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 4, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_040405.asp
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Latinos/as Contra SIDA, a Hartford-based community services agency that provides care and services to people with HIV/AIDS, celebrated its 20th anniversary recently with the announcement of a new name and a new project that will expand its outreach to families in need. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032406.asp
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The Aetna Viaduct has reached the end of its useful life. After more than 40 years of service, the elevated highway between Hartford's West End and downtown must either be torn down, renovated or redesigned. The best option is to redesign the highway to reduce its impact on the city without reducing its usefulness, by bringing it to ground level in some places and covering it in others. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_080209_1.asp
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A grand jury investigation has called for the arrest of Robert Lawlor, a police officer who shot and killed Jashon Bryant in the North End. The investigation's finding represented a small victory in the ongoing effort to improve the often-fractured relationship between Hartford police and the city's African American community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_051706.asp
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Columnist Stan Simpson suggests that until the city gets a cohesive plan to tackle quality of life issues in Hartford's neighborhoods, the incidence of crime won't change, even if there is a spike in arrests. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_021605.asp
Related Link(s):
Crime Beware, Comstat is Here
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Police Report for the City of Hartford
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Trinity College's urban programs that were heavily supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation expired in June, leaving questions about their future. The college decided to merge some urban programs and fold their costs into the school's thin-stretched operating budget. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081105.asp
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In this tribute to Hartford Police Department Chief Daryl Roberts, who recently announced his retirement, the author hopes that the Chief’s leaving will not negatively impact the growing trust between the police and the community. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_100111.asp
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Heather Brandon has been considering potential private sector solution to the problem of blight: community land trusts. The land trust model is often conceived as useful for protecting natural resources. Urban resources can similarly be protected. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: September 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/ucompass_093010.asp
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This article presents one person’s opinion about public safety in Hartford. Hartford's pathetic response to crime is nothing if not consistent. For decades the city has suffered horrific crimes, followed by bizarre statements from public officials, ending in a flurry of heartfelt inaction. But these periodic sprees mask the true problem in Hartford, and it is not serious crime. It is the tolerance of elected officials for the inappropriate behaviors that occur daily throughout the city. It is this tolerance that has infected Hartford and is choking the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061208_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about a rally in support of Hartford police held recently at Hartford Superior Court. A suited-up police union President Richard Rodriguez delivered a prepared speech about the dangers of being an officer, the need for tougher penalties for those who assault them and, more important, respect for those men and women in blue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120309.asp
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For years, the drunks and drug dealers and hookers who hang out at Hartford's Barnard Park have been all but oblivious to the city's efforts to get them to leave. But now the people who live and work nearby are turning to a new weapon in their effort to reclaim the park. Classical music. A small band of neighbors is working with the police department to enlist Beethoven, Brahms and Vivaldi in their campaign to clean up one of the city's most notoriously abused public spaces. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_030406.asp
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Mothers United Against Violence urged the city of Hartford to get behind the anti-violence campaigns and to work to make their streets safer as residents mourn the loss of those who have fallen victim to gun violence in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_061205.asp
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Recently a burglary at 124 Park Terrace became deadly. Threatened by a pair of intruders when he entered his house, the owner who had been renovating the house grabbed a knife and fatally stabbed one of them in the chest, police said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 9, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060907.asp
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Superintendent Steven Adamowski has named a new Weaver renovation steering committee. The group of school employees, parents, students and community members will begin meeting in June to develop plans for renovating the struggling school in the city's Blue Hills neighborhood by 2016. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_053111.asp
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More than 1,000 family, friends, students and musicians said goodbye to Jackie McLean in song and prayer recently at the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where he received his first saxophone as a boy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_040806.asp
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Three Hartford nonprofits have teamed up to launch a food pantry that will serve the region's poor with fresh food and dignity. Unlike most food pantries, which are consigned to church basement closets or the odd corners of town buildings, this pantry in the Upper Albany neighborhood will offer fresh food in a setting reminiscent of a small supermarket, complete with little shopping carts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_advocate_053107.asp
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Welcome to the future. Freshplace, a super food pantry housed in what once was an old dairy in Hartford's North End, is the product of five years of planning in an unusual collaboration among three heavy-hitting area nonprofits operating under the watchful eye of University of Connecticut researchers. Members can get food here, take cooking classes, enroll in job training and get plugged into social services that might help move them up the ladder, in an effort to move clients into greater self-sufficiency and less reliance on welfare benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_081211.asp
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The success of Hope Artiste Village, in Pawtucket, RI, should hearten Hartford as it strives to remake itself as New England's rising star. Lance Robbins, whose company, Urban Smart Growth, has made rehabilitation and reuse of historic buildings its specialty, has taken over the development of the Colt factory complex in Hartford. He hopes to restart the restoration of this National Historic Landmark and do for it what he did for the hulking Pawtucket anachronism — make it a cool and prosperous place to be. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_040509.asp
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The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Weaver and Hartford Public high schools, fans say, is about more than just football. It is equal parts reunion, celebration and community gathering. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_112307.asp
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If all goes as planned, the old M. Swift & Sons building in Hartford will be reborn as a school where volunteer teachers mold children into scholars. The emerging story of Nativity Preparatory School is a sign that good ideas can lead to something. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_122507.asp
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When the economy pushed Jangwon Son, a graduate of Pratt Institute, back to Connecticut to work full-time in the family's business, Son made the redesign of Hair City, their north Hartford shop, his special project. The bulk of their clientele is African American and Hispanic, says Son. Recently, the business donated wigs to the DIVAS Latina cancer support program at the Hispanic Health Council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030310.asp
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With so many corporations merging, downsizing and bailing out of the city, it's always encouraging when a company reaffirms its place in the local economy. And nothing says "We're here!" louder than 7-foot-high freestanding letters atop your roof. Over the past year, Aetna has added four such signs - complete with the company logo's somewhat whimsical dancing figure - to its headquarters on Farmington Avenue. The signs' brushed metal reflects the sun nicely and they are quite visible from I-84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_061806.asp
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Daryl Roberts entered his sixth month as Hartford’s police chief recently, and it looks like he has some cause for celebration. So far in 2006, the number of serious crimes in the city is down 5.4 percent from the same time last year and 17 percent from two years ago. Crime has been down each month since Roberts took over in July from former chief Patrick Harnett, but the statistics aren’t all good. Over the full year through November, figures for violent crime have been mixed. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_advocate_121406.asp
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CRT Early Care and Education programs have been a constant presence for new generations of Hartford residents since their inception more than 40 years ago. Developed by a team from Yale University, CRT’s Head Start programs go beyond the traditional preschool classroom to encompass family services, nutrition, health screenings, special needs services, literacy initiatives and case management for all of its families. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_021810_2.asp
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Ted Carroll, president of Leadership Greater Hartford for 22 years, expresses the opinion that building community — making our world safer, more virtuous and more joyful for all of us — begins with personal connections and commitments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062508.asp
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Hidden behind frosted glass in Parkville, Leigh Martin runs an empire that cranks out a million pairs of jeans a month and makes $130 million a year. Axis, a blue jeans designer and manufacturer, does business in New York, Connecticut and China. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 09, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_110907.asp
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Author Michael Downs left Hartford at 3 years old, and Connecticut at 9 years old, but the city of his birth was never far from his thoughts, and inspired his recent book. In the book House of Good Hope, which borrows its title from one of the early names given to Hartford by the founding Dutch, Downs attempts to come to terms with his abandonment and his love of the city. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 08, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_050808.asp
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Two Hartford eateries, Sully's Pub and Lena’s First and Last Pizzeria recently celebrated 25 year anniversaries. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_061407.asp
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Since the late 1980s, Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford has turned vacant buildings into beautiful, affordable homes whose residents form an association similar to a cooperative. Now, the group has a new home of its own. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_031206.asp
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Bob Hohler, executive director of the Melville Charitable Trust, died suddenly at the age of 78 while on a hike with his family in England. He knew homelessness as a poor child in Boston. He has kept many Hartford families from the same plight with Billings Forge, the Frog Hollow development that turned a forbidding neighborhood into a vibrant one. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061511.asp
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Lemuel Rodney Custis, a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and Hartford's first black police officer, was remembered at his funeral as a combat hero and a humble man who advanced the integration of the U.S. armed forces. Custis, 89, believed to have been the last member of the first class of black aviators to train at Tuskegee Institute, was buried with military honors at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_030605.asp
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Recently, the weight of Samuel Colt’s legacy was officially acknowledged. A committee of preservation experts, architects and historians who advise the National Park Service voted to recommend the district of Coltsville as a National Historic Landmark. It is the highest honor the federal government bestows on properties of historic and architectural significance. It means that the 100-plus acres of Colt-related sites are closer to joining the company of the Grand Canyon, Valley Forge and Ellis Island as a National Park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 09, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_120907.asp
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Yvette H. Bello is the executive director of Latino Community Services, a nonprofit agency on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford. She grew up in the South End and earned an MBA from Albertus Magnus College. In this recent interview, Bello reflected on her life and work in Greater Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 05, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030512.asp
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Park Street resident Shadrack Jolobi was named after a Biblical character who was cast into a fiery furnace but survived. Jolobi himself has survived an ordeal almost equally horrific: growing up in the war-ravaged country of South Sudan. Three years ago, Jolobi and part of his family made it to the United States after spending about five years at a refugee camp in Uganda. Jolobi, who is a tribal chief in Sudan, has joined with Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART) to collect donations of gently used clothing, toys, blankets, sheets, housewares and computer equipment to send to South Sudan. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25 - May 2, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_042507_a.asp
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Ella Little Cromwell, now in her 80s, recently attended a celebration in her honor. Cromwell served on the Democratic town committee for 26 years and still holds a seat on the Democratic State Central Committee. She is perhaps best known for mentoring youngsters with political aspirations. She has always been a stickler about voter registration and participation in city politics and the NAACP. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021305.asp
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Three of Hartford's 20 homicides this year have occurred on Garden Street; another six nearby. Courant columnist Helen Ubinas and photographer Rick Hartford spend the week in and around the North End neighborhood talking to residents about living in, and surviving, one of Hartford's tougher neighborhoods. Here are excerpts from her blog from Monday, August 3, 2009, reporting past all the clichés and stereotypes and misconceptions of this North End neighborhood where Taylor Lewis lives. Taylor and her neighbors lovingly tend to their Habitat for Humanity homes - and gardens that would make any master gardener envious. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080409.asp
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The dispute about minority hiring between Hartford's African-American Alliance and the Metropolitan District Commission, the quasi-governmental agency that's responsible for water and sewers in Hartford and eight surrounding communities is heating up. The MDC is under orders from both state and federal authorities to fix its leaky, antiquated sewer system that sends about a billion gallons of raw sewage into the Connecticut River every year. Preliminary engineering for the Clean Water Project launched in 2004 recently began. The question for the alliance and others is whether that work has already begun in earnest without the participation of Latino and African-American workers. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_advocate_121808.asp
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ONE/CHANE's new director shares his perspective on ways that ONE/CHANE can re-focus on community organizing and advocacy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020505.asp
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Robert Banks Jr. of East Windsor died Friday, May 6, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital. He was shot in the wake of an intimidation campaign against a family that has agreed to testify in a murder case. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051205.asp
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City residents gathered to celebrate the difference Hartford Organizing for Power and Equality’s (HOPE) is making in the community at its annual meeting recently at Asylum Hill Congregational Church. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_021408.asp
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A plan for a memorial to those who have served in the armed forces of the United States was recently presented to the Hartford City Council. The proposed location of this simple, but elegant, tribute to Hartford’s servicemen and women is the corner of Farmington Avenue and Broad Street. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 9 - 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_news_050907_a.asp
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The Micro Business Incubator Program, explained in this article, is a collaboration of Upper Albany Main Street, the University of Hartford's Barney School of Business and the MetroHartford Alliance that matches university students with Upper Albany merchants for individualized, on-site business assistance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 8, 2004
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The youngest of Rhonia Green’s four sons, 18-year-old Oshane, died early on the morning of December 26, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, shot twice in the chest after a momentary altercation with a stranger in a grungy takeout joint on North Main Street. She lost another son to gun violence in Hartford on Labor Day weekend in 2003. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_122907.asp
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Most immigrant groups that have come to Hartford have followed a familiar path, be they Italian, Dominican or Jamaican. First come the people, then a few shops and restaurants, then a house of worship that also functions as a center of the community. That well-worn path is now being followed by Hartford’s Bosnian community. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Link: /Issues/Documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_080107.asp
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Thomas J. May, recently became the CEO Northeast Utilities. May was raised in Hartford. He now heads what is now one of the nation's largest electricity and natural gas delivery firms. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051712.asp
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As part of a pilot "quality of life'' initiative, the city's building inspectors, rodent inspectors and health inspectors concentrate their efforts on a neighborhood in the South End and another in the North End, scrutinizing every house for quality-of-life violations, Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_102604.asp
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Several groups and Hartford city officials have been meeting weekly for three months about improving the appearance and accessibility of northern Main Street from Terry Square to the Windsor town line. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_060605.asp
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Nearly $1.3 million in unpaid taxes may finally shake the old gun factory loose for a new developer. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_advocate_030309.asp
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With the Jewell Street building slated for demolition, the Hartford YMCA opened its new downtown health and wellness center. The new facility has workout views of Trumbull Street, a spacious lobby, and a 21st-century look. It's a short walk from the old YMCA on Bushnell Park to its new home in the brand-new Hartford 21 complex. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_052006_a.asp
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Stan Simpson discusses a newcomer's impressions of Hartford: observations on the amenities that are taken for granted, and aspects of the city that may have never registered before. He concludes that the city has to embrace and promote what it is - a midpoint between Boston and New York with an eclectic mix of cultures, arts attractions and parks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_012806.asp
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“Remembering The Old Neighborhood," a compilation of memories and photos of Hartford’s North End from more than 150 former and current residents captures a time long gone and a place now greatly changed. Its recollections span life during the Great Depression, World War II and the post-war boom. A project of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, edited by Joan Walden of West Hartford and designed by Cheryl Dauphin of Wethersfield, the book focuses on the Jewish experience of that time and place. But it also offers reminiscences from Italian, Irish and African American residents of the North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_071909.asp
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Like most urban parks across the nation, Pope Park fell on hard times in recent decades. Happily, The Friends of Pope Park, a nonprofit board (which happens to include Pope's great-grandson, Albert Pope III) has worked as industriously as the good colonel himself and recently unveiled the completion of the first phase of a comprehensive master plan to restore to its former glory this public resource. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_courant_080606.asp
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In this op-ed, the author discusses the history of the Hartford Conservatory, and its future. She suggests that to root for the city of Hartford is to root for the arts; the post-industrial city will be an arts center if it will be anything. There ought to be a role for the conservatory in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_062506.asp
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Stan Simpson comments on the Hartford Public Library's decision to shutter both the Mark Twain and Blue Hills branches to close a budget gap of about $870,000. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070208.asp
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Violence over the past several years has kept some residents of the North End neighborhood in Hartford in self-imposed lockdown. People have been killed and wounded, gunshots have peppered apartment buildings, and thugs are still too easily armed. But community activists, police officers and residents who gathered for a day of summer fun say there are people on Martin Street who work two or three jobs, want to live peacefully and want to give their kids a better life. The good news, according to residents and police, is that the violent atmosphere has calmed a bit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_073006.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that small infill projects, especially those that restore architecturally significant buildings, should be a big part of Hartford's revival plans. The recent dedication of a brick duplex in Hartford's North End went largely unnoticed. But, the Christian Activities Council celebrated the restoration of a historic but badly deteriorated "Perfect Six" apartment building on Edgewood Street. The houses were not restored to their original six apartments, but instead were made into side-by-side townhouses — a Perfect Two. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062908.asp
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A recent ceremony was held at the Artists Collective, the nationally recognized arts center in Hartford's North End to honor and recognize Jackie McLean's vision and passion for teaching music to Hartford children. On the day he would have turned 75, musicians, community leaders, family and former students celebrated McLean's life through music and prayer. Speakers remembered him not just for his musical genius, but for the profound impact he had on thousands of youngsters who came through the Collective's front doors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_051806.asp
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La Paloma Sabanera, which closed recently, was a lot of things, but it was never your regular coffeehouse/bookstore. La Paloma — ironically, named for an endangered pigeon found in Puerto Rico — was one of the few places in Hartford — maybe in all of Connecticut — where the clientele was mixed. Opened in mid-2004 by the Cottos, the small shop was home to neighborhood children doing homework in the lending library upstairs, city activists intent on changing the status quo, city politicos intent on preserving it, and a rabble of others who found the Yauco Selecto coffee strong, the music bracing and the company challenging. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_122707.asp
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In this commentary, Mark Winne suggests that gardening, especially community gardening, creates neighborhoods, roots, revival and renewal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 23, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042306.asp
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Among Hartford's literary luminaries over the past two centuries, Wallace Stevens is right there. Stevens is the poet some Connecticut people have heard of but never read. Stevens won a Pulitzer Prize, National Book awards and many other honors. the Hartford Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens HAVE created the Wallace Stevens Walk, which follows the route Stevens took every day from his home at 118 Westerly Terrace in Hartford's west end to his office at the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. building, Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 30, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_093011.asp
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There’s a political storm brewing in the 3rd Assembly District. An opponent has risen up, to take on five-term incumbent Minnie Gonzalez in the Democratic primary for State Representative. Francisco (“Frank”) De Jesus is on the ballot running against her. Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_guardian_summer_2006_a.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about Bishop M. Anthony Jones who was a promising Hartford pastor until he became addicted to drugs. Now, he has turned his life around and is trying to rebuild himself by rebuilding his church — and the success, or failure, of one has everything to do with the other. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_051610.asp
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This Hartford Courant editorial is a tribute to Richard Weaver-Bey, who died recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052208.asp
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John Barlow was a man about town of modest means. He seemed to be at every art opening, every concert, every lecture. He had a host of friends, and was a conversationalist par excellence. He also was a gay activist, a calling he could not even have imagined as a youth or young man. Barlow, 77, of Hartford, died on June 27, 2011. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_021812.asp
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A city corner that's been called the gateway to Hartford's Latino community is now a series of empty lots -- and efforts to develop them failed a few years back. But, city officials say they're ready to try again. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: December 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_120712.asp
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This Courant editorial celebrates the life of Latham Lee Allison, who died in August 14, 2008 at the age of 74. Mr. Allison, known as Lee, seemed to be wherever people were doing worthwhile things. His gentle and self-effacing manner masked a highly analytical mind, Mr. Allison was a corporate executive who voluntarily retired in his 50s to focus on community service work. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_082008.asp
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If the Metropolitan District Commission fails to share a big enough piece of its $1.6 billion Clean Water Project pie with minorities, it won’t be because they weren’t warned. Both Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez and the legislature have taken pains in recent weeks to publicly state their expectations when it comes to the MDC’s responsibility to hire minorities. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_advocate_050307.asp
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A violent feud between rival groups of boys and young men living in the Nelton Court area and those living along Albany Avenue near Vine Street continues in the new year. At least nine young Hartford residents have been shot and four more have been stabbed because of the feud. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_01_02_05.asp
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Joe Namnoun says he "chased" the house for 20 years. Built in 1980 by renowned architect Robert A.M. Stern, it stands amid historic mansions on Prospect Avenue in Hartford — the result of the rare subdividing of an estate there and possibly the only building lot to become available along that stretch of Prospect in a century. In 2005, he and his partner, interior designer Marianne Donahue, finally were able to turn their longtime dream into reality and make it their own. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032610.asp
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Plaza Mayor was supposed to be the grand gateway to Park Street. Plaza Mayor, as this proposed gateway to the Hispanic community centered on Park Street is known, was to be filled with shops, condominiums, town homes and a main square facing the South Green from an expanse elevated above Park Street. However, the project has run into funding problems. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: October 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_100208.asp
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Elizabeth Brad Noel writes about the construction of the new Pathways to Technology Magnet School. She is convinced that the historic Hartford High location is a signature site because it provides easy access to employment opportunities. And it provides an attractive city location for suburban students, which will help meet the Sheff-O'Neill diversity mandate. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020407.asp
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Mozzicato's DePasquale Bakery & Pastry Shop feels like family the whole year, but even more so at Christmas. No matter where their travels and travails take them through the year, regulars return every Christmas, on a pilgrimage to get their Italian pastries and to check up on one another. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122607_1.asp
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Grace Episcopal Church is swimming upstream — but then, that's not new for the scrappy little church in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood. The neighborhood, one of the capital's smallest, is home to cultural anchors like Real Art Ways, as well as restaurants and bakeries that offer food found in Portugal, Vietnam, the Caribbean, South America and Africa. The neighborhood had a history of diversity before diversity was a buzzword Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_030508.asp
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Stan Simpson remarks on the daytime carjacking and shooting outside a religious school at one of the safest spots in North Hartford. The corner of Woodland Street and Albany Avenue is home to three community icons in the Upper Albany district - The Artists Collective; The Hartford-Area Seventh Adventist School and The Collin Bennett building. All provide numerous services and programs, including those for young people. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_111905_a.asp
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This document is the structural study for the first phase of the CT Department of Transportation reconstruction of the I-84 Viaduct. (PDF document, 11 pages) Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/Viaduct_report.pdf
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The most interesting ideas a recent One City, One Plan POCD meeting arose during the small group discussions. A theme throughout several of the group discussions was that of sustainable design, planning, zoning, and ordinances. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/smartgrowth/realhtfd_120909_1.asp
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The story of housing in Hartford today is a tale of two cities. In one case, the state invests over $35 million to spur private development of a new, residential downtown, a metaphorically gated community designed to lure well-heeled couples with no dependent children and cash to spend. If retail development takes off as planned, they won’t have to walk far to spend it. The tale of the other Hartford takes place in the surrounding neighborhoods, which are waking and shaking, blinking back to life--but still weighed down by poverty, less investment capital, neglected structures, and unmet needs for decent, dignified and affordable housing. Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: Winter/Spring 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_guardian_spring_2006.asp
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Throngs of young teenagers, some in sweat shirts, more in their Sunday best, were asked not to leave their grief at the door of Victory Cathedral, where they gathered Saturday to mourn their friend Kerry B. Foster Jr. Kerry, 15, was shot and killed recently on the porch of his parents' Hartford home. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060406.asp
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Hartford lost one of its great advocates when cancer took Linda Osten on December 20, 2007. Ms. Osten, 49, was a staff planner for the Capitol Region Council of Governments for several years before being picked to serve as chief operating officer of Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford. She lived in the city and was president of the Coalition to Strengthen the Sheldon/Charter Oak Neighborhood, one of the most active neighborhood groups. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122607.asp
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For Dulcie and Valerio Giadone, their home is much more than a place to live and enjoy their friends and family. It's an extension of their passion for Hartford, its people and its history. Their beloved community is so much a part of their lives that they made design decisions with their role as hosts to neighborhood meetings in mind. The empty-nesters live in a Queen Anne Victorian that has been the cornerstone of a neighborhood revitalization program on Ashley Street in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091208.asp
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Along Park Street, you'll see new sidewalks and curbs almost finished from Pope Park to Main Street; new housing with shops on the first floor near Squire Street; and new facades on some blocks. The Gitano Food Warehouse is about to open in the former Carlton Supply plumbing building. More is coming. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100106.asp
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Real estate experts say Hartford is becoming a more attractive market for apartment investors, especially from New York, where properties are much more expensive. The most recent and largest sale is of 23 buildings in and near Asylum Hill. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 4, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_010405.asp
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This article profiles one example of how people in the Hartford area are making ends meet in the current recession. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_031609.asp
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One of Hartford's most successful neighborhood revitalization efforts celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, known as SINA, a partnership of Trinity, Hartford Hospital and the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, continues to transform the south-central part of the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081408.asp
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It's been a year since the parade celebrating West Indian independence wound its way up Main Street to the Windsor town line, wrapping up a week of food and celebration. It's also been a year since a relative of the city's police chief was killed and six juveniles were wounded by gunfire just as the parade ended. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080709_1.asp
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A small, but determined group of Hartford residents gathered on the corner of Garden and Mather streets in the North End recently for a walking tour of blighted buildings in the neighborhood, and to continue to press city officials to do more to fight blight. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_091808_1.asp
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Abraham L. Giles is on the ballot for state representative for the first time in 20 years. He's running to represent the 5th District, which includes both ends of Hartford's economic spectrum — the moneyed downtown business district and the impoverished North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_080608.asp
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Abraham L. Giles, an eight-term state representative and North End power broker hailed by his supporters as a tireless advocate for the city's impoverished, died Saturday, March 26, 2011. He was 84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_032711.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that Councilman Luis Cotto clearly forgot that he asked her to stay on him about his plan to start a fund to save the remaining portion of the old Lyric Theater. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_051110.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that accessory apartments, also known as in-law apartments, could solve the problem of a sufficient supply of affordable housing in Connecticut. But, accessory apartments violate zoning laws. In most of Hartford's residential zones, and those of many other municipalities, accessory apartments violate rules against the number of residential units per lot. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_060307.asp
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After nine months of fighting crime as head of the Hartford Shooting Task Force, James Rovella, now the city's acting police chief, is broadening his efforts. He's developed a new plan to help combat violence and address quality-of-life issues citywide. The effort is intended to build on the success of the shooting task force, which is credited in large part with a 50 percent reduction in homicides and an 8 percent drop in shootings over figures reported at this point last year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_050612.asp
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Roberto Garcia left his mark in Hartford as a community organizer with a strong interest in the health of Hispanics. Although he was an artist and a trained chef, he spent his life working with drug addicts, gang members and people infected with the AIDS virus. Garcia died Feb. 17, 2012 of a heart attack on a day off he had planned to spend with his family. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_031112.asp
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Carl Dudley was an activist, an organizer and a maverick always ready to try to make a difference in his community. He died on April 22, 2009 Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_052409_1.asp
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Residents in the Sheldon/Charter Oak area have been vocal and active over the years with developers seeking to alter their neighborhood and are no less involved with Adriaen's Landing and the new Connecticut Convention Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060205.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that here in Hartford, there's a school full of kids ready to help remake their city. Only problem is they seem to be the only ones. A group of students at Hartford Public High School have an idea that they should create a graffiti-free zone decorated by murals around their school, but they need help from adults to make it happen. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_012509.asp
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Aetna Inc. will begin charging its employees for parking in 2007. Beginning Jan. 1, parking fees will apply to all users of Aetna's garages and executive parking areas. Beginning in 2008, fees will also be charged to the users of surface parking lots, although those fees have not yet been established. This is a smart growth policy because it will encourage the use of other, less wasteful commuting options and allow the company to use less land for parked cars. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_122406_a.asp
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The shortage and expense of parking in downtown Hartford and surrounding areas has long made it difficult to attract and keep businesses in the city. But in Asylum Hill, a $27 million project now underway will bring nearly 1,150 parking spaces to the corporate campus of health insurer Aetna Inc. The nine-level parking garage now rising above Flower Street is a prelude to the transfer of about 4,000 workers from the insurer's Middletown campus by the end of 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_072407.asp
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Tom Condon applauds the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s decision to commission a report on how to redesign I-84, in particular the elevated stretch of the road known as the Aetna Viaduct, with the goal of creating a vital and mixed-use center city — similar to what was there before the highway was built. The report will look at the possibility of burying the highway, lowering and decking over it, or rerouting the interstate traffic and turning the highway into a boulevard. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_041308_2.asp
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No one at the recent ceremony marking the end of Hartford’s Capitol West was at all sorry to see that the notorious eyesore would be knocked into rubble in the coming weeks. Not the least of which was Bernie Michel. Michel, the chairman of the neighborhood revitalization zone in Asylum Hill, said the razing of the building would do two things: open up a pleasing vista for motorists on I-84 west and convey that the city cares about what perception it projects. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 05, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_040512.asp
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The two seating tables at Tastease can stay. But the husband-and-wife owners of the Parkville mini-doughnut and sandwich shop still plan to close June 30, 2012 when their city food license expires. Another potential buyer, a caterer in West Hartford, informed them in recent days that there would be no deal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051712_1.asp
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Things looked bleak earlier this year for the Roberto Clemente Baseball League. Due to financial mismanagement that is still being investigated by city police, the league was tens of thousands of dollars in debt. But over the past few months, league officials received strong support from the community in the form of thousands of dollars in donations and new equipment. Last month, the more than 400 children in the league, which sponsors teams for children ages 5 to 16, were able to start playing baseball again. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071111.asp
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City Council President Shawn T. Wooden writes about the Hartford Hurricanes - and a community that never quit - brought light to our local community. The Hurricanes are a local Pop Warner football team that recently returned from Florida where they reached the national championship semifinals. When State Representative Doug McCrory brought to the City’s attention that the Hurricanes had no field to practice on, the Mayor and members ofthe City Council went to work to make sure a location was secured in time for the start of the season. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: December 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_121912.asp
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The city's redevelopment agency has voted in favor of acquiring the blighted Capitol West building on Myrtle Street through eminent domain proceedings. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_031111.asp
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The Hartford office of the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration, a federal agency that has helped Puerto Ricans in Connecticut register to vote, get birth certificates, find jobs, further their education and establish and maintain economic connections with the island, will shut its doors Dec. 31, 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081206.asp
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Stan Simpson comments on the end of ONE/CHANE, the 19-year-old north Hartford community organization which closed its doors recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050306_a.asp
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Real Art Ways is currently playing host to three separate exhibits centering on agents and victims of death. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/realhtfd_021712.asp
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A dispute may be nearing a close in the fight over whether an orthodox Jewish center for University of Hartford Students can stay open. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: March 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/jcohen_031511.asp
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The dismal sight of the abandoned Capitol West building off I-84 that has become an unwanted city landmark will soon be gone. Under a negotiated settlement approved by a judge, the city will pay $1.7 million to buy the multi-story building at a key gateway to both downtown and the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_111711.asp
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Linda C. Jordan, a prominent AIDS advocate whose international message that families dealing with the HIV virus should concentrate on living rather than dying, will be remembered at a funeralrecently. Jordan, who died at the age of 53, lived for 21 years after learning that she had the virus. Her message of hope - carried on 20,000 posters, banners and billboards - was delivered across the country as well as in India, Japan and Africa. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_050906.asp
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Earlier this year, a change in how funds are distributed resulted in Hartford and New Haven receiving about half the money expected by organizations that work with people with HIV/AIDS. The cuts decimated some programs and greatly reduced others, and program officials are especially concerned about the effects of the cuts on non-English speaking clients, whose hold on their own medical care is more tenuous. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_courant_051507.asp
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Albany Avenue is making a comeback. Comparing today with 1990 or even 2000 is to see measurable and remarkable progress. At a recent community meeting on "the Ave," the talk was about parking, streetscape improvement and group health care. The neighborhood has a strong and growing portfolio of small and medium-sized businesses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/courant_110605.asp
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Besides hosting rundown buildings, vacant structures and lots, this corridor experiences the wear-and-tear of traffic; the Urban Land Institute says 17,000 vehicles travel on Albany Avenue and 13,000 on Homestead Avenue, daily. While there are plenty of institutions, restaurants, and other vendors along this corridor, navigating on foot or bicycle can be unpleasant, as the existing infrastructure favors motorized vehicles. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_040313.asp
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Hartford city leaders are out to clean up the 24-hour convenience stores they say are all-night drug establishments and a plague on Hartford's neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_advocate_061407.asp
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Emmanuel Ku has topped New York City’s list of worst landlords and evoked the wrath and outrage of renters’ groups across three states. Now he wants to buy housing in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_080607.asp
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Allegro’s Restaurant, a popular Franklin Avenue eatery, has moved on after the death of its founder. Giuseppe Misseri opened Allegro’s almost 35 years ago, and worked behind the counter for over 20 years and continued to work almost every day until his passing on February 21, 2009. John Speziale, his son-in-law, vows that the family will continue the tradition of service to the community – ready with hot coffee and a good breakfast or lunch no matter what the weather. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/drugs/htfd_news_022609.asp
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A consultant-led public workshop—the second of three in a series guided by Boston-based Goody Clancy—took place recently at the downtown Hartford public library. The focus: what to do about the highway through Hartford, specifically the section known as the viaduct. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: March 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/ucompass_032610.asp
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Mokonje is a musical family of Liberian immigrants. Thanks to a teacher and fellow refugee who recognized their talent and a professional drummer who taught them technique, the family has found in drumming a way to heal and connect to the culture they left behind. Recently, their work culminated in a performance at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_022606.asp
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Jody Putnam heads the refugee assistance program that operates out of Jubilee House, visiting the various refugee communities in the city. Jubilee House, a nonprofit center operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph, hosts a variety of social service and educational programs for residents from many ethnic backgrounds out of its center in the south end of the city, but Putnam spends much of her time on the road. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_062508.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that some in city government think the librarian's role is simply to hand out books. Chief Librarian Louise Blalock took a broader view. She made the library a cultural and intellectual center of the community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_090708.asp
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Columnist Stan Simpson sheds light on some of ONE/CHANE's difficulties and offers suggestions to the board and executive director. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 20, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_042005.asp
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Rev. Cornell Lewis comments on the false accusations of a white woman that a black man had sexually assaulted her in Bushnell Park last fall. He argues that her falsehood was an assault on men of color. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_012107.asp
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In 2001, the Christian Activities Council approved a long-term plan for housing development and improvement in the Upper Albany area. Deerfield Avenue was the first street to receive the council's attention. The council's efforts have been augmented by groups, such as the Upper Albany Main Street and the University of Hartford, and the multitude of small businesses opening in the area. The council plans to focus on Vine and Irving Streets next. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 20, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_032005.asp
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Ted Carroll, the head of Leadership Greater Hartford, is seen as a "missionary" and "visionary" and “advocate” for Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_100311.asp
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In its 24th year, National Night Out is designed to heighten crime- and drug-prevention awareness, generate support for local anti-crime programs, strengthen neighborhood spirit and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. The event was celebrated in hundreds of cities and towns across the country, 20 in Connecticut. In Hartford, celebrations were recently held at four sites. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_080807.asp
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Hartford citizens appreciate the massive investments in Hartford over the last 15 years or so. The jobs, activities and sense of pride all have paid dividends. However, it is the author’s contention that the various facilities in the city of Hartford, now the responsibility of the Capital Region Economic Development Authority (CRDA), should reach out to the citizens of Hartford in a more aggressive manner. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_110112.asp
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Christmas is a holiday usually spent with family members and friends, but nursing knows no holiday and Christmas is no exception. Nurses from VNA Health Care, the oldest home care agency in Connecticut, visited several of their patients on Christmas Day 2006. In some cases, the nurse is the only person a patient sees any day. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2006
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The Goodwin Memorial Branch of Hartford Public Library at 460 New Britain Avenue is entering the final stages of a $2.3 million renovation and will reopen soon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia, was recently the special guest at One Unforgettable Big Summer Night, Hartford Public Library’s annual fundraiser. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 17, 2010
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They fled their rural Burmese homeland and have since created an improbable urban oasis here in Hartford. The diversity of herbs, fruits and vegetables cultivated by the Karen people -- an ethnic minority also known as the Karen tribe -- a few blocks from the state Capitol would rival any community garden anywhere. Hartford's Karen community, most of whom live in a pocket of housing on South Marshall Street, couldn't find the freshly cultivated papaya leaves or the fragrant lemongrass of its tropical homeland until it was embraced by the nonprofit Knox foundation and given the chance to farm. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 25, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_082513.asp
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Nearly a year after the hit-and-run, the arrest of a suspect in the hit and run case which took the life of Angel Arce Torres has reignited the collective conversation begun after the accident, centering on whether the public's reaction would differ today. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051609.asp
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On the night of Thursday, April 4, 1968, more than 150 people — most of them young, most of them black men — learned that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was dead, felled by an assassin's bullet. They left their homes, frustrated and fearful, and made their way through the North End of Hartford, burning some white-owned stores and looting many more as they went. Later that day, civic and religious leaders took to the city's streets from Clay-Arsenal to Upper Albany to Northeast, working to ease tensions. But, the riot changed the landscape of the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood and left scars still visible today. The riots exacerbated trends that were already in motion — businesses closed and never reopened, the white middle class fled and investment stalled in the North End neighborhood that is in sight, but out of reach, of downtown's wealth. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_040608.asp
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It could be said that Perez's political career started on Park Street, often called the heart of the state's Latino population. And it also could be said that his political career ended here. His months-long criminal trial was launched by his relationship with contractor Carlos Costa, who, in 2003, won the bidding for the $5 million Park Street streetscape project. But some Park Street residents - and people elsewhere in the capital city - had a more complicated reaction to the news of Perez's conviction. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_061910_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas relays the story of a young man given a second chance in gun court by a prosecutor who may have taken a harder line. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_081906.asp
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For well over a decade, the Capitol West building has stood abandoned on Myrtle Street, just west of Union Station, a five-story billboard for urban decay perched within next to one of the busiest stretches of highway in the state. Recently, the Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced that it will be giving the City of Hartford $2 million to help purchase the Capitol West property, demolish the building and redevelop the site. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_111810.asp
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It's good to know the city is aggressively enforcing the anti-blight ordinance. It hasn't always done so. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072210.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell visited Park Street recently to deliver more funding for the ongoing improvement of that bustling Latino commercial strip. Ms. Rell visited the offices of the Spanish American Merchants Association to announce a grant of $1 million for Phase II of the Park Street Streetscape Project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120605.asp
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The Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (LSNI) has been troubled since its inception due to poor hiring decisions compounded by an absence of management. Despite its critique of various employees, the assessment seems to be handled too delicately. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 08, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_090812.asp
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A developer now proposes to demolish the building at the corner of Wethersfield Avenue and Airport Road, and the three residential buildings immediately to its south, to build a small suburban-style strip mall anchored by a CVS Pharmacy. The building was the legendary Pippie's Italian Restaurant from 1959 to 1983, then it became Carmichael's. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/ArtsandCulture/htfd_courant_091805.asp
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Though it only takes seconds for the police to reach Main and Asylum from the current substation across from the Hartford Public Library, a new substation was approved across from a major bus stop. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/realhtfd_092211.asp
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Anthony Griffin, a Hartford clothier and entrepreneur, founded Affection New Thoughts (ANT), which provides city youth with a 15 week training course in entrepreneurship. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112907.asp
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An anti-violence rally will be held May 17th at 5 PM at 161 Martin Street, where an 18 year-old man was shot May 14th. The rally will address the mounting tension and youth violence in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051705.asp
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Critics of the New Britain-Hartford Busway, now called CTfastrak, have questioned the cost of the project, along with how much use it would get. Detractors may not be taking the long view on this, but one aspect of CTfastrak is beginning to receive more scrutiny from those who are supporters of the project as a whole: the closure of Flower Street. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_081212.asp
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A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in the case of a retired Hartford police officer who sued a former state prosecutor after being acquitted of manslaughter in an on-duty shooting death. Former Officer Robert Lawlor's case is scheduled to go before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_052912.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to eliminate billboards on state-owned property might have limited immediate impact. But if her plan is approved by the General Assembly, it will be setting an example that municipalities and others who harbor the giant signs should follow. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_021408.asp
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This Hartford Courant editorial expresses the opinion that the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority's proposal to continue dumping on the eastern slope of its landfill in the North Meadows section of Hartford appears to offer the agency and its 70 member towns some significant economic savings without a negative impact. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Landfill/htfd_courant_122706.asp
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The Hartford Preservation Alliance has been contracted by the state Commission on Culture and Tourism to update a historic buildings survey from 1997. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070607.asp
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The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) produced nearly 1.3 million units of rental housing between the start of the program, in 1987, and 2003, surpassing the size of the public housing program. Creating mixed income housing has become a central objective of housing policy. This report focuses on the extent to which each of the states administering the tax credit program has used the program to place family rental housing in low poverty neighborhoods that are not racially isolated. Published by
Poverty and Race Research Action Council
; Publication Date: July 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/taxes/LIHTC_report_2006.pdf
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A new sports and entertainment arena on the northern fringe of downtown Hartford is more talk than anything else right now, but the chatter is putting the spotlight back on efforts to undo the geographic and economic isolation of the city's North End. Cut off by I-84, the North End is seeing a small wave of investment as city officials seek to pull the downtown development boom across the highway. A new public safety complex, new housing, and new retail are all in the works. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 30, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_123005.asp
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A woman who recanted a story that she had been raped by an unknown black man in Hartford's Bushnell Park was arrested and appeared in Hartford Superior Court on a charge of filing a false police report. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_012407.asp
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The arrest this week of a white woman on charges of filing a false rape complaint against an unidentified black man has put two groups already accustomed to prejudice and misconceptions at odds. On one side are rape victims and their advocates. On the other side are members of the African American community who are equally certain that not making an arrest would perpetuate false stereotypes of black men. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012507.asp
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The $22 million University of Hartford’s Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center officially opened on the site of the former car dealerships recently in a ceremony that included performances by some of the students who will be studying at the center. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_091808.asp
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A giant plywood cube sits among the flowers and shrubs in front of the Charter Oak Cultural Center. A group of artists have transformed the box into a symbol of interfaith love and a catalyst for discussion. The art installation, called "Sacred Ground," is the brainchild of Donna Berman, executive director of the Charter Oak Cultural Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_101910.asp
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As part of Jane’s Walk, a walking conversation concerning urban neighborhoods around the world, a variety of artists and writers in the West End of Hartford recently held open houses for the public. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_100710.asp
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Four years after planning a performing arts center on Albany Avenue, the University of Hartford is asking city and state officials for more money to help pay for it. The cost of the project at the former Thomas Cadillac site has grown from $25 million to $30 million in four years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_061305.asp
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The last promised piece of the funding puzzle needed to turn the old Thomas Cadillac site into the new University of Hartford Performing Arts Center has been put in place. Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced recently that the State Bond Commission is likely to approve the $4 million at its meeting later this month. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_012107.asp
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Tao LaBossiere has been a volunteer exhibit coordinator of ArtSpace Gallery on Asylum Avenue in Hartford since 1997, helping hundreds of artists get their works exhibited and, often, sold. Now the city's arts community is rallying around LaBossiere. He was recently diagnosed as needing open-heart surgery. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_011713.asp
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The city of Hartford recently officially recognized a section of Woodland St. as "Jackie McLean's Way." With McLean's spirit and consciousness, the University of Hartford Performance Arts Center and the Artists Collective will serve as bookends to an emerging city cultural corridor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_051907.asp
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Tom Condon writes about an effort by United Technologies Corp. which will help revitalize Hartford’s North End neighborhood. The company is helping the neighborhood agency SAND Corp. build what are called "Net Zero Energy" homes — homes that will produce about as much energy as they use. They are starting with a pilot project of three homes on Earle Street, a comfortably nondescript, two-block street off Main Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111608.asp
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The U.S. Postal Service is studying whether to close 15 post offices across the state, including three in Hartford. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Mayor Pedro Segarra oppose the move. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_081211.asp
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Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra says that a months-long public process has produced three finalists for police chief. But, Segarra also says he may still choose someone else. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: July 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_070612.asp
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While mounting a campaign for his first full term, Mayor Pedro Segarra has put a strong emphasis on crime, particularly the escalating gun violence that contributed to the 21 homicides this year. The city's solution to the spike in shootings this summer has been to forge a stronger working relationship with the Hartford state's attorney, chief state's attorney and state police, among other agencies, in creating a shooting task force. The task force became active July 5, 2011 and has made at least 14 arrests in connection with shooting incidents, Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_080811.asp
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Mike McGarry comments on neighborliness and beautification efforts in Hartford. "Mulch Day," organized by N.I.N.A. (Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance), refreshed yards and gardens with landscaping and flowers. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 23, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_052313.asp
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Today, from Garden Street to Sigourney Street in Asylum Hill, almost all the homes are proudly maintained, and with the "landscape designers contest" held in May, front yards on those blocks have become a tourist attraction. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 16, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_081612.asp
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A state-licensed social service agency that specializes in serving the mental health needs of Southeast Asian families recently announced its merger with Community Renewal Team, the Hartford regional anti-poverty agency. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_091807.asp
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Carl Hardrick, aka Brother Carl, has devoted most his adult life to helping young people in Hartford's most challenged neighborhoods. He's negotiated gang truces, intervened in knife fights, coached basketball, visited the homes of troubled teenagers. Anything to help. That makes what happened recently all the more frustrating. The 72-year-old Hardrick was walking home when he was jumped and badly beaten by five or six youths who were attempting to rob him. They ended up stealing his glasses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080513.asp
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As Trinity College students were packing to return to school in late August, president James F. Jones Jr. was sending an email to the Trinity community outlining several steps the school was taking to improve campus security. The highlight was the hiring of former New Haven police chief and Yale University security director Francisco Ortiz, by all accounts an excellent choice to head campus security. Other measures include a study of campus security, more training for campus police officers, more bicycle officers and the hiring of a private security firm to augment the campus police force. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_090712.asp
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This document is the 2009 Strategic Plan for the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association (AHNA), which serves as the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ). (PDF Document, 34 pages) Published by
Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association
; Publication Date: 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/AH_Final_Plan_12_17.pdf
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Employees of the Connecticut Department of Transportation met with residents and stakeholders in Asylum Hill, primarily to rehash the presentation given recently to the Frog Hollow NRZ. Following a theme, Asylum Hill residents opposed the closure of Flower Street, while the DOT continued to provide questionable justification for that plan. No new arguments were presented, but residents and stakeholders pressed for more specific explanations. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_081712.asp
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The Ashley Cafe at the corner of Garden and Ashley streets in Hartford was a tough joint, a gin mill of low repute, a poor advertisement for a neighborhood trying to revive itself. The operative word is "was." The cafe is gone and the blond-brick, three-story apartment building in which it stood is being done over into a mixed-use structure that will be an asset to the Sigourney Square/ Asylum Hill neighborhood. The Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Inc. (NINA), which has been rehabilitating Victorian homes in the area for nearly a decade, acquired the building about two years ago. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082312.asp
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In the late 1990s, a neighborhood group in Hartford's Asylum Hill drew up a list of nearly 50 blighted properties as part of an action plan for revitalization. All of those properties except one have either been renovated or knocked down, reflecting a sustained effort to maintain and improve the neighborhood in good times and bad. The lone holdout is a dilapidated Queen Anne-style house at the corner of Laurel and Niles streets. It isn't for lack of effort. Several people and groups have tried to buy it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120810.asp
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A group headed by the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance is restoring homes on Sargeant, Garden, and Ashley streets in hopes of attracting new homeowners and strengthening the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_052905.asp
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Vocalist Steve Mitchell , a consummate professional Hartford church musician, revealed the secular side of his multi-faceted musical persona as he took the stage at the West End nightclub Japanalia Eiko, one of Hartford 's hippest showbiz shrines devoted to jazz and cabaret performances. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_103012.asp
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Doc Hurley was in posh surroundings recently at the Connecticut Convention Center where 450 people gathered to celebrate his 85th birthday and honor his legacy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_053107.asp
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A groundbreaking ceremony this week for the new $60 million Dutch Point Colony on the leveled property where the old projects stood. Many former residents, along with other citizens, want to make sure that this time, Dutch Point will be a place where kids can play outside and parents won't have to hole themselves up inside. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_101905.asp
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Nelba Marquez-Greene, the mother of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, was not the only mother with a grieving heart who spoke at a recent forum on gun violence. But Marquez-Greene, who grew up in Hartford, knows that the public outpouring over her loss has dwarfed the reaction to deadly shootings on city streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_022713_1.asp
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In the basement of an Asylum Hill Lutheran church, chafing dishes full of macaroni and cheese, roasted potatoes, turkey with onions and apples, carrots and sauerkraut, and lemon chicken were readied as darkness fell, and the hosts nervously waited. More than 100 people attended — fewer than the 400 they had cooked for, but enough to have at least a few diners at every table in the social hall. About two-thirds were not members of the church. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_122510.asp
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Residents, police and community activists gathered recently for a forum on unsolved city homicides. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 29, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012913.asp
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The cappuccino milk steamed for one last day in the coffeehouse known to patrons as Hartford's living room. After a tribute party with a medley of performers and poets — the kind of event that would only happen at La Paloma, customers said — people came back to Capitol Avenue's laidback café to say goodbye to the "third place" in their lives, after work and home. La Paloma officially ceased operations on June 27, 2013. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 27, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_062713.asp
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Julio Concepcion, of MetroHartford Alliance knows how Hartford ticks. He is the liaison between the city, its businesses and neighborhoods. While his job doesn't require him to be a fly on the wall at countless municipal functions, he enjoys being involved and informed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_041212.asp
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The owners of the former Hartford Office Supply Co. building in Hartford's Frog Hollow recently averted a foreclosure auction, less than two days before the bidding was to begin, court documents show. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092113.asp
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The city's process for cleaning up blighted private properties and billing owners "was not clearly or adequately documented" and an initiative associated with the cleanups lacked the management and expertise needed to make the program successful, according to a report completed by the city's chief auditor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_091912.asp
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The doors have been open for barely half an hour, but a strong crowd has already gathered at Real Art Ways. It's the third Thursday evening of the month, which means it's Creative Cocktail Hour, a regular event that melds art, music and mingling. Audrey Conrad is often among the minglers . Dressed as she is this evening in her "girl persona," Conrad is also one of a dozen or so cocktail-hour regulars from the transgender community, all at various stages in their search for gender identity. They come here, says Conrad, to find community in the accepting environment that Real Art Ways and its patrons have helped to cultivate. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_011008.asp
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Its small, white sign off Woodland Street, just past Saint Francis Hospital is the only clue that there’s a 115-year-old company quietly cranking out organ after organ a few feet away. Once occupying the massive brick building at 158 Woodland St., the Austin Organ Company moved to an adjacent building – at 156 Woodland St. -- more than 70 years ago. Although out of sight, it is not out of business. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: January 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_012808.asp
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A makeover of Farmington Avenue, which might help retain the large companies that reside along it, would benefit the whole city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 24, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072405.asp
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Edie Lacey, who recently retired as chairwoman of the Frog Hollow South Neighborhood Revitalization Zone, was recently given a special Lifetime Achievement Award by the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA). Four other community volunteers were also honored. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120505_a.asp
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Park Street's continuing revitalization took another step last week thanks to one man's single-minded intention to fulfill his dream.
Alfonso Lopez arrived on Park Street more than 20 years ago from his native Colombia to open a bodega on nearby Broad Street. He later expanded into a small supermarket called El Gitano, and now has opened a larger food warehouse at Park and Lafayette streets. The store has sections for Argentine, Colombian, Dominican, Jamaican, Mexican, Peruvian and Puerto Rican products found in few other places.
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The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_030308.asp
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A bill intended to help state officials site group homes for people with mental disabilities or addiction problems originally banned members of Hartford's neighborhood revitalization zone committees — grassroots organizations commonly known as NRZs — from even commenting on proposed homes. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_042408.asp
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Bingo. The word calls to mind glitzy casinos and folks with snowy-white hairdos gathered in a church basement. At the Half Door in Hartford, it's a different scene. Every Monday and Thursday nights, patrons in their early 20s and 30s flock to this Irish pub to drink, socialize and mark those bingo cards. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010708.asp
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A court fight appears to be brewing between the city of Hartford and the owner of Capitol West over the value of its dilapidated office building, visible to tens of thousands of I-84 downtown motorists daily. But Capitol West’s owner, whose $2 million demand is reportedly at least double what the city has offered to pay so it can tear the building down, isn’t the only one with whom city leaders are butting heads. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_041111.asp
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Not much except routine permits stands between The Hartford and its plans to demolish all but the oldest portion of the former MassMutual building on Asylum Hill. But there is still a flicker of opposition that won't be snuffed out: those who want to see a greater part, or even all the historic building in Hartford preserved. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042908_1.asp
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It is the street that gave the world a view of Hartford as a city gone wild, where out-of-control motorists can blindside an elderly pedestrian in broad daylight while onlookers stand by and watch callously. But Julio Mendoza says the image of Park Street that has been replayed countless times on televi¬sion news shows and over the Internet during the past week doesn't represent the street he has worked to improve for more than a decade. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061208.asp
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Like a broken sidewalk, or the cloying odor of a backyard garbage dump, the large map at city hall vividly shows how the quality of life in some city neighborhoods is leaking away. Influenced by statistics-driven management tools used in New York City, Baltimore and a few dozen other cities, Hartford officials are seeking to dramatically improve the way city hall responds to neighborhood problems. These are some of the unknowns as the city embarks on HARTSTAT, its own version of New York's CompStat and Baltimore's CitiStat. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_053111.asp
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Stan Simpson writes about Elizabeth Rodriguez, a student at the University of Hartford’s Hartford Scholars program, which pays half tuition for any city student who meets the enrollment requirements. She spends part of her day mentoring young offenders in a program run by Community Partners in Action. She, not the few who make the news for violent crime, represents the majority of teens in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_061306.asp
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An advertising supplement to the Hartford Courant, put together by Upper Albany Main Street (UAMS), which spotlights the growth and success of a variety of development projects and neighborhood businesses in Upper Albany. (PDF file, 6 pages, 6 MB) Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/UpperAlbany_HtfdCourant_Insert.pdf
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The city finally cleaned up Bedford Street -- one of its most neglected, filthiest, drug-riddled streets. The Albany Avenue entrance to Bedford Street is framed by a package store on one side and the former Frontline Café night club, which the federal government recently busted for being part of a international drug ring, on the other. Residents and property owners blame each other for the problems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071605.asp
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Helen Ubinas writes It took a while. But it seems that Hartford's brass has finally learned better than to step in front of the media touting declining crime stats. Especially when the city rang in the new year with a double homicide. Serious crime in 2010, including homicides, was down. But Police Chief Daryl Roberts and Mayor Pedro Segarra quickly added, numbers - even good ones -- don't tell the whole story. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_010511.asp
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Carol Silvestri typically dresses in jeans, sneakers, a turtleneck and fleece vest. No makeup. Yet she is responsible for many of the most high-style accessories and furnishings at the Design Center on Park Street in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_121809.asp
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Recently, city officials met with residents and representatives from a community organization to address complaints that the Keney Park was being neglected. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080407.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez has created a 24-member commission to come up with a plan to tackle chronic homelessness in Hartford. The chronic homeless are those who experience repeated bouts of homelessness in a short period of time - and that also suffer from mental illness or substance abuse. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_020105.asp
Related Link(s):
Homelessness in Hartford 2004: A Combined Report on the Census of the Homeless of Hartford and the Hartford Homeless Health Survey (PDF Document: 127 pages)
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The lawyer for a Hartford police officer awaiting trial on manslaughter charges recently failed to get his client's case returned to a grand jury for reconsideration. Attorney Michael Georgetti argued in Hartford Superior Court that the grand jury did not hear vital exculpatory evidence that may have prevented a recommendation that charges be brought against Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_061407.asp
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Hundreds of small-business owners across Hartford are facing dramatic increases in their bills because of a new tax system, the result of a long-delayed revaluation, that is taking effect this year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Taxes/htfd_courant_052007.asp
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Not only are big real estate deals in the Hartford area becoming scarcer, they also are getting tougher to negotiate. Take, for example, Winstanley Enterprises’ recent 25-year lease of the former Advo building to Metal Management in Hartford’s north end along West Service Road. Winstanley’s journey began when it purchased the building and adjacent10-acres for $6.6 million in 2005. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_112008.asp
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Miguel Maldonado enjoys being a bicycle patrol officer because it gives him visibility most of the time and in times of need — stealth. Maldonado, a Hartford Police Department community service officer who covers the Frog Hollow neighborhood, says that being on a bike makes it easier for him to interact with business owners and pedestrians as he pedals the streets and sidewalks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_100310.asp
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The recent Discover Hartford Bicycling and Walking Tour was an “anti-sprawl, pro-fun, pro-sustainable city, anti-pollution, anti-couch potato, pro-bicycle pro-pedestrian event” meant to show off all the great places within the city of Hartford. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/realhtfd_091210.asp
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Regardless of the products and services screaming at us from bright, enormous roadside signs, few elements of our landscape generate louder opinions than billboards. Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal earlier this year to eliminate billboards on state land made national news, spawned a flurry of strongly worded letters to the editor and had bloggers working overtime. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_120708.asp
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Over the past four years, the Melville Charitable Trust has undertaken a series of initiatives to tackle homelessness and poverty in one of the poorest sections of one of the poorest cities in America. When Melville bought Billings Forge — a former factory complex a block from the state Capitol that had been converted into apartments — in 2005, urban redevelopment was still largely a synonym for displacing neighborhoods to build malls or offices. But rather than start from scratch, the foundation aimed instead to invest in what was already available. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081009.asp
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Riding a wave of popularity that has seen farmers’ markets break the 100 number mark in Connecticut, the Farmers’ Market at Billings Forge in Hartford will open Thursday, May 22, 2008. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_051508.asp
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The John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center and the Black Governors’ Committee held its 2007 Black Governors’ Ball on Saturday, April 28, at the Artists Collective. A procession of 15 outstanding community leaders depicting the historical Black Governors elected in Connecticut from 1749-1856 was led by the 2005 Black Governor, Eric Crawford of Hartford. Consistent with the tradition established in the 2004 and 2005 Black Governors’ Balls, gala attendees wore period dress and contemporary formal attire. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25 - May 2, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_042507.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments on the case of a white woman who falsely accused a black man of sexually assaulting her in Bushnell Park. Ms. Ubiñas’ conclusion is that allowing the myth of the scary black man to be carelessly thrown about with no consequences sends a terrible signal, and all but guarantees it will happen again. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010707.asp
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A black advocacy group rallied outside the Metropolitan District Commission headquarters in Hartford recently denouncing what it said was the commission's opposition to legislation that would guarantee minority contractors got work on a $1.6 billion sewer-upgrade project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Environment/htfd_courant_041907.asp
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The Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative was intended to increase accountability for One City, One Plan. For this, Hartford was divided into four districts — each with a representative from constituent services and a well-compensated district captain. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_062912.asp
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If there is a blighted building in your neighborhood, complete this form and mail it to Hartford 2000, 111 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 or fax it to 547-1831. Or if you have an electronic copy, email it to Htfd2000@aol.com. Published by
Hartford Anti-Blight Coalition
; Publication Date: August 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_blighted_property.asp
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President Bush is threatening steep cuts in his administration's Community Development Block Grants. In his fiscal 2007 budget, Bush proposed cutting about 20 percent from the popular, 31-year-old program - which already has been cut significantly this year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022806.asp
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Not everyone who loves their hometown would promote it under the name "sad city." But two men living in Hartford's West end say their blog, which chronicles random events and people in the city's neighborhoods, gives others a look at the good and the bad. The goal, they said, is to paint Hartford in a realistic light through interviews, pictures and videos. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112610.asp
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The Blue Hills New Testament Church of God, Hartford, Connecticut, U. S. A., has over 40 Years of Service in the City of Hartford. Founded by the late Reverend Dr. Peter Constantine Barrett in 1965, it holds the distinction of being the first Church of God in Hartford. It recently moved to a new, larger building and celebrated and dedicated the building at the end of October 2009. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: October 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/northend_agents_102109.asp
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The Blue Hills Avenue branch of the Hartford Public Library closed in March 2009 for several weeks. But neighborhood residents didn’t storm city hall or demand the heads of library officials, because this closure had nothing to do with politics or budgets. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/cityline_031909.asp
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Jackie McLean, the internationally known jazz alto saxophonist, composer, and educator whose life and career had a positive impact on countless city youngsters and numerous proteges, died recently at his home in Hartford after a long illness. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_040106_b.asp
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What started out four years ago as happy plan to build a magnet school called Pathways to Technology, which would train students for technology jobs and help to desegregate Hartford schools, has devolved into a political standoff extraordinaire. Recently, the state attorney general said the city can't build a magnet school on an oddly shaped lot the state gave the city - even though ground has already been broken. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 2, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_020207.asp
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Hartford's school board recently approved a plan create four new schools, reviewed a proposal to break Hartford Public High School into four academies and got a preview of big changes planned for Weaver and Bulkeley high schools, which could include tearing down Weaver and building a new school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121907.asp
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The Hartford Board of Education has unanimously approved plans to renovate West Middle Elementary School through a $54.6 million project that supporters say is decades overdue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_032311.asp
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The multimillion-dollar development project at the heart of a federal lawsuit alleging corruption inside the Hartford Housing Authority was awarded to a Massachusetts developer recently, as public housing residents praised the process for its transparency and board members defended themselves against allegations of bid-rigging. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_092006.asp
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With four of the Board of Education members on the ballot in November 2013, the election presented an opportunity for parents to speak up and out about educational opportunities for Hartford children. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_091913_1.asp
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Superintendent Kishimoto recently proposed that what has been dubbed as a failing school for not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress be converted into some form of a charter school. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_041712.asp
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Bob Long's life revolved around his community, beginning in Dorchester, the Irish Catholic section of Boston where he grew up, and extending to the West End of Hartford, where he lived for more than 30 years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051610.asp
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The State Bond Commission approved nearly $90 million today for financing the state’s purchase and renovation of two Hartford office buildings targeted for consolidating thousands of the state employees in the next few years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_031313.asp
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The state bond commission has allocated $750,000 for the city to help fund streetscape improvements on Wethersfield Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090412.asp
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Members of the West Indian Foundation, the West Indian Social Club and other organizations plan to chronicle the history of Hartford's West Indian community through the publication of a book titled "West Indian-Americans in Greater Hartford: Images of the Past 1920 to 1970." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022106.asp
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Hartford's Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center on Franklin Avenue is being renovated. When the building is completed, it will include a large space for Muslim prayers, classrooms in which children, who might otherwise lose their culture, will learn Bosnian, and adults will learn English. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101407_1.asp
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Boston is considering an unusual approach to creating a citywide, low-cost wireless Internet network: putting a nonprofit organization, rather than a private service provider, in charge of building and running the system. Other cities have generally relied on a single private contractor to assume upfront costs and financial risk for a chance to expand its business. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080106.asp
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The Hartford Botanical Garden Committee is planning a public meeting to discuss the creation of a botanical garden in Colt Park. Formed in 1998, the committee's mission is to create a 21st century garden that celebrates the landscape, architecture and history of the city's parks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_052506.asp
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The sudden and unexplained firing of Fernando Betancourt as executive director of the state Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission by the board's commissioners on Sept. 17, 2008 set in motion the Law of Unintended Consequences. Scores of Latinos and others who have worked with the commission in programs benefiting their communities are incensed and demanding answers: Who are these commissioners? Who nominates and appoints commissioners? Are they answerable to anyone? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101708.asp
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Motorists and tow truck drivers in Hartford have gotten into disputes -- even physical confrontations -- in recent weeks over what critics say are aggressive towing tactics used by drivers who haul vehicles from private property. Hyacinth Yennie, a Hartford community leader, and Donald Weisman, a lawyer who represents many of the state's towing companies, offer their views. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051807.asp
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Community organizers from the Charter Oaks Cultural Center have placed 12 hand-painted pots full of vegetable plants around the city for anybody to pick. The pots are watered every day by people who were or are homeless, who receive Walmart gift certificates for their efforts. The pots are funded by donations from local community members, and all the plants and pots were donated as well. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 08, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070813.asp
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Former IBF Light heavyweight world title challenger John "Iceman" Scully participated in a twelve bout amateur boxing show on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the brand new Lion's Den Gym in Middletown. The event will raise funds to purchase a Memorial Plaque for longtime Hartford trainer and National Golden Gloves Hall of Fame member Johnny Duke, who passed at age 83 away in 2006.
Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_111308.asp
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The family of a Hartford boy, Carlton "D.J." Forbes Jr., who was shot recently warns that the nature of urban violence makes anyone on the street vulnerable. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_052606.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that the city of Hartford needs to address illegal operation of motorcycles. Throwing your hands up and handing over Hartford to a bunch of lawless motorists who are putting everyone's life at risk is unacceptable. She suggests giving out some hefty fines to riders driving illegally, impounding a few bikes, and sending a clear message that the city is done tolerating this nonsense. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 28, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_062807.asp
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A visiting Brazilian ambassador, Oto Agripino Maia, recently announced at the Shaheen Brazilian Community Center in Hartford that his country would open a consulate in Hartford later this year, a formal recognition of the growing Brazilian community in the state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_051508.asp
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A little piece of Brazil recently came to Hartford with the opening of the Consulate General of Brazil at One Constitution Plaza. The initial impact will be more convenience. Brazilians who need to obtain passports and other government documents, and Americans seeking travel visas, will no longer have to go to the consulate in New York, which often took a day or more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_010910.asp
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A new mentoring program gives hope to families with young children as the wage war against drugs and violence in Hartford. COMET, the Coalition of Mentoring Excellence, is a partnership between the Greater Hartford Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Families in Crisis Inc. and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Team. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_060505_A.asp
Related Link(s):
Mentors Needed for Leading Roles in City Kids' Lives
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In this commentary, Christine Palm discusses the benefits that Thomas W. Raftery Inc., whose world headquarters is at 1055 Broad St., have accrued from its presence in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford. In a building built at the turn of the last century and once used by the Bond Bread Bakery, T.W.Raftery manufactures draperies, bedspreads, fabrics (4,500 patterns), theatrical curtains, window blinds and solar shades. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121006.asp
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Carlos Mouta’s company, Westside Property Management, has a plan to turn 1200 Park St. into a upscale mall called Pope Commons, raise the building height by 10 feet and build a second floor that would house a court of locally owned stalls serving international foods. And, Mouta wants the city to reduce Park Street from four lanes to two and add on-street parking on both sides. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_120706.asp
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Residents living in the seven communities to be served by Family Centers supported by the Brighter Futures Initiative of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving were surveyed in March, 2002. A total of 1,208 residents were interviewed from households where at least one child eight years old or younger was living.
Based on the success of the original Brighter Futures Initiative and the continuing needs of Hartford children, the Foundation, in 2000, committed an additional $15 million over the next 10 years to finance projects and system-wide reform efforts that support young children and their families.
To achieve its goals, the Brighter Futures Initiative focuses on four areas: family support and parent education, child care and early childhood education, child and maternal health, and the early grades of school.
Family Centers, in partnership with community agencies, provide community-based programs for children and families in seven Hartford neighborhoods. These programs support parents in their own growth and development, their understanding of their child's development, and help families prepare their children for school success. Published by
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
; Publication Date: April 2002
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Link: /issues/wsd/familiesandchildren/brighter_futures.pdf
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the craven cretins who put Angel Arce Torres on a respirator for the rest of his life and Nick Carbone in intensive care have done more than hurt two elderly, defenseless, good-hearted men. They have brought ignominy on the capital city and the state. They've set back a decade of hard work by thousands of people to make Hartford a welcoming community. The people of this city can't let the criminals ruin it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061508_1.asp
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Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, since 2004 has been resurrecting some of Hartford's older housing stock in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Through a unique partnership with other nonprofits, volunteer and apprentice construction workers, and a rigorous collection of available grants, NINA is bringing Asylum Hill back, one dwelling at a time. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030712.asp
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Tom Condon touts "The Great Neighborhood Book - A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking.” The book mentions a variety of the activities - community gardens, book groups, bike trails, neighborhood e-mail lists, farmers markets – which promote neighborhood revitalization and to make cities friendlier, safer and more interesting places. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081907.asp
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When the city's plan to incorporate the facade of the historic Second North District School on High Street into the new public safety complex fell through, all too literally, no one was angrier and more upset than Bill Hosley. Hosley used to run the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, now called Connecticut Landmarks, which owns the lovely Isham-Terry House just down the street from the 19th-century brick school building. He came to see that the North End was, he said, Hartford's Lower East Side, an area that had been home to many immigrant groups and had "so much history." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_082210.asp
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Wheat? In the city? Isn’t that something for the Midwest? Recently, volunteers began to harvest the wheat that was planted in a Grow Hartford plot on Broad Street. The wheat will be used to bake bread, which will be shared among project volunteers. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: July 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_071410.asp
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The man known to legions of friends and admirers in the capital city as "Brother Carl" is mending. When I caught up with Carl Hardrick last week, the 72-year-old Hartford antiviolence mediator was still bruised about the face and probably more emotionally scarred than he was willing to admit. He had endured a pummeling by a group of youths as he walked alone to his North Hartford home one recent night. His assault has outraged the Hartford community, including police officers and gang members. Hardrick is an institution here, one of the few people who can actually bring rival gang members to the table, successfully mediate disputes and keep the peace. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081613.asp
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Janina Spears has a theory: A brushstroke of paint can help reduce crime in the city. As vibrant colors ran from the tip of her paintbrush onto the side of a grocery store in Hartford's Upper Albany neighborhood recently, she wondered how many people would dare deal drugs in front of the brightly colored mural she's creating. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_061210.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez and other state and local officials respond to President Bush's budget. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 8, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_020805.asp
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Sherry Coelho, vice president/relationship management at Prudential Retirement recently became a volunteer budget coach with Co-opportunity Inc., a Hartford-based nonprofit that helps move working families toward economic stability. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_120908.asp
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Buffalo's very successful Garden Walk started as a modest tour of 29 neighborhood gardens. Now, on the last weekend of July 2013, three hundred and fifty gardens are open and this is the largest effort of its kind in the United States. Additionally, the "National Garden Festival" spreads the theme over a six week period. The festival ties in with AAA tours. Hartford, with its parks, great architecture, Knox, and great front and back yard gardens might try to duplicate the effort. It's a great way to rejuvenate streets, reenergize neighborhoods, increase property values. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 22, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_news_082213.asp
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As a final assignment for his graduate architecture class in urban issues at the University of Hartford, architect and planner Robert Orr has charged his students with replanning the area around the State Capitol and Bushnell Park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_042609.asp
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As the nation’s oldest Community Action Agency, The Community Renewal Team has been preparing our community to meet life’s challenges since our founding in 1963. We’ve built on the foundation our organizers laid to become Connecticut’s largest CAA, known throughout the Greater Hartford area for providing services to thousands in need of a helping hand each year. We’ve helped change the lives of our neighbors through our energy assistance, nutrition, housing, Head Start, employment, neighborhood and youth services. But over the past 10 years, we’ve also helped change the landscape of our entire hometown. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_021810.asp
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Bullying was the focus of a recent community forum — “Making a Difference: The Bullied Respond” – at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_050311.asp
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The focus of the forum on bullying held recently at the Hartford Public Library was how to step up and stop bullying. The panelists — a mix of students, teachers and educational experts — brainstormed with the audience to come up with tools and strategies they can use to stop bullying in schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_050411.asp
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Hartford attempts to fight traffic slumps with road humps. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 13
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_advocate_091307.asp
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A two-family, three-story house on Homestead Avenue in Hartford was destroyed by fire June 6, 2013, leaving the building a charred hulk. Now, more than three months later, it is still a charred hulk. The upper two floors are all but gone; the lower floor is of uncertain stability. Plywood partly fills lower-floor windows. The reason the building still stands, said city hall spokeswoman Maribel La Luz, is that the owner is looking to rebuild and is not certain if the first floor is salvageable. The owner has applied for loans, and a decision is expected in the next few weeks. She said if the loans fall through and the owner fails to demolish or rebuild, the city will step in. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091813.asp
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Hartford's bus shelters were a mess in the early part of the last decade, full of litter, missing panels of plexiglass and slathered with graffiti. City officials vowed to fix the problem, but didn't. After a prolonged and painstaking negotiations, and with the help of a federal grant, it now appears that CRCOG has brokered a regional program that could bring new bus shelters to Hartford and seven surrounding towns as early as next summer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 12, 2011
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Hartford's second retail survey yields better news than the data for downtown. Hartford Economic Development Director Mark McGovern provided an update to the downtown survey recently which shows the vacancy rate for retail space is up slightly since last July to 43 percent. The news was much better on Park Street, however, where the retail vacancy rate is just 9.6 percent. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 21, 2010
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Dozens of small-business owners fearing painful tax hikes brought their cause to the city's state legislators recently, asking for a year or two to figure out a better way forward. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2007
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By the end of May, downtown and Asylum Hill property owners, are expecting a big bang for the 1 percent tax surcharge they are paying to fund improvements in a newly formed Hartford business improvement district. The results largely rest upon the work of a nine-member security guard unit and a six-member cleaning crew. In addition, 200 new flower planters are being placed throughout the district and a small portion of the budget is being spent for marketing the district. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 5, 2007
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After neighbors prevailed in an exhaustive battle to secure a pedestrian bridge over Flower Street in Hartford, people who live and work in the city will get a chance to offer design suggestions. The state transportation department hosted a forum about the bridge and invited individuals, civic groups, community associations, business owners and anyone else with an interest in how the bridge is designed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 15, 2013
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A year ago, Lance Jay Robbins had never even set foot in Hartford. Now, the California developer has taken on the financially troubled Colt Gateway redevelopment project, a massive undertaking that has languished for two years. Robbins, a former real estate lawyer, hopes to finish the $120 million restoration of the former factory complex known for its blue onion dome after the last developer, Homes for America Holdings Inc., ran out of money. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_040709.asp
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Murder is up in Hartford, and there's more federal law enforcement at work here than you might think. Still, there are limits on what they can do, says the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_012308.asp
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When Hartford changed its charter and adopted a strong mayor system in 2002, it also created an Independent Audit Commission to provide objective reviews and assessments of the city's operations and finances. The commission and chief auditor H. Patrick Campbell are trusted and respected. City councilman Matthew Ritter thinks the auditors may be able to resolve the still-roiling controversy surrounding the closing of two library branches by the Hartford Public Library. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_072508.asp
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Throngs of people lined Park Street in Hartford on January 6, 2008 for the Three Kings Parade, to cheer and snap photos of the camels and brightly robed kings. Some marchers threw candy to children, while others chanted empowerment slogans. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 07, 2008
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Members of the Maple Avenue Group (MARG) want Hartford to join the growing number of U.S. cities that use video cameras to catch motorists who run red lights, speed and commit other infractions. Once a violation is recorded by the camera, the motorist would automatically be mailed a ticket. But MARG President Hyacinth Yennie said that in order for Hartford to install such cameras, the State of Connecticut would have to pass new legislation allowing their use. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 27, 2008
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Among the ideas on how to stop violence in Hartford is the use of video monitors, a technique employed in cities like Baltimore and Jersey City. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 10, 2005
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Although Mike Menatian is now president of a well-established mortgage company in West Hartford, he began his career as a street-level organizer for Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART) in the late 1980’s. Some of Menatian’s old organizing passion came to the fore recently during a forum at the Hartford Public Library entitled, “The Sub-Prime Lending Crisis: What Does It Mean for Hartford and the Region?” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 22, 2008
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The author writes about how the community of Hartford families can come together when danger approaches. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_092211.asp
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Forester Heights Park is tucked into a quiet area just north of Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford’s Southwest neighborhood. City Councilman Jim Boucher said the City of Hartford will fund a renovation of the park, but only if residents in the surrounding neighborhood show a commitment to use and support it. To that end, a meeting about the park was held on January 17, at Kennelly School on White St. with the aim of creating Friends of Forester Heights Park. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 22 - 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_news_112206.asp
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On June 10th, the Licenses and Inspections Division of the Hartford Department of Development Services should have answers as to whether the remainder of the Lyric Theater can be saved. On March 27th, the main section of the theater — 856 Broad Street– was demolished. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_060810.asp
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The Rev. King Thomas Hayes has an exalted vision of his retirement years. Let's just say it doesn't include a lot of late-night phone calls. Rev. Hayes retired April 1, 2007 from Shiloh Baptist Church in North Hartford after 31 years in the pulpit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_033107.asp
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Plans to convert the former Capewell Horse Nail factory in Hartford into housing have stumbled for more than a decade, but the project got a $2 million boost this week, winning a state brownfields clean-up grant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_041813.asp
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The Corporation for Independent Living (CIL) recently closed on the sale of the first Capewell Townhomes unit in February. CILis a not-for-profit specialist that provides real estate development, construction and management services to state, municipal and other not-for-profit entities. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_022113.asp
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A bill introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly, by state Rep. David McCluskey, would direct state officials to inventory all state-owned and -leased parking lots in the Capitol district with a view to reducing the asphalt desert that surrounds the Capitol complex and liberating those acres "for the purpose of community and economic development." The bill would lead to the reduction of state-owned surface parking lots in central Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_030407.asp
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Developing an environmentally friendly neighborhood along Hartford's Capitol Avenue, one that uses sustainable strategies and infrastructure, was the goal of a recent two-day planning session at the Capitol. The gathering was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's "Greening America's Capitals" program. Not surprising for an effort supported by the EPA, there was a lot of emphasis on dealing with water quality and stormwater management. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_022711.asp
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For years, the building at the Asylum Street exit off I-84 west has been one of the city's worst blights, its eye socket-like cutout a curiosity for passing motorists. But that odd-looking space could become home to a fitness center if the building is converted to apartments or condominiums, as a developer has proposed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_080806.asp
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Capitol West, the notorious eyesore at the Asylum Street exit off I-84 west in Hartford, is coming down, after years of steady decay and finally, an eminent domain fight by the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_040412.asp
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The owner of the Capitol West building on Myrtle Street has filed a lawsuit to stymie the city's efforts to take the property through eminent domain. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/cityline_050411.asp
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The owner of the vacant Capitol West downtown office building has filed suit to block the city of Hartford from seizing the property through eminent domain. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 09, 2011
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People object when some buildings are torn down, often rightly, saying the building has historic or architectural merit. No such sentiment was heard and no tears were shed recently at a ceremony marking the end of Hartford's Capitol West building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 04, 2012
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Since early October 2009, Kerri Provost has been without a car. She has not starved to death. Here is an explanation for how she has been able to meet her various needs and wants while living in Hartford without a car. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 04, 2009
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Three weeks after Hartford surgeons reconstructed his face, Nick Carbone was back in his sneakers walking through the park in the backyard of his high-rise apartment to where he was viciously attacked. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_062508.asp
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The Hartford West Indian Day Parade is the oldest parade of its kind in North America. Forty-four years after it began, it attracts thousands. But many have realized the parade has lost its vibrancy. In an effort to reignite the fire and bring back the spectacular cultural flavor to the parade, the Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities, Inc. sponsored the Caribbean Issues Summit. Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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A Hartford woman initially believed to be the random victim of a shooting and carjacking may have been deliberately targeted because of her relationship with a man involved in the local drug trade, police sources said. A search of the vehicle uncovered at least one gun and $10,000 to $12,000 in cash hidden in an interior compartment. Police suspect that the attack on Jewel Cooper, who was critically wounded in the incident, was intentional. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2005
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Carl Dudley, retired professor at Hartford Seminary and a leader in the city's West End, died April 22, 2009. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 24, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_042409.asp
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Carlos Toro was a scrappy fighter whose advocacy on behalf of people with AIDS helped hundreds of people around Hartford deal with disease and discrimination. He was the first to admit his flaws. He fought drug addiction most of his life and spent time in jail. His marriage dissolved when he realized he was gay. He died on February 22, 2010 at age 57. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_041110.asp
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In the 19th century, Americans began to see cemeteries as resting places not only for the dead, but also for the living. The rural cemetery movement saw the creation of peaceful, park-like burial places in which the living could takes walks or carriage rides, have picnics or meditate on life's mysteries. Hartford's Cedar Hill Cemetery, a 270-acre greensward that dates from 1863, is one of the finest examples of this bucolic genre. Cedar Hill has lakes, woods and wildlife, plus architecture and monuments by some of the best designers of the period. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_090910.asp
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A nutrition class at the Charter Oak Health Center, a public clinic that provides care to some of Hartford's neediest residents. Participants have learned to control their diabetes by cutting out soda and nibbling on fruit and vegetables instead of chips when she feels hungry. Nutritionist Lorie Reardon and about two dozen other clients recently celebrated the season and their healthy-eating success at a party that featured low-fat entrees. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_122205.asp
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There are many odd and often fascinating things you can learn during a guided tour of Cedar Hill Cemetery. The tours are scheduled regularly, and the themes change. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_071610.asp
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Done with verve and imagination, the new development of Westbrook Village and Bowles Park housing projects can change the area for the better, even change the image of the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_031212.asp
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Developer David Nyberg has spent more than $11 million to buy more than a dozen apartment buildings with 250 units in Asylum Hill. He wants to spend roughly the same amount to rehabilitate and upgrade those apartments. Nyberg's offers of cash to get people to leave - and his refusal to renew leases - has stirred community concerns that Nyberg is, in the short term, displacing tenants and, in the long term, trying to trade working people for a more upscale crowd. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071507.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant suggests that starting in 2011, the federal government will take a few baby steps toward changing the way it measures poverty, something that is decades overdue. The income levels decide who qualifies for hundreds of state and federal programs such as food stamps. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050310.asp
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Some five years of dreaming, hard work and planning will soon result in a $450,000 refurbishing of Lozada Park, a square block of spare open space in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Hartford's North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_081508.asp
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The Judiciary Committee recently approved changes to the state's anti-racial-profiling law that proponents say will improve compliance and assure that police departments are held accountable if they mistreat motorists. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 21, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_032112.asp
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The popular coffeehouse and bookstore has closed. The popular neighborhood hangout at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Babcock Street is expected to reopen under new ownership in the spring. Named after an endangered Puerto Rican pigeon, La Paloma failed financially. But in the hearts of Cotto and his three sisters, who shared a dream of opening a place where Latin American literature, culture and artistry could shine, it was a success. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122507.asp
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While state unemployment hovers just under the national average of 9.6 percent, state charities are reorganizing, and sometimes closing altogether. Locally, according to its seventh annual survey of area nonprofit organizations, the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's campaign was down by 8 percent — or $2 million — from 2008 to 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_102710.asp
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A report from Connecticut Council for Philanthropy released recently says the number of major fundraising campaigns in Fairfield County and in the Hartford and New Haven areas is at its lowest in 10 years, as is the amount of the combined campaign goals. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_031312.asp
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A tapestry is a cloth woven with rich, often multicolored design. Selection of the Charter Oak Cultural Center as this year's recipient of The Hartford Courant's eighth annual Tapestry Award recognizes the rich and complex weave of cultures, traditions, ethnicities, religions, ages and genders Charter Oak brings together in the heart of Hartford and presents through the arts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2007
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Hartford’s Charter Oak Cultural Center recently was named the Nonprofit Organization of the Year by the Hartford Business Journal. the center serves more than 15,000 people annually, and provides free before- and after-school programs to more than 500 children throughout Greater Hartford. The center sponsors hip-hop dance instruction and performances for area youths, eclectic art exhibitions in its downstairs gallery, and more. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: June 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_062909.asp
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Kerri Provost provides some ideas for free, cheap, or cheaper than usual things to do in Hartford. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 24, 2010
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What a difference a year and a half makes. In the summer of 2008 we were covering heated protests to save two branches of the Hartford public library: the Mark Twain and Blue Hills locations. There were protests that worked and both branches stayed open. Today, Matt Polland, the CEO of the Hartford Public Library said they're thriving. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_021710.asp
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Chief Patrick J. Harnett recently testified in federal court in a case that dates from the early 1970s. The group of residents who are plaintiffs in the Cintron vs. Vaughn lawsuit want the court to find the city in contempt; the city wants the court to nullify the decree. The lawsuit was resolved through a 1973 consent decree that required the city to take steps to be more accountable and responsive to the community, particularly in hiring more minority officers and investigating civilian complaints of police misconduct. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 2, 2005
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Hartford Police Chief Patrick J. Harnett presented the city's new community policing plan to the MetroHartford Alliance, a regional chamber of commerce with an interest in making Hartford safer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 9, 2005
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Stan Simpson suggests that new Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts needs to make sure that his community support is rock-solid. Roberts can accomplish this by connecting with the community, being visible and accessible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 5, 2006
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In this editorial, the Courant suggests that although Hartford Police Chief Patrick J. Harnett's appointment was greeted with skepticism two years ago, his retirement - announced last week - doesn't bode well for the city. As Mr. Harnett promised when he took the job, overall crime in Hartford fell sharply after he restructured the department's manning procedures under the internationally recognized Command Status policing system, known popularly as Comstat. Mr. Harnett's successor should not be tempted to tamper with the system and thereby ruin its effectiveness. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070306.asp
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Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts took a lot of criticism in June when, in the wake of four homicides over Father's Day weekend, he broke with tradition and declined the help of state troopers to patrol the streets this summer. Crime statistics during that time show that the chief's gambit paid off. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_083007.asp
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The Child Poverty Council, established by the Connecticut Legislature in 2004, is charged with recommending strategies to reduce child poverty by fifty percent within ten years. The report contains an inventory of current programs and 67 recommendations for consideration by the executive and legislative branch. (PDF file - 141 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management
; Publication Date: January 2005
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Link: /Issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/wsd_01_2005.asp
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Fighting Child Poverty
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There is no full-time priest at St. Peter’s Church on Main Street in Hartford and its parishioners are angry. More than 150 of them picketed outside the church recently to show their displeasure with the decision to remove Father Michael Galasso from his post at St. Peter’s, a position the beloved pastor had held for almost thirty years. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 12, 2009
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For Pastor Eva Steege, hosting a dinner for low-income and socially isolated people is not just about providing food. It's about building a community that includes everyone. That's what members of Grace Lutheran Church on Woodland Street sought to do when they put together a Christmas Eve dinner last week for about 150 people. Now the parish wants to make the dinner a weekly event. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_122910.asp
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In the late 1980s, St. Monica's Episcopal Church saw a problem coming. Though many of Hartford's most prominent West Indian and African Americans still made their way to the small, stately brick church on Mather Street each Sunday, the parish was graying and not growing. They developed a plan that would keep the church in the city, and the church is now in the process of selling the Mather Street church building and starting construction on a new church on Main Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_030407.asp
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It's been a long road, but after 19 years as the spiritual leader of Mount Olive Ministries, Bishop James L. Fenner Sr. is proud of his accomplishments and the people he serves. Recently, members of Mount Olive honored Fenner and his wife, Rosa, for their dedication to Mount Olive with a special worship service led by the Rev. David Massey from Hopewell Baptist Church in Windsor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_040806.asp
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Two North End churches - House of Restoration and Phillips Metropolitan CME Church - are the anchors of the collaboration between DCF and city churches to find foster and adoptive homes for children. Known as the Queen Esther program, it has grown to involve 18 Hartford area churches and more recently spread to churches in Waterbury, Bridgeport and New Haven. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_052206.asp
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Francesca Anna Reale, 60, passed away January 11, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. She was a co-owner of City Fare Catering on Franklin Avenue and founder of Kidzzz, a program designed to teach youngsters the art of cooking. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 20, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_012011.asp
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A memorial for the 168 victims of the circus fire is dedicated, 61 years after the tragic event on the north end of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_070505.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez celebrated the start of renovations to Rawson Elementary School with Blue Hills neighborhood residents. Rawson, once on the brink of closure, is part of a $280 million citywide school renovation project. Learn more in this October 7, 2004 Hartford Courant article. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 7, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_100704.asp
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The Hartford's annual Three Kings Day parade was held recently. As in previous years, the parade began in front of the Spanish American Merchants Association at 95 Park St. and concluded with a distribution of toys to local children at the Pope Park Recreation Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_010706.asp
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In an effort to eliminate what Mayor Eddie A. Perez describes as "non-essential mandates" in Hartford's municipal code, he wants to remove a requirement forcing the city to supply staff to three city commissions - the Permanent Commission on the Status of Hartford Women, the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues and the Commission on Disability Issues. Any move that involves further reduction to the help those commissions receive would be devastating, volunteers on all three commissions say. The commissions rely heavily on city staff to take minutes at meetings, write and send official correspondence and navigate city hall's often labyrinthine structure, they said. The annual savings in staffing and supplies would total about $25,000 a year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2006
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Despite angry outbursts and charges of illegality, the election of new directors to the ONE/CHANE board is a step in the right direction according to an optimistic Chairman Terry Waller. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_050605.asp
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Studies in Boston, Buffalo and elsewhere have shown that a small number of people are doing most of the violent crime. Hartford police officers report that most of the gun violence in the city can be traced to 30 to 40 major miscreants. Although the city has made noteworthy effort to reduce violence in Hartford, focusing on smaller number of troublemakers might be beneficial. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 3, 2005
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The city has hired Manafort Brothers, Inc. to demolish the blighted Capitol West building on Myrtle Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 20, 2012
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The city has hired a Farmington-based project management firm to help plan its move to the new public safety complex on High Street in fall of 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_071812.asp
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Hartford’s unfinished $77 million showpiece police-fire-emergency dispatch headquarters is under construction. City officials are certain of the positive impact the public safety complex will have when it opens in July 2012. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/hbj_080111.asp
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Hartford police link the spike in gun crime to a dangerous new culture among young people that stresses the need to be armed for protection and a willingness by youths to settle even trivial disputes with guns. State and federal officers have joined up with Hartford police to quell the violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 3, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070305.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez wants Hartford to turn its recyclables into cash. Perez announced a pilot recycling program recently that allows city residents to earn cash coupons by recycling their household waste. The coupons would be redeemable at nearly 300 national chains — Staples, Dick's Sporting Goods and CVS Pharmacy, to name a few — as well as a developing list of local businesses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_031808.asp
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The city of Hartford is demolishing the almost half-century old, dilapidated Parker Memorial Center/Kelvin D. Anderson Gymnasium on Main Street. By 2010, a new, 36,000-square-foot community center will be constructed that will carry the same name. It'll be a place for young people to blow off steam safely. All the amenities will be new — gymnasium, swimming pool, weight room, classrooms, computer labs, game room. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2008
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A request by two former city officials to build houses on the site of a city park is poised to be approved by the city council, over the objections of some residents and a national low-income advocacy group who say the plan takes away one of the few green spaces left in Hartford's North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_112805.asp
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Connecticut's big-city mayors released a report recently reminding policy makers that their cities have greater costs in serving the poor, and have large swaths of tax exempt property, like not-for-profit hospitals, universities and state offices. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_102110.asp
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Anna Barry, the Deputy DOT Commissioner, acknowledgeed that the City has been engaged in "vigorous discussion" with the Connecticut DOT concerning the closure of Flower Street in Hartford as a result of the construction of CTfastrak, and that no conclusion has been reached between those parties about what is an acceptable path forward. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 26, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_042613.asp
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Hartford Rescue Mission, a nondenominational religious organization that rents space at St. Monica Episcopal Church, on Mather Street in the city's North End, provides free meals, clothing and spiritual support using funds obtained through donations and fundraising. "We want the individuals who come here to feel comfortable, to know we care about them and want to help," said the Rev. Gregg Woods, a Baptist minister who runs the mission. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121605.asp
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The city will move forward with plans to take the long-vacant Capitol West building on Myrtle Street through eminent domain proceedings. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 25, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_042511.asp
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Street noise can ruin the quality of life in Hartford. People who move out of the city often cite street noise from loud car radios, motorcycles and dance clubs as a determining factor. To quiet the city, however, Hartford officials have amended an ordinance in a way that appears unenforceable and unlikely to win the approval of the state Department of Environmental Protection. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112907_1.asp
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A map of local, state, and national historic districts and properties in Hartford as of March, 2007. (PDF document, 1 page) Published by
City of Hartford, Planning Division, Department of Development Services
; Publication Date: March 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/History/historic_district_map.pdf
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The current foreclosure crisis has affected every neighborhood in the City of Hartford and has had a profound effect on the lives of countless citizens. The nature of Hartford’s housing stock, coupled with the state’s lowest homeownership rate of 24.6%, magnify the crisis. The City’s primary programmatic approach is to support the efforts of the last eight years, by focusing Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds to create diverse homeownership opportunities. This document outlines guiding principles on how to best maximize the opportunities presented in the NSP in Hartford. (PDF document, 68 pages) Published by
City of Hartford, Department of Development Services
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Neighborhood_Stabilization_Action_Plan.pdf
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In late July, a letter from the City of Hartford’s Deputy Corporation Counsel — on behalf of Mayor Segarra — was submitted to the Connecticut Department of Transportation petitioning “to postpone or condition the closure of the Flower Street crossing until adequate and effective measures can be devised and implemented to mitigate the impact the proposed closure will have on north-south traffic flow within the City.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_081512.asp
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An interactive map that shows open and closed cases from the 3-1-1 system in the City of Hartford. Published by
City of Hartford
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_11_2010.asp
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This report is an update on the various planning and development projects undertaken by the City of Hartford Department of Development Services. (PDF document, 73 pages) Published by
City of Hartford, Department of Development Services
; Publication Date: January 2013
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Link: /issues/wsd/DowntownDevelopment/Project_Updates-January_2013.pdf
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This document is a report from the City of Hartford on its efforts to fight blight in the City. It includes descriptions and summaries of the activities to rehabilitate or clear blighted properties as of June 30, 2011. (PDF document, 75 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: June 30, 1011
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/antiblightpropertyupdate063011.pdf
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There were more than 300 illegal dumping cases in Hartford in 2006, or nearly one each day, including 60 cases of asbestos dumping. About 100 of those were on city-owned or private property, and were handled by Hartford Zoning Inspector Courtney Dunstan. The rest were on state-owned or other public land and were handled by the Connecticut DEP. The dumped items include headless chickens, goats, dogs, asbestos, and mattresses. State and city health officers struggle to clean it up. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_032207.asp
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As more information emerges about the shooting on May 7th and the death of Jashon Bryant, police officer Robert Lawlor's attorney Michael Georgetti defends Lawlor's decision to open fire on Bryant and Brandon Henry. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051105.asp
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Over 100 people from the Asylum Hill, Parkville and West End neighborhoods crowded into United Methodist Church on Farmington Avenue recently to hear about – and comment – on the City of Hartford’s proposed Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD 2020). The POCD will guide city planning for the next 10 years. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_021110.asp
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The City of Hartford is testing the effectiveness of a community recycling program designed to help both the city and its residents save money. A year-long pilot program that began in May with RecycleBank, a four-year-old New York company, serves 4,500 Hartford residents. If it is deemed a success, it could be put in place throughout the city, potentially reducing the $2.4 million the city now spends on waste management. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_111008.asp
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Hartford police have sent a BB gun, turned in May 12th by an anonymous man, to forensics to investigate its possible connection to the police shooting of two young men in Hartford's North end the previous week. An officer fired at the two men because he believed one of them was reaching for a gun but no such gun has yet been found. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051405_a.asp
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City officials are about to terminate their support for the stalled $32 million mixed-use Plaza Mayor project intended to serve as the gateway to Park Street unless the developers secure financing and submit final plans for approval. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_072009.asp
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When the chips were down in the Hartford political game, there wasn't a tougher, shrewder player than the grandmotherly Maria Colon Sanchez. Those who underestimated her did so at their peril. When she didn't appear to be paying attention, she was counting votes. Ms. Sanchez, who died in 1989, used her political skills to advance her fellow Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who settled in Hartford. Recently, the city dedicated a street in her honor in the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood. It was there, from Maria's Newsstand, her tiny store, that she worked her magic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_120308.asp
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A small weaving center on Woodland Street, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, opened in January 2009. This tax-exempt, nonprofit center serves 22 people who have little or no vision or who are over 55. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_010410.asp
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Friday nights are karaoke nights at Aqui Me Quedo II at 150 Albany Ave. Wilma and Joel Rohena bought the restaurant five years ago from her father. Joel left his job as manager at Coca-Cola to run the place; she kept hers as a manager at Travelers. Until a few months ago, the Rohenas would close their restaurant and bar for the night and head to East Hartford to sing karaoke. Now, Joel has his own setup. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112009.asp
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There's a gaping hole in the road where Albany Avenue and Edgewood Street meet, a 16-foot-deep pit lined with steel that keeps the earthen walls intact as contractors work below. Kewayn Hudson, wearing a hard hat, works a 30-hour-a-week, $8-an-hour training job with the Metropolitan District Commission. He begins most days by keeping track of equipment and people. What began as a summer job training program through the Blue Hills Civic Association and Capital Workforce Partners has expanded to take Hudson through September 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110609.asp
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Hartford officials announced June 1st that they would like to sell the 4-acre plot of land at 1450 Main Street for roughly $260,000 for “mixed development.” Officials feel the type of development, whether residential, commercial, or retail should be flexible. Responses are due no later than July 29th. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_060205.asp
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With hundreds of small businesses facing sharp tax increases, Hartford's city council has asked the state legislature for help. Not for money, but for time. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052207.asp
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Mayor Perez focuses on revitalizing 'Downtown West' with housing, entertainment and retail services. The city's Planning Division has completed an initial study of the neighborhood. The study looks at the area parcel by parcel, identifies development "anchors, challenges, and opportunities" and plans a series of actions that include beginning discussions with property owners, seeking funding for a new public garage, and more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 9, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_080905.asp
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Occupy Hartford began on a sunny autumn afternoon in October 2011 but ended on a dreary December day as the City of Hartford closed down the site on December 6, 2011. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_news_120811.asp
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The Upper Albany and Clay Arsenal neighborhoods have been jointly recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice as a "Weed and Seed" site, a designation that opens the door to federal crime-fighting funding. The Weed and Seed program aims to rid an area of violent crime and then provide social and economic services to allow residents to reclaim the neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061805.asp
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Within a few weeks, the city of Hartford will name a private developer charged with the task of developing a plan for improving multiple properties on Barbour Street in northeast Hartford. In February, the city issued a request for qualifications, or RFQ, for developers that would work with the city on improving the Barbour Street corridor. If successful, there could be similar projects lined up in other areas of the city, including in Hartford’s Franklin Avenue corridor, in the Frog Hollow neighborhood, and Homestead Avenue corridor. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_052608_1.asp
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The city of Hartford and local developer Carlos Lopez are moving back to square one following the city’s tabling of Lopez’s ambitious $32 million Park Street neighborhood project known as Plaza Mayor. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_101909.asp
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Skateboarders are now legally able to roll along the city's streets and sidewalks. The city council voted recently in favor of a proposal by Councilman Luis Cotto to repeal a 33-year-old ordinance that banned skateboarding in those areas. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_063010_1.asp
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At Maria Sanchez Elementary School, the recent "Holiday Shopping Spree," organized by physical education teacher Dave Anderson, was a first. The At the school's holiday bazaar Tuesday, the 500 students could pick from digital photo key chains, foot baths and slow-cookers. And all the gifts were free, donated by school staff and their friends. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_121708.asp
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The city will start cracking down on convenience stores that haven't obtained a permit to stay open between 11:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., city officials said recently. In response to citywide complaints from residents that convenience stores were staying open all night and causing problems — some criminal, some not — the city council unanimously passed an ordinance in May 2007 that a $100 city permit would be required to stay open 24 hours. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_031208.asp
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The city recently approved the allocation of $1.25 million to hire more inspectors, more public works employees, a lawyer and two interns to address blighted buildings and related issues. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_071811_1.asp
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The Rev. Jose da Silva, the spiritual leader of Hartford's Portuguese community for half a century and the man who bound it together by expanding its church, died on December 7, 2006 in Portugal after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_120806.asp
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The merits of the curfew, long on the books, but revived for 30 days after a spate of shootings last weekend, are being debated from the city's squad rooms to living rooms, and perhaps in the future in courtrooms, where municipal curfews have been struck down. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081608_2.asp
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A plan called Hartford 2010 has goals big and small, from turning huge swaths of downtown real estate into a nationally marketed site for major development to transforming a North End criss-cross of roads into a nexus of neighborhood retail. But just as significant as the details of the vision is the fact that the city and its business leaders share it. Together, they say, they can better sell the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_060507.asp
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Work on the city of Hartford’s $77 million public safety complex on the north rim of downtown is “on schedule and under budget,’’ Mayor Eddie Perez says. Clearing of the 5.3-acre site surrounding 253 High St., former headquarters to the city’s board of education, is well under way and remaining bids are being collected from firms eager to supply materials and services for the two-year project. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/hbj_102609.asp
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Nearly three years after Mayor Eddie Perez promised with fanfare to provide free wireless Internet access citywide by 2009, city officials have quietly tabled the plan. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_071408.asp
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A Superior Court judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against Robert Lawlor, a former Hartford police detective involved in a controversial police shooting in 2005 in which an 18-year-old was killed. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Lydia Cabrera, Ruben Perez and Dejavahn Watkins, who were injured in a car crash that followed the shooting. Their vehicle was struck by a car driven by Brandon Henry, who had been shot by Lawlor and was fleeing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031711.asp
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Riding all-terrain vehicles on city property officially became illegal recently. At a Sept. 8, 2008 meeting, the Hartford City Council amended the city's regulations, making riding four-wheeled ATVs on city property punishable by fines of $99. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_091808.asp
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Bringing people to the Hartford Public Library is something CEO Matthew Poland and his staff have gotten very good at. The Library offers a remarkable array of classes, concerts, readings and lectures. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 08, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_110812_2.asp
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Volunteers from the West End Civic Association Beautification & Planting Committee gathered recently to clean up Elizabeth Park, rounding out the Week of the Parks. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/realhtfd_082810.asp
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Suits claim a local realty company is fleecing former renters, many of them recent University of Hartford grads. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_advocate_030309.asp
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Superintendent Christina Kishimoto appointed Tim Sullivan as interim principal of the Burns School in early February 2012, an abrupt leadership change that was criticized because he was a well-liked and successful principal at Classical Magnet School. But Sullivan said he welcomed the challenge and believes changing Burns' environment is a step toward turning around the school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_030912.asp
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Toni Gold writes in support of . M. Jodi Rell's executive order to ban outdoor advertising on state property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_022408_1.asp
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The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance rallied Thursday, May 12th against violence in response to recent shootings, including the incident involving two police officers and the death of Jashon Bryant on May 7th. The alliance stressed the need for better relationships between city officials, officers, and residents and more thorough investigation into violent crimes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_051305.asp
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Stan Simpson summarizes feelings and opinions of community members in light of recent shootings in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_060706_a.asp
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Getting the New Britain-to-Hartford busway, or CTfastrak, past little Flower Street in Hartford is one of the most difficult engineering challenges in constructing the dedicated right-of-way, and one of the most controversial. Neighborhood organizations, residents, bicyclists and others say the loss of this two-block north-south street that connects Farmington and Capitol avenues will cause more traffic congestion, impede pedestrian circulation and make bicycling more dangerous in the area. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_082312.asp
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This year, given the deepest budget cuts the library have ever faced, the board of directors of the Hartford Public Library was forced to make painful decisions regarding library services and hours. One of the board members writes, “We do not make these decisions lightly. We recognize the important role the library plays in the city and are proud that our delivery of quality services has made the library so vital to our community.” Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070708_1.asp
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Life is a cabaret for Dan Blow, the colorful co-owner of Hartford's celebrated West End fashion house, Japanalia Eiko. Especially now that Blow, a shaker-and-doer on the Hartford art scene, has tailored one of the most varied cabaret series Hartford has seen. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_021311.asp
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A notorious drag queen show planned for the Chez Est nightclub this month has been canceled amid growing debate over the racial content of the act, which features a white man performing as an alcoholic, Ebonics-speaking, Southern black welfare mother with 19 kids. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021007.asp
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Asylum Hill youth are already benefiting from the addition of the Boys and Girls Club. A core of Asylum Hill Congregational volunteers, chagrined by the notoriety of the neighborhood - drugs, prostitution, shootings - decided to change its reputation and transform the street. They led a five-year effort to raise $7 million to build the Boys and Girls Club, which opened in October. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 18, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/courant_121804.asp
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Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell spoke to a packed house recently, and that was before he headlined a motivational speaking tour at the XL Center in Hartford. Prior to his speaking engagement downtown, Powell took a tour of the Boys & Girls Club on Sigourney Street and shared some of his life experiences with dozens of current and former club members. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091009_1.asp
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On the lower level of Asylum Hill Congregational Church a new school is taking shape. The School for Young Children on Asylum Hill initially will serve children 6 weeks to 5 years old and is expected to attract both city and suburban families. The preschool, scheduled to open in September 2006, is the first phase of a school project that by 2008 will grow to include children up to fourth grade. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_021706_a.asp
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Abraham Giles was a Hartford politician and former state representative known for his personality and for his ability to survive in the game when others had long ago lost, or moved on. Giles died recently at the age of 84. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: March 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/jcohen_032811.asp
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Colt Gateway is in trouble and needs the state's help. Work has stalled on the historic Colt armory complex, its developers caught in a financial Catch-22. The blue-domed east armory, a landmark familiar to all who travel along I-91 through Hartford, is increasingly vulnerable to time and weather. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_092307.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that telling the complex story of Coltsville in a way that engages a diverse audience and does justice to its contributions in shaping U.S. history is both a challenge and an economic development opportunity that may never come this way again. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_080308.asp
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A historic success after going through a series of developers, the vast area that comprises Colt Gateway is moving along well. With its mix of schools; Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Two River's High School and the River Street School, businesses like Foley Carrier in the South Armory and Insurity in the Saw Tooth building and its current 50 occupied apartments, there is lots of life in Coltsville. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 29, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_082913.asp
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The continued transformation of the Colt Gateway project in Hartford into new apartments is running into another snag, as one of the project's lenders is threatening to foreclose on some of the site's properties. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_103007.asp
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Coltsville, in Hartford's South Meadows, has quite a history. In the mid-19th century, it was one of the nation’s largest and most advanced factories, turning out Samuel Colt’s famous six-shooter revolver by the thousands. Today, Connecticut’s congressional leaders are trying to turn the factory and its surroundings into a National Park. The first hurdles in this process have been completed, but others still remain. Colt Gateway (today's term for Coltsville) is a vibrant community with businesses, schools, occupied apartments, some home based business and a new restaurant, Cafe Colt. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 07, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_030713.asp
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Critics of Colt Gateway developer Robert MacFarlane say all his projects run aground and his company is in debt. But MacFarlane says his project is on track. An investigation by the Advocate has revealed the money problems at Colt Gateway — the renovation of Sam and Elizabeth Colt's 19th century firearms factory into commercial and residential space — appear to be far worse than the developer has disclosed. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 01, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_advocate_110107.asp
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Yet another developer faces the challenge of reviving Hartford's Colt project. When Robert MacFarlane, chief executive officer of Homes for America Holdings, took over Hartford's crumbling Colt factory in 2002, he promised two things. Colt would be reborn as a residential and retail anchor for the city. MacFarlane is 0 for 2. He has been eased out of ownership in Colt by a new developer — Lance Robbins of Los Angeles-based Urban Smart Growth — and Colt is still far from reborn, although MacFarlane at least kept it on life support. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_040709.asp
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Colt Gateway Developer Robert MacFarlane says his property taxes are up to date and his entanglement with a bankrupt lender is resolved. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_advocate_011008.asp
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Work has been stalled for months on Colt Gateway, the $160 million project at the center of an effort to gain National Historic Landmark status for the Colt complex. The developer says it's time for the state to step in with some money to get things moving again. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 20
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_advocate_092007.asp
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In 2003, when Homes for America Holdings Inc. rode into Hartford like a white knight to save one of the city's most significant historic landmarks, the Colt Gateway project, hopes were high. But complicated financing and the red tape involved in meeting federal historic construction standards have meant delays in residential renovation now underway. Cash flow problems have also put off the restoration of the most visible and historic wing, the east armory. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060307.asp
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Patience is at a premium for those at the national, state and local levels who yearn to see the dreams of Coltsville realized, The Courant among them. The $110 million rehabilitation of the 19th-century arms factory complex in Hartford has been stalled at times as the developers juggle various funding sources. But the more vexing delays have been in its designation as a National Historic Landmark. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_082607.asp
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Rick Green comments that Coltsville is our Grand Canyon, an Old Faithful in the Connecticut River Valley. It is our almost National Park in Hartford. It could also be another lost Hartford dream. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_120409.asp
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The Coltsville Historic District in Hartford, where Samuel Colt made industrial history manufacturing firearms, has reached the end of its years-long quest to be included among the country's National Historic Landmarks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_101508.asp
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Coltsville's place in Hartford history has long been secure. Under the blue onion dome occurred a revolution in firearms manufacturing that won the West and helped the Union triumph in the Civil War. With recent action by National Park Service officials, Coltsville moved closer to gaining a place on the national historic map, a step Connecticut officials hope will spur the long-awaited redevelopment of the one-time manufacturing village into a national park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_120607.asp
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Coltsville, the brick buildings that made up the renowned 19th-century factory village in South Hartford, Is on the verge of becoming a National Historic Park, with the hope that prosperity it brought to Hartford in the 19th century will repeat in the 21st. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 29, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_092911.asp
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The National Park Service is undertaking a special resource study of the Coltsville Industrial Historic District to determine the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of making it a part of the national park system. Published by
The National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Link: /Issues/wsd/DowntownDevelopment/coltsville_study.asp
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The Coltsville Special Resource Study concludes in this report that the Coltsville Historic District NHL meets the criteria for national significance and suitability. Because of difficulty with accessing the interior and various ownership issues, the study team was unable to conclude that the historic district meets the criteria as a feasible addition to the National Park System. The study also was unable to to determine that a need for National Park Service management exists. (PDF document, 84 pages) Published by
U.S. National Park Service
; Publication Date: November 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/history/final_coltsville_report.pdf
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A public presentation by the National Park Service made on December 14, 2009, which describes the process of the Coltsville Special Resource Study, and which solicits public comment. (PDF document, 13 pages) Published by
U.S. National Park Service
; Publication Date: December 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/history/Coltsville_Spec_Resource_Study.pdf
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Although a newly released federal study concludes that the Coltsville Historic District does not qualify now to become a national park, supporters said recently it provides a road map to reach the goal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_120209.asp
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When Sam Colt put a blue onion dome on his factory in the mid-19th century, it was to make an impression on travelers passing on the Connecticut River. The factory is about to make a good impression again, this time on passengers by car. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_073012_1.asp
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This Hartford Courant editorial expresses the opinion that we should not permit economic jitters to overshadow a momentous achievement. The development became official recently when U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne signed off on Hartford's Coltsville Historic District as a National Historic Landmark. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_101908.asp
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This is a pivotal moment for Coltsville, the former factory town in south Hartford developed by 19th-century industrialist Samuel Colt. It has the momentum to become a major destination for visitors and an economic engine for the region. A new developer, Lance J. Robbins of Urban Smart Growth, is poised to take over rehabilitation of the iconic factory complex, which has been mired in financial uncertainty. At the same time, an extensive study of the feasibility of locating a national park there is ready to be submitted to the National Park Service. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_120708.asp
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The National Park Service recently held a hearing in Washington, D.C. to weigh an important proposal - naming one of Connecticut's most treasured sites, Coltsville in Hartford, as a National Historic Landmark. Sens. Christopher Dodd, Joe Lieberman and John Larson, as well as many members of the local community, have worked hard to bring Colt this well-deserved recognition. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 02, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_120207.asp
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Amid the push by state legislators to establish a National Historical Park in the Coltsville Historic District, local and state officials met the U.S. secretary of Interior to tour the building and grounds and discuss the steps needed to propel the project forward. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_092411.asp
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It's with a big, poetic sigh of relief that we enjoy the white blossoms of 17 flowering pear trees the state installed alongside its office buildings on Capitol Avenue. They were replanted recently with the help of students working for the Knox Parks Foundation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041606.asp
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The Hartford Homeownership Task Force identifies numerous specific recommendations and six major goals in this interim report. The Task Force was formed in March of 2002 by Mayor Eddie Perez to develop a strategy and recommendations to increase the homeownership rate in Hartford from 25% to 30% over the next five years. Hartford has the lowest homeownership rate in Connecticut, and the lowest rate in the nation for a city of its size. The Mayor's homeownership initiative has evolved into the Rising Star Block Initiative; Published by
City of Hartford; Office of Grants Management
; Publication Date: September 2002
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Link: /Issues/wsd/HomeOwnership/wsd_09_2002.asp
Related Link(s):
City of Hartford
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Neighborhoods of Hartford
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Hartford Public Library: Hartford is Home
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Shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, October 3, 2008, when an employee of the Sunshine Laundry Co. drove by the business at 739 Maple Ave., everything was quiet. About a half-hour later, the building was engulfed in flames, destroyed by the fast-moving fire. On Saturday, October 4, 2008, near the smoldering ruins, the building's co-owner said he and his son plan to rebuild and reopen the business as soon as possible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_100508.asp
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This thesis, written by Heather Brandon for the Master of Arts in Public Policy, Trinity College, Hartford, suggests various organizational models for the redevelopment of the former Swift factory, a vacant building on 2.6 acres in the Northeast Hartford neighborhood . (PDF document, 73 pages) Published by
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
; Publication Date: May 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Heather_Brandon_thesis.pdf
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The Fall 2010 Newsletter from the Hartford Community Court includes a celebration of their 12 year anniversary and the more than 340,000 hours of commmunity service that has been performed. (PDF document, 12 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
; Publication Date: December 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Crime/10CommCourt_Fall_News.pdf
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The Spring Newsletter from the Hartford Community Court includes a description of Access to Recover (ATR) III that provides assistance to people in recovery from alcohol and other
drug use, as well as other services of the court. (PDF document, 12 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
; Publication Date: November 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/2011_COMMCourtFallNewsletter.pdf
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The Spring Newsletter from the Hartford Community Court includes a description of a visit by Hartford Police Department's Community Service Officers to the court. (PDF document, 12 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
; Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/2007_COMMCourtSpringNewsletter.pdf
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Good news for Hartford's Community Court. The decade-old court system -- which uses restitution and rehabilitation to fight prostitution, public drinking, drug use, vandalism and other quality-of-life crimes -- has been selected by the U.S. Department of Justice as one of three nationwide "community court mentor" sites. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/cityline_032509.asp
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A pdf version of the PowerPoint presentation made at the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) community meeting held at the Hartford Public Library on December 15, 2010. (PDF document 21 pages) Published by
City of Hartford Department of Development Services Division of Grants Management
; Publication Date: December 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/CDBG_Community_Meeting_Presentation.pdf
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A new community garden at Earle and Barbour streets, complete with 10 fruit trees, will be built in spring of 2012 with a federal grant. Knox Parks provides members of the community who want to garden with the space, tools, seeds and expertise to do so. Knox Parks already provides 15 community gardens throughout the city, but none with fruit trees. Knox Parks is one of 17 nonprofit organizations and municipalities that will be reimbursed a total of $81,425 from the America the Beautiful (ATB) Urban Forestry Grant Program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_013012.asp
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ONE/CHANE, a north Hartford community improvement non-profit organization, is under scrutiny for possible financial irregularities and improprieties. To comply with the investigation and to restructure under its new executive director the organization has closed its doors to the public for the time being. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_041305.asp
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School officials have planned a community meeting to pitch their proposed Milner School partnership with Jumoke Academy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_052912_1.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez writes that the recent crimes on Capitol Avenue and Park Street serve to remind us that we cannot take our sense of community for granted. These horrific acts call for swift and decisive action on all levels of our community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061508.asp
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Sarah Palin, the new it girl in American politics, was doing what a vice presidential candidate is supposed to do — savaging the top of the opposing ticket. But in mocking Barack Obama's lack of executive experience, Alaska's socially conservative governor also revealed a startling disdain for the lifeblood that changes public policy — "community organizers." She was dismissive of their roles in spurring change. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090608.asp
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The Hartford Areas Rally Together advocacy group is looking to bolster its ranks of neighborhood volunteers with a new academy that will teach residents the basics of community organizing. The purpose is to develop a "pipeline" of leaders who could become the next wave of community organizers in Hartford, said Mayra Esquilin, HART's executive director. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 08, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030813.asp
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Following former Mayor Eddie Perez's sentencing recently, Steve Goode went out in the community to get people's thoughts on Perez's legacy, his downfall and the judge's decision to impose a 3-year prison term. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_091510.asp
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Hartford is home to seven Community Schools. The Hartford Community Schools received the national excellence award recently, highlighting Hartford’s level of commitment and implementation of this reform model. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 16, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_051613.asp
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Governor Dannel Malloy, Mayor Pedro Segarra and Hartford Police Chief James Rovella all attended a public forum on the city’s continuing violence recently. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 16, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_051613.asp
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The Hartford's announcement in December 2008 that it would tear down the MassMutual building for more parking perfectly illustrates the city's most serious transportation issue. Connecticut's capital city has a series of companies struggling to accommodate their large drive-alone workers in a city with very limited transit resources and limited parking. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_011308_1.asp
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A table which compares the existing Hartford anti-blight ordinance with the amended version, and which includes an explanation of the rationale for the changes. (PDF document, 9 pages) Published by
Hartford 2000
; Publication Date: June 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/anti-blight_chart.pdf
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In 1994 the City of Hartford was invited by the Department of Justice to design a program to combat the crisis created by drug related violence and the attendant economic implosion of the city's neighborhoods. This new initiative, called the Comprehensive Communities Partnership (CCP), was a three pronged effort involving departments in the City of Hartford, the Police Department and the community. Published by
Comprehensive Communities Partnership
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/CCP_Background.pdf
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Presents residential sales price data and analysis for the 2004 fiscal year (all years listed are fiscal years from July 1 to June 30). (PDF document; 22 pages) Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
; Publication Date: October 2004
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_10_2004.asp
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Ebony Horsewomen have proposed the development of an equestrian center at Keney Park in Hartford. Collected here are a variety of documents, plans, and press coverage of the issue. Published by
Hartfordinfo.org
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/wsd_ebony_horsewomen.asp
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More than 20 supporters of Jashon Bryant vowed recently to urge the federal government to take a closer look at the 2005 fatal shooting of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer. Less than a week after former Det. Robert Lawlor's acquittal of manslaughter and assault charges, family members and friends gathered in front of the federal courthouse on Main Street with the state's NAACP president, who said he will push to breathe new life into an ongoing federal probe of the shooting. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121609.asp
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Politicians, academics and former police press for a more candid discussion about the costs of criminalizing drugs. The cost associated with the enforcement of current drug laws may not justify the resources expended. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/drugs/htfd_advocate_081710.asp
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Kerri Provost asks: How could anyone have been prepared to respond to the City of Hartford’s 180° pulled minutes before the beginning of the recent hearing on the closure of Flower Street? This reversal, issued by Mayor Segarra, has been viewed by some in the community as a betrayal to residents and businesses, as a show of spinelessness, and one more poor decision in a stream of recent questionable choices. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_050913.asp
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If Connecticut was sticky-hot on a recent day, it felt worse in the city. The thermometer said 90s, and the heat index said worse. But inside Northend Senior Center people are enjoying themselves – playing pool. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071311.asp
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Promising a good time, EnvisionFest which is planned for late September 2012, is a “unique experience.” Currently, the event seems like a warm(er)-weather version of Hartford’s First Night, where many arts and cultural venues open their doors to showcase what the city has to offer. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 28, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/realhtfd_062812.asp
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Corey Brinson, the University of Connecticut School of Law alum says he feels compelled to repay a debt for all the guidance bestowed on him. So you'll see Brinson, ever dapper in his three-piece suit, scuttling the halls of the city's courts as he gives a (possible) future lawyer the lay of the legal land. You'll see him at schools and community groups, sitting on the boards of nonprofits such as the Hartford Action Plan, linking up with mentoring candidates from high school through law school in any way he can. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122707.asp
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Comedian Bill Cosby recently urged Hartford school parents to reach out to their missing peers: the parents who never show up at meetings, the people who aren't around for their children. In a speech that mirrored many of his lectures around the country about respect, responsibility and accountability, Cosby focused mostly on education and the power it gives people stuck in cycles of poverty and violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_102108.asp
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Comedian Bill Cosby came to Hartford recently with a serious message about responsible parenting. He urged the adults to stop ignoring the social ills that lead to teenage pregnancy, juvenile delinquency and violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_070108_1.asp
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The Hartford City Council has approved the naming of a city corner after Abe Giles -- a city politician who died last year. Giles is a man remembered for his years in politics -- and for the corruption scandal that brought down a city mayor. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_081712.asp
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Representatives from the Metropolitan District Commission's water and sewer agency came before the city council to present the MDC's strategic plan recently, but members of the city council were more interested in talking about the agency's plan for hiring minority firms and workers. It's an issue that the Courant has written about recently, and it's a situation that pits the regional water and sewer agency and members of the city's African American Alliance against each other politically. The commission is in the early stages of its massive, $2 billion Clean Water Project. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/cityline_032309.asp
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A bewildered Patricia Kelly is trying to figure what to do next, now that the Hartford City Council has effectively killed a plan to build an equestrian center on land in Keney Park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_050309.asp
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City Councilman Luis Cotto emerged from his Park Terrace home recently and noticed what he described as nearly 4-foot-tall weeds growing in the street median. A volunteer effort to clean up parks citywide, Cotto is hoping to spur some interest in the upkeep of street medians. He's proposed an adopt-a-median program that would allow volunteers to select a median and dedicate themselves to keeping it clean and manicured. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_081610.asp
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A newsletter from Councilman Matthew Ritter, highlighting his activities in Hartford. (PDF document, 4 pages) Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/MR_newsletter8.pdf
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Hartford City Councilman Matthew Ritter and several council colleagues have asked Mayor Eddie A. Perez to review possible new locations for the school district's bus fleet, currently on Main Street in the North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030108.asp
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Councilwoman rJo Winch is determined to reopen Blue Hills and Mark Twain branch libraries. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: September 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/northend_agents_091708.asp
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Relationships between police officers and Hartford residents are strained: the Harrises of Mather Street, after offering their car to police as evidence in a shooting, received some “attitude” from police officers and a bill when they inquired about getting their car back. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051205_a.asp
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A federal official has ruled that Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez must testify to determine whether the city's police department has violated the 1973 consent decree that required the city to take steps to be more accountable and responsive to the community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_040605.asp
Related Link(s):
Chief Cites Obstacles To Consent Decree
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Standoff Not Helping City Police
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Community Court daily handles dozens of nonviolent, largely nuisance crimes during its seven years in existence, evolving from a social experiment into a nationwide model. Defendants can wipe the charges from their records permanently by doing community work from shoveling snow to loading food bank donation vans. At the Community Court a balance is struck between holding people accountable for their offenses and helping the neighborhoods in which those offenses occurred. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112505.asp
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An at-a-glance commentary on selected proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. (PDF document - 1 page) Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 3, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/cranes_scaffolds_0405.pdf
Related Link(s):
Cranes & Scaffolds: December '04: Progress Report on Hartford's Development Projects (PDF document - 1 page)
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An At-A-Glance Commentary on Selected Proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/Cranes_Scaffolds_0407.pdf
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An At-A-Glance Commentary on Selected Proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 1, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/cranes_scaffolds_1204.pdf
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An At-A-Glance Commentary on Selected Proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/Cranes_Scaffolds_1206.pdf
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An At-A-Glance Commentary on Selected Proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2007
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Link: /Issues/Documents/DowntownDevelopment/Cranes_Scaffolds_1207.pdf
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An At-A-Glance Commentary on Selected Proposals to rebuild and enhance the city and neighborhoods. Projects are rated as: stalled, creeping, moving along, or rocketing ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/Cranes_Scaffolds_0608.pdf
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The economy has been suffering at the hands of increased housing costs as companies' workers cannot afford housing. State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier's $100 million housing fund, however, has received support and projects nearly 9,000 units over 10 years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_051805.asp
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Hartford needs to create a municipal internet service provider, much like the City of Wallingford owns an electric company. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 10, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_news_101013_1.asp
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In this opinion piece, Dennis Barone suggests that the Wallace Stevens’ house on Westerly Terrace would make a wonderful National Historic Site. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_111906.asp
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At a recent “Creativity, Social Change and You” event held at Billings Forge, participants were asked to visualize a street they were familiar with– what it looks like now and what this community could look like; to think about whether or not there was litter, if there was a grocery store in walking distance, and if they could safely walk to that store. The purpose? To inspire. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/realhtfd_120811.asp
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The Capitol Region Education Council is dropping its $32 million proposal to expand an elementary magnet school in the city's West End after the planning and zoning commission rejected its pitch for a zoning change. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041112.asp
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Every member of the Planning and Zoning Commission voted against the zone change that would have made possible an expansion of the CREC-run Museum Academy Magnet School located on the former Hartford College for Women site. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_041012.asp
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When the West Indian Federal Credit Union closed its doors in 1999, the Hartford Healthcare Federal Credit Union stepped in and welcomed its members. Nearly a decade later, Hartford Healthcare’s bond with the region’s West Indian community — which has a population of more than 25,000 in Hartford County — is even stronger, thanks to the credit union’s recent partnership with a credit union in Trinidad. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_110308.asp
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Teenagers with roots in Stowe Village have transformed its old nickname “Crookville” into “Cripville,” although those who identify with the new name do not recognize it as a gang or having any relation to the California gang. When Stowe Village was torn down, residents were spread out across Hartford, where their old ties are being mixed in with other similar groups, including those implicated in the shootings in January over a feud. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 15, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_051505_b.asp
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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, a bunch of very smart craftsmen, machinists, inventors, entrepreneurs and others were drawn to Hartford. They learned from each other, competed with each other, fed off each other. The result was what author Henry James called "the richest little city in the country." To revive the city we must somehow assemble another coterie of the best and brightest, convene the 21st-century Colts, Pratts, Whitneys, Popes, etc. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032711.asp
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How Tony Allen, the 82-year-old legendary troubadour of Hartford's old Front Street, got started in the music biz 60 years ago sounds like something right out of the most upbeat scenarios in Frank Capra's Christmas classic, "It's a Wonderful Life." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_121210.asp
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Merchants and restaurateurs along Park Street in Hartford and Park Road in West Hartford have joined forces to help market what the thoroughfare has to offer on both sides of the border. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_100607_1.asp
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Ken Krayske comments on a public hearing held before a Hartford City Council meeting. Person after person paraded to the microphone to air an angry laundry list of the failures of self-governance. The problems in Hartford seem intractable, so embedded and deeply ingrained that this kind of public venting and self-expression – more than 50 speakers at a pre-council meeting hearing – may be the only way to hang onto some semblance of city pride. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_081408_1.asp
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An interfaith gathering and conversation regarding a "moral" and "more just" Connecticut budget was recently held at Faith Congregational Church. Faith leaders representing Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Unitarian Universalist congregations participated in "...a time to urge our elected officials, lobbyists and community leaders to remember the least, and the often left out people and parts of our communities in the budget discussions and decisions," according to the program for the gathering. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/cityline_041510.asp
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Kerri Provost expresses the opinion that while CTfastrak is attempting a series of public engagement meetings this month, it is simultaneously attempting to disengage one specific segment of the public: those opposed to the complete closure of Flower Street. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 12, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_031213.asp
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The "Service Planning Open House" at the Hartford Public Library sponsored by CTfastrack included people who regularly use public transit and who have something at stake in seeing options improve. Kerri Provost sugests that judging from the questions, it was clear that neither the maps nor the presentation made the "software" of CTfastrak any easier to understand. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_031913.asp
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Plans to convert the dormant Hastings Hotel and Conference Center in Hartford into the new home of the Connecticut Culinary Institute are in doubt again, as the institute's efforts to get state money have proved unsuccessful. The institute has been hoping for $3.5 million that officials say they need to renovate the facility. The money has been approved by the legislature but has stalled on the desk of Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_013106.asp
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Hartford is the current setting for this cautionary tale: the parable of "indifference," a reminder to care about things and to act to make things better. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2008
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A Chicago epidemiologist is treating gun violence like an infectious disease — using his nonprofit as an intervener when street conflicts occur. Like the doctor from the Windy City, James Lane is among a growing number of local ministers who believe that redirecting participants to nonviolent alternatives is the right elixir to combat gun violence in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2008
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Hartford Police will continue their strict enforcement of the city’s curfew ordinance for at least another 30 days, through October 14, 2008, Police Chief Daryl Roberts announced recently. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_091108.asp
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Daryl K. Roberts, the Chief of Police of the Hartford Police Department comments on the extension of the curfew in Hartford imposed by Mayor Eddie A. Perez. He expresses the opinion that no matter what side of the curfew debate you are on, there is no denying its positive effect in Hartford, which is why the city extended it for another 30 days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_091408.asp
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Earlier this year, Educational Main Street, a partnership of the University of Hartford with organizations in Hartford's North End, initiated a new program to promote reading in the neighborhood. The plan was to use North End hair salons as reading salons by distributing free books to customer's children. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 9, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Literacy/htfd_courant_050907.asp
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Tastease, the Parkville doughnut shop expected to close at the end of June 2012, said recently it will keeping making its tiny doughnuts while looking for a buyer to continue the business. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061412.asp
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Foodshare, Chrysalis Center and the Junior League of Hartford have teamed up to build Freshplace, a 2,000-square-foot pantry in the Upper Albany neighborhood of Hartford that will offer eligible residents free, fresh food. This super-pantry is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. It also will offer a host of services meant to pull families out of crisis, including assistance for people who don't know whether they qualify for food stamps. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122508.asp
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The state Department of Transportation has no definitive plans on how to reduce traffic jams when it begins repairs on a severely deteriorated bridge on Interstate 84 that passes over Hartford. Already the site of a daily bottleneck created by 187,000 vehicles that travel over the bridge during peak traffic times, the traffic delays are expected to become worse when the DOT shuts down lanes on the highway for the repair work. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: January 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/hbj_012108.asp
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Greater Hartford has one of the largest populations of Jamaicans in America, somewhere behind New York, and Miami. Taking a trip through the North End you can get a taste of the Caribbean island at the restaurants and bakeries on Albany and Blue Hills Avenue. You can also experience the culture of Jamaican dancehall in a number of venues and clubs in the city. Hartford has its own dancehall scene that is, in many ways, as exciting as those in Miami and New York. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_030107.asp
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Late on October 3, 2008, a massive fire destroyed the main building of Sunshine Laundry Company on Maple Avenue in Hartford’s South End. But owner Bruce Johnston was already working to get the company up and running again. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_100908.asp
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Park Street recently erupted with the sounds of salsa and merengue to celebrate Three Kings Day, which brought out throngs of Hartford's Latino population. A parade, led by a police escort, included the Magi's slaves carrying baby Jesus' presents and Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts atop one camel, while the two other wise men walked alongside their animals. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 7, 2007
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Hundreds of people lined Franklin Avenue Sunday wearing, waving and holding the red, white and green of Italy's flag. They turned out on a crisp, cloudless morning for Hartford's annual Columbus Day celebration. The parade through the South End brought together old friends, city natives and residents from around the region to celebrate Italian American heritage and pay tribute to Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100906.asp
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The Day-Taylor house at 81 Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford was influenced by the work of Andrew Jackson Downing, a 19th century landscape architect. Constructed in 1858 by Hartford builders Hiram and Sylvester Bissell, it is an example of a style that Downing called "Italianate," since it is based on ordinary Italian farmhouses as depicted in popular landscape paintings of the time. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_040107.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that pollsters should find another whipping boy. Hartford ranked third in a list of America's Ten Dead Cities. Oh, please. Dead cities don't have hundreds of people showing up for the Week of the Parks – 264 volunteers helped clean the city's parks, thank you very much. Dead cities don't have the kind of people who exhibited enormous kindness for an elderly robbery victim recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 01, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090110.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that you know voters aren't happy when you find yourself in a too-close-to-call race against a convicted felon who doesn't even have a driver's license. In Hartford, the shocker was the dead heat in the city's 4th House District Democratic primary between incumbent Kelvin Roldan and petitioning challenger Angel Morales. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_081210.asp
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The on-again, off-again salvation of the historic duckpin bowling alley in Hartford's West End is in hand, and the place will be call "Ducks on the Ave," said its new owner, who signed a new lease on the building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070212.asp
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The Greater Hartford African American Alliance (GHAAA) is soliciting help from both the State Capitol and the White House in its lengthy dispute with the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC). GHAAA leaders say they are working to ensure that Hartford residents and minorities get their “fair share” of jobs that will be created by the MDC’s $1.6 billion Clean Water Project. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_031909.asp
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Kerri Provost checks blog statistics to find out how people manage to wind up on her blog, Real Hartford. She says the routes to Real Hartford are not all that surprising, but sometimes, there are winners. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_102110.asp
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Brazilian immigrants are leaving Connecticut's recession for a better life back home. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_advocate_122908.asp
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At Jashon Bryant's funeral on May 13th, tensions between residents of Hartford's North-End and the city police erupted when Rev. Richard L. Nash denounced the police during the service. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051405.asp
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John Hunt, 73, died on March 11, 2007 of a stroke. He was a retired vice president of Travelers Group who volunteered as a tutor at Sanchez Elementary School in Hartford's Frog Hollow neighborhood. He was as much a part of the fabric of the place as any beloved teacher. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_031307.asp
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The state can permanently close Flower Street to vehicular traffic to accommodate the busway, but it can't close off the route for pedestrians and bicyclists, a hearing officer has ruled. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 23, 2012
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the city should find new ways to stop gunplay. Hartford had 17 homicides in 2004, but the number has been moving up since, to 33 in 2007 and 32 in 2008. If the trend continues, 2009 will be one of the city's deadliest years since the gang violence of the early 1990s. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071409.asp
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Not a single Hartford resident or business owner attending Monday’s special meeting of the Frog Hollow NRZ spoke in favor of the closure of Flower Street. Though the Connecticut Department of Transportation is required to hold a public hearing regarding this street closure, the DOT spokesmen made it clear that they were uninterested in engaging the community in discussing the unilateral decision to further cut off Frog Hollow and Asylum Hill from one another. The viaduct began that job; the busway appears to be finishing it. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 14, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_081412.asp
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One hundred fifty-eight students in Hartford Public Schools were not been placed in a school because of late registration this summer. But, they were placed in a class by the third day of school Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/cityline_090111.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that it is deeply disappointing to learn that Neighborhoods of Hartford has gone out of business. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021708.asp
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The city council's Democrats don't often work well as a team of six. But when it came to doling out money from its $400,000 civic and cultural affairs account earlier this week -- each council Democrat got to allocate over $50,000 -- it was all unity, all the time. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 17, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_071709_1.asp
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Part of the Lyric Theater on Park Street came down recently, despite protests. Hartford building official Michael Fuschi did not like what he saw nearly recently when he inspected the Lyric Theater on Broad Street. The city official believed the situation called for emergency measures. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_032910.asp
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While an apartment building on Putnam Street was demolished after showing signs of impending collapse, multiple buildings with no apparent structural problems are being prepped for demolition a few streets away. To make room for prefabricated student housing at Trinity College, existing buildings are entering the removal process. At the end of the semester, appliances were being hauled outdoors from Trinity-owned houses on the west side of Crescent Street. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_052813.asp
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A Denny’s restaurant is planned at Hartford’s Charter Oak Marketplace — part of an expansion that will include an addition to the existing Walmart, it was announced recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_061213.asp
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Gordon Bonetti Florist Inc. plans to close its Franklin Avenue location and do business only at its Rocky Hill store. The reason? Property taxes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_102011.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments that Luis Negron’s arrest for the hit-and-run accident that caused death of Angel Arce Torres raises many questions. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061409_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about Xiomara Colon, Emanuel Morales and Naiomi Serrano, all students at Hartford High, who have been organizing marches against violence in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_111608.asp
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After screening around 150 individuals from Charter Oak Health Center and a homeless shelter, 28 preliminary tests yielded reactive results for tuberculosis. While the Department of Public Health has issued more subpoenas as it investigates the TB case, Charter Oak Health Center continues to press for an expansion of its parking. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/health/realhtfd_021712.asp
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If ever there was a good time for a Hartford cop to be on trial, this might be it. A controversial and complicated case playing out in a Hartford courtroom right now is the trial of former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor, accused of killing 18-year-old Jashon Bryant in 2005. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112209.asp
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By his own admission, developer and former state legislator J. Martin Hennessey has had his share of failed projects. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_020507.asp
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Hartford developer Carlos Mouta has begun transforming the former Bradlees-Stop & Shop plaza at Park and Laurel Streets, in the city’s Parkville neighborhood, into his $5 million vision of a multi-tenant commercial center. Pope Commons, 1200 Park St., will have at least a half-dozen retail and service tenants in most of the 113,000 square feet of existing space that Motta is refurbishing. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 05, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_070510.asp
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When developer Jose Reategui bought a city-owned building on Wethersfield Avenue two years ago, he said he was going to knock down the existing structure and put in elderly housing. But financial pressures and opposition from historic preservationists seeking to save the building stalled those plans, Reategui says, and, in November, he defaulted on his contract and the city took the property back. Now Reategui says he has revised his plans. He will retain the building, gut it, and build two-dozen market rate apartments inside. First, though, he'll have to negotiate a way to re-acquire the property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010908.asp
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Developer Albert Gary has a plan to use vacant land at Brackett Park in the city's North End for a housing development, the second time in a year he's proposed using city-owned open space for private construction. And, for the second time in a year, Councilman Luis Cotto says "no thanks." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_101809.asp
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The developers at the heart of a sweeping, now-disputed deal with the Hartford Housing Authority broke ground on 57 units of apartment housing recently. The roughly $15.7 million, publicly subsidized development called The Gateway will turn a vacant, 3-acre parcel just north of Hartford's downtown into a horseshoe of apartments for those living on low incomes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062607_a.asp
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A half-million dollars earmarked to cut harmful emissions from Hartford school buses has been sitting unused at the Department of Environmental Protection since 2004 because the city hasn’t extended its contract with the bus company, Laidlaw Transit Services. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_advocate_040507.asp
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The new executive director of La Casa de Puerto Rico, Candida Flores, has an expansive view of one of Hartford's largest Latino neighborhoods. As La Casa's new leader, Flores said she will advocate for Puerto Ricans, while working to strengthen the 36-year-old agency. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_082905.asp
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The Hartford Public Library's board of directors has approved a temporary hiring freeze. The move came after the recent posting of two vacant library positions. At the top pay levels, the total cost for the two positions would be about $130,000 a year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_100708.asp
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North Meadows residents don't want to expand the landfill, which is the first thing travelers on I-91 see when entering Hartford. The mayor has yet to weigh in. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 13, 2004
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Link: http://hartfordadvocate.com/gbase/News/content.html?oid=oid:65288
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A document that reports the results of a study of drug free zones in urban areas. The report suggests that because of the density of schools, public housing and parks in urban areas, whole communities become prohibited zones. Further, the report concludes that this impacts minority residents in disparate ways and had no measurable deterrent effect. (PDF file, 51 pages) Published by
Justice Policy Institute
; Publication Date: March 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/drugs/SchoolZonesReport06.pdf
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Four different shooting incidents occurred over the May 14th – 15th weekend, including the death of an 18 year-old and a police car chase near Wethersfield Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051605.asp
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DiversityData is an online tool for exploring quality of life data across different metropolitan areas, for people of different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. This website allows visitors to explore how metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise a well-rounded life experience. These data call attention to the equality of opportunity and diversity of experiences for different racial and ethnic groups in America. Visitors can explore issues such as Health, Housing Opportunity, and Residential Integration Published by
Harvard School of Public Health
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Do Hartford residents care about the City? This has been the question posed by the Hartford Courant, but the definition of caring is one that Kerri Provost rejects. The Courant has framed the issue as follows: Hartford residents do or do not care about the city based on political corruption and/or low voter turnout. But those are not the only indicators of caring. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 27, 2010
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To stand on Wadsworth Street in Hartford's South Green neighborhood is to grind your teeth at neglect, bad planning and needless demolition. Now a 2 1/2-story, 130-year-old Italianate at 53 Wadsworth St., empty for several years but still salvageable, is threatened with demolition to make way for a building for the Institute for the Hispanic Family, a program of Catholic Charities. The loss of the building would be a shame, because the west side of Wadsworth Street still evokes Victorian Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110506.asp
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Just two weeks after winning a court battle that cleared the way for a new development at Nelton Court, the Hartford Housing Authority has picked a contractor to help relocate the public housing residents later in 2009. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/cityline_042209.asp
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As with many games, dominoes has centuries of history and is kept alive by those who love it. Played with a passion around the world but particularly popular in Latin American countries, the game of dominoes is alive and well in Connecticut, too. The thriving domino community came together last month as 18 teams squared off at the Hartford Public Library for a cascading series of games of Doble Seis, or Double Six. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_112208.asp
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The Hartford Housing Authority is poised to initiate a critically important new development, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to redefine the University of Hartford campus and the northwest corner of the city. Because of this, the recent brouhaha at the authority is unsettling and demands close attention. The project is the remake of two aging housing projects, Bowles Park and Westbrook Village. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_091006.asp
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A new sports and entertainment arena replacing the Civic Center would be difficult to finance and not be in Hartford's best interest, a 10-member visiting panel of experts in urban development said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_092907_1.asp
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Twenty-five Hartford youths who weren't compensated for work they did sweeping the streets this summer will get paychecks after all. Just days after it became public that they weren't paid, dozens of individual contributors, one foundation and a nonprofit group have stepped up to help. One of the largest contributions, a check for $3,000, was hand-delivered by John Wilson on behalf of the Robert and Margaret Patricelli Foundation of Avon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081506.asp
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In exchange for closing part of Flower Street to accommodate the busway, the state is offering to immediately build a 10-foot-wide pathway to Broad Street — and possibly a multimillion-dollar pedestrian overpass sometime in the future. Neighborhood organizations who oppose the Flower Street closing say the ground-level pathway simply isn't enough to help the Frog Hollow businesses that fear losing most of their daily foot traffic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012413.asp
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Busway construction during the fall of 2013 will bring changes to Hartford's heavily used Broad Street and Farmington Avenue intersection, and engineers are already designing a much more ambitious overhaul for sometime in 2015. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_072113.asp
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After listening to residents use words like "ugly" and "hideous," state engineers recently said they'll try to design a pedestrian bridge over the busway on Flower Street that doesn't use hundreds of feet of switchback ramps. No matter what design is used, CTfastrak engineers said they plan to build a new overhead passageway for pedestrians and bicycle riders by the time the busway starts operations in early 2015. But they also emphasized that they won't sacrifice any part of the CTfastrak system to do it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071613.asp
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Responding to disgruntled business owners and neighborhood groups, state engineers are examining a compromise on the busway project that would let pedestrians and bicyclists keep using Flower Street. A recent outcry by businesses and residents has the Department of Transportation considering the possibility of building an elevated sidewalk and bike lane over the busway and adjacent rail lines. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_082312_1.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that there is a valid policy question involved in the Flower Street controversy. If government wants to reduce automobile use, to conserve energy and promote health, should it be making it harder to walk and bike? Flower Street is a short north-south Hartford street that runs from Asylum Avenue across Farmington Avenue to Capitol Avenue. At least, that's where it used to run. It is now temporarily blocked at the railroad tracks between Farmington and Capitol avenues as workers construct the CTfastrak busway. Neighborhood residents, business owners on Capitol and others have battled with the state Department of Transportation for months over whether Flower Street will be permanently closed to bicyclists and pedestrians as well. A decision is expected momentarily from a state hearing officer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_051713.asp
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At neighborhood meetings, DOT reps informed residents that the plans to close Flower Street were set in stone. One even claimed that it does not matter how many outraged individuals show up at tomorrow’s hearing, opinion will not be swayed by the public. Then, during the DOT “field walk” of the Flower Street site, there was actual discussion between DOT (and its contractors) and residents/stakeholders. The DOT began to entertain the idea of a flyover bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 22, 2012
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The city of Hartford and CTfastrak designers appear to be digging in for a long and adversarial hearing about what to do with the proposed busway crossing at Flower Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 04, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_040413.asp
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The city's 29th and 30th homicides of the year took place recently on Whitmore Street in the South End. Leida "Flaka" Franqui was on a cellphone with her sister shortly before gunfire killed Franqui and a friend as they walked down the street from her home, her father said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 15, 2009
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This Courant editorial comments on Mayor Eddie A. Perez's plans to demolish and replace the most prominent eyesores in and around Hartford's downtown. The city's redevelopment agency should approve the plans as soon as possible. These long-vacant, rundown dumps can't come down fast enough. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_101707.asp
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Downtown Hartford’s newest residential building appears to have tapped an underserved sliver of the urban housing market. The Hollander Foundation Center, 410 Asylum St., opposite Bushnell Park, has signed takers for its 56 apartments priced at below market monthly rents of $600 to $900 for residents whose incomes qualify, leasing officials say. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_042610.asp
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In a Sept. 12 letter to the city council, Mayor Pedro Segarra outlined his plans for a police substation at the corner of Asylum and Main streets downtown. The substation, which would be housed in a former newspaper kiosk, would help address "a recent increase" in violence in the area, Segarra said. The council approved the request the same day. Now some city residents are questioning why city officials moved so swiftly to station police downtown when the department's substation in the city's North End, which has much more crime than downtown, has been closed for months Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_092111.asp
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Hartford Courant writer Mike Swift reviews ideas of local and regional planners on the benefits and possibilities of remaking downtown into a residential as well as a business community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2004
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This study explores a broad range of replacement options for the I-84 Aetna Viaduct. It is the result of a collaborative planning effort involving the City of Hartford, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) and the Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG). (PDF document, 54 pages) Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
; Publication Date: September 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/i-84_DraftReport.pdf
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A half-dozen women recently attended a "Dress to Impress" community forum, and the small group lent itself to the kind of boutique mentoring and outfitting embraced by Dress for Success Hartford and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the event's organizer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_072207.asp
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As the founder of the Ebony Horsewomen, Patricia E. Lawson-Kelly has watched plenty of women come through the program, but then go when they were unable to confront themselves in that stillness which includes only the horse, the manure and themselves. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/drugs/htfd_courant_110908.asp
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After buying apartment buildings on Bedford Street in Hartford, developer Raymond Eshaghoff has invested well over $4 million to fix them up. The complex has all kinds of lighting and security cameras, an on-site manager and a police substation. He bought two lots on Brook Street for parking. Rents are not steep. The long-troubled neighborhood appeared on the verge of a resurgence. But, that resurgence hasn't happened and will not happen until something is done about the drug problem in the neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071110.asp
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Executive Summary of the two day conference on Drug Policy held at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut on October 21 and 22, 2005. The conference “Illicit Drugs: Burden and Policy” sponsored by the City of Hartford,
and underwritten by the Aetna Foundation, provided a unique opportunity for multiple stakeholders to begin a dialogue around the problem of drugs in our city. (PDF file, 5 pages). Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: October 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/Drugs/WHITEPAPER[1].pdf
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Government documents show that a recent drug bust in Hartford made a significant impact on drug dealing. Local residents report that there is much more work to be done. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_020205.asp
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Fortunately, time ran out on a bill to shrink drug-free school zones. Before it died in committee, the bill had many wondering why its backers seemed to care more about fairness to drug dealers than about safe streets for children. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/drugs/htfd_courant_033106.asp
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A redesigned and renovated Albany Avenue, including a much-discussed new sewer system, will be a boost to the small merchants that line the street, with improved sidewalks, curbs, lighting and other improvements. That is, if they can survive to enjoy the benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081310.asp
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The construction of 58 townhouse condominiums underway at the former Dutch Point housing project on Wyllys Street promises to boost Hartford’s homeownership rate, which is still among the lowest in the nation. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: September 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/hbj_092908.asp
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Not all the politicians who joined the recent annual African American Parade in Hartford were modern-day officeholders. A few came from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Members of a local cultural history center marched in full period costume representing early American black governors who were influential leaders in black communities during the slavery era and acted as liaisons with the white community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_091607.asp
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In a neighborhood once teeming with immigrants from the Emerald Isle, many of whom were active in their support for Ireland's fight for independence, the Hunger Strike Memorial on the corner of Maple Avenue and Freeman Street in Hartford's South End holds significance far beyond the names and phrases. Just as the High Crosses were important in preserving and projecting stories for the early Irish population, so too does the modern likeness on Maple Avenue serve an equal purpose. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_031313.asp
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When you mention “economic development” and “Hartford” together, most people tend to think of big ticket items like the Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford 21 and the new Downtown Marriott Hotel. But – as would be expected in a city as diverse as Hartford – economic development initiatives in the capital city over the past 10 years have been far more diverse, ranging from new car dealerships and shopping centers to small restaurants and convenience stores. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_021810.asp
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Two buildings on Edgewood Street are the latest to be transformed by the Christian Activities Council's Upper Albany Revitalization Initiative, which focuses on revitalizing a 15-block area of Upper Albany Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071009.asp
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When it comes to corporate commitment to Hartford's youths, The Hartford Financial Services Group must rank among the most generous. Recently, the company named the 17 student recipients of its two annual college scholarship programs - the Alliance for Academic Achievement and the STAG Leadership Scholarship. Both programs offer four years of financial aid, summer employment, mentoring and life skills courses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_071807.asp
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Opinions vary on the effectiveness of the curfew for teens in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_082308.asp
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This document presents plans for the restoration of a city block running along Park Street by the Broad-Park Development Corporation. El Centro Cultural Community Investment Revitalization Project aims to revive, restore and transform the economic and social environment of the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford (the center of the region's Latino culture) through the restoration, adaptive re-use, modernization and reconstruction of the south side of an entire city block along Park Street, the vital commercial artery running through and serving the neighborhood. Published by
Park-Broad Development Corporation
; Publication Date: September 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/elcentrocultural.pdf
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Allegations of political shenanigans leveled by operatives of Hartford Mayor Eddie A.Perez against a bitter rival have sparked a criminal probe, but there are also allegations that it was the mayor and his staff who were up to no good. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_040706.asp
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Residents agitating for change at Chappelle Gardens had hoped an election July 20, 2010 to choose new leaders would be the first step in solving what they say are long-standing problems at the 188-unit affordable housing complex in the North End. But more than a week after the election, the outcome remains unclear and there is more confusion than certainty about the future of Chappelle Gardens. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072910.asp
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Herbert Rubenstein's TV and electronics repair shop in Hartford has been in the business of fixing TVs, stereo equipment and other electronic devices for 64 years. After six years in a first-floor warren of rooms in a historic industrial building, so filled with vintage equipment and old documents that a move seems impossible, Rubenstein says he's closing shop. But, he is not retiring, he's going virtual. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_121010.asp
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The Isham-Terry House was built in 1854 at a time when the northern part of downtown was becoming home to the carriage trade. So it was in 1896 when Dr. Oliver Isham, a bachelor, bought the 15-room mansion for his home and practice and moved in with his teenage sisters, who cared for him and served as his receptionists. The house reopened as a museum recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_062912.asp
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The lovely, 12-unit, early 20th century building at 45-51 Evergreen Ave. in Hartford was destroyed by fire recently and had to be demolished. No one was injured, but the airy, elegant, railroad-style condominiums, with high ceilings, fireplaces and other amenities, are gone. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072510.asp
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Barnard-Brown School in downtown Hartford would close as an elementary school next year and undergo renovations as the new site for Capital Preparatory Magnet School under a recommendation announced recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_080807.asp
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As a girl growing up in Hartford, Ella Little Cromwell saw the barriers that often kept blacks and other minorities from participating in the political process - barriers that threatened to keep her and her community from realizing their full potential, her friends and family members recalled. Cromwell, who died recently at age 88, spent the rest of her life breaking those barriers down. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_091806.asp
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Beginning at 9 pm, August 14, 2008,no city youngster under the age of 18 will be allowed on the streets of Hartford unless they are accompanied by a adult. The curfew was due to expire on September 12, 2008. Youths who are not accompanied by a parent, guardian or another adult approved by the parent or guardian will be picked up by police and taken home to their parent or guardian. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_081408.asp
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It appears that, like Don King before him, Emperor at the Linden owner Sean Eddy can't make the restaurant and lounge space work. Offering high-end food, valet parking and other amenities, the multi-leveled lounge and restaurant was an ambitious entry into downtown nightlife. For the last month, the Emperor has been closed, not because of over-extended ambition, but because of too much noise and not enough money. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_081408.asp
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Nonprofit organizations seeking qualified managers will soon have a new source of talent through a program developed by the University of Connecticut together with Leadership Greater Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012010.asp
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Those of you that travel Farmington Avenue on a regular basis know that the corner of Laurel Street and Farmington Avenue is changing. Green grass and bright flowers have replaced bare dirt and broken glass. Behind these changes is the Laurel Corner Neighborhood Association. The Association is looking for a new home. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 2 - 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_080206.asp
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For nearly 50 years, the Hadassah Thrift Shop in Hartford has been a godsend to its neighbors, selling lightly used clothing, shoes and housewares at rock-bottom prices. But on April 30, 2007, the shop, which first opened on Albany Avenue and has been at its Park Street location for several decades, will be closed by Hadassah, the Jewish women's charity that operates it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032607.asp
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The scene at the former Breakthrough Magnet School was festive as neighborhood residents picked up refurbished computers that the city is selling for $150 as part of the rollout of its newly launched wireless network. Mayor Eddie Perez made the wireless project a highlight of his agenda. The city is spending a million dollars to put up wireless antennas on lampposts around Blue Hills and downtown and to subsidize the sale of 900 refurbished computers. Perez wants to eventually extend the system citywide, paying for it with revenue from wireless access fees and an estimated additional $3.4 million in city funds. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_advocate_110906.asp
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The policy and advocacy group End Hunger CT proposes a three-year plan to make good food more accessible to people who need it. Its plan includes offering lunches and breakfasts in every school and getting more people who qualify to sign up for food stamps. But, its plan also includes helping low-income families achieve greater economic security; help a household become self-sufficient, and hunger becomes a thing of the past. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_020308.asp
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Parking for the bars and clubs in the West End pits business against business. With restaurants and shops becoming increasingly popular, parking is at more and more of a premium. Bars, restaurants and retail establishments are becoming increasingly territorial about their parking. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_advocate_040507.asp
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There have been major efforts over the years to "fix Hartford," from Constitution Plaza to the recent "Six Pillars" projects that include the science and convention centers, G. Fox building renovation, housing and riverfront improvements. While these have all helped in some ways — even the plaza, largely considered a failure, kept some major companies in the city — they haven't turned Hartford into a vibrant, prosperous city. Tom Condon suggests that what is needed to accomplish that some kind of engagement — merger, confederation, service-sharing agreement, something — with the region. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_022711.asp
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun to clean up the former Philbrick-Booth Foundry facility on Homestead Avenue. The 1.2-acre site, bordered by commercial and industrial land, contains the abandoned foundry and several sheds. The state Department of Environmental Protection and the EPA have confirmed the presence of hazardous chemicals, including PCBs, asbestos and heavy metals, in the buildings and soil on the property. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_040209.asp
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a total of $1 million to Hartford and East Hartford to clean up industrial pollution. The grants provide communities with funding necessary to "assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment," the agency said in a statement. The EPA has awarded 54 grants to 32 different organizations across six New England states as part of a more than $62 million nationwide investment in brownfield cleanup. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 10, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_051013.asp
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The backers of a plan to take 200 acres of Hartford's Keney Park and build a $65 million, world-class equestrian and exhibition center want "tentative" development rights to the property from the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 17, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_011709_1.asp
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Mayra Esquilin is new the executive director of Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART). Resident leaders of HART have led efforts to reduce crime and blight, improve schools, increase city services to neighborhoods, help immigrant populations acculturate and generally improve the quality of life for Hartford residents. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: January 07, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_010713.asp
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Ethel Austin, a well-known advocate for senior citizens died on Dec. 27, 2011 at age 96. She sang tenor in a women's barbershop group and championed the Asylum Hill community where she lived in Hartford. Charming and outgoing, she was an independent, pioneering career woman who never married. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_012012.asp
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The Evelyn W Preston Memorial Trust Fund is a perpetual trust established to fund free public band and orchestral concerts in parks and other appropriate locations in the City of Hartford. Published by
Cultural Affairs Office of the Department of Health & Human Services, City of Hartford
; Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/evelyn_preston_trust.asp
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As a resident physician for a North Hartford medical practice, Dr. Tim Lishnak doesn't just view the young victims of the city's latest shooting spree as unfortunate street casualties. Several of those getting shot or killed are patients of the Asylum Hill Family Practice. The Woodland Street facility serves the mostly poor neighborhoods in the North End. Doctors are in the business of helping patients live long lives. So, when they see young people stabbed, shot or snuffed out, even the docs start wondering what they could be doing to quell the violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_061006.asp
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Computer training was offered recently during Greater Hartford Black Family Technology Awareness Week, which aims to help families of color by providing free educational activities and access to information technology. This year, basic classes in the Internet and e-mail, Windows and Excel were offered at Capital Community College. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_020906.asp
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After founding and then running a Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood revitalization organization for 25 years, Bernadine Silvers was recently recognized at a fundraising event held in her honor at city hall. Silvers, The Hartford Courant's 1999 Citizen of the Year, established the Coalition to Strengthen the Sheldon/Charter Oak Neighborhood, or CSS/CON, to ensure resident involvement in neighborhood development, which she says was lacking. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060607.asp
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Mike McGarry reminisces about the changes in Hartford to the area where Walmart and the Hartford Jobs Academy are today, and where a public housing complex called Charter Oak Terrace once stood. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_011713.asp
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This opinion piece expresses concern about the political process in Hartford’s North End. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_101812_1.asp
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Steven D. Park, a former Hartford city councilman who in the late 1990s was considered one of Hartford's rising political stars, died Sunday, January 20, 2008, from an infection associated with kidney disease, his family and friends said. He was 58. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_012308.asp
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The former Thomas Cadillac property at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway is becoming the Irma and Mort Handel Performing Arts Center of the University of Hartford. It will open next summer and be ready for the fall semester, 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_121607.asp
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Shortly after former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor was acquitted Tuesday of manslaughter and assault charges in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Jashon Bryant, the emotionally charged case reached a dramatic climax outside the courthouse. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120909.asp
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A Superior Court judge recently rejected a defense motion to dismiss manslaughter and assault charges against a former Hartford detective. The case against Robert Lawlor will now go to trial. Lawlor was charged by the state's attorney's office in June 2006 with first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault in connection with an on-duty fatal shooting of Jashon Bryant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031908.asp
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Stan Simpson writes in support of expanding the Hartford equestrian program sponsored by Ebony Horsewomen. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050609.asp
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If business owners and local residents can feel more comfortable along this busy artery between Hartford and West Hartford, more people will come to both parts of town. Suburban residents might start to realize that it's worth crossing Prospect Avenue and venturing into the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072312.asp
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Senators angry about losing the fight over Alaska oil drilling punished Northeastern colleagues by knocking out $2 billion that would have helped low-income families pay their winter heating bills. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122305.asp
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A long-vacant eyesore on Albany Avenue has been renovated into a fine arts jewel, thanks to the largest fundraising project ever by the University of Hartford. The Handel Performing Arts Center will serve as a classroom and showcase for roughly 250 dance and theater students at the university’s Hartt School of Music. It will open in time for fall classes, and a formal dedication ceremony is set for Sept. 12, 2008. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/hbj_081108.asp
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Rehabilitation of the historic Colt firearms factory, with its landmark blue onion dome, is about to resume full bore under new and enthusiastic management. This is good news for the capital city and for Connecticut on many levels, both economic and aesthetic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_032909.asp
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Visitors to Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood get an eyeful when they get off I-84 at Exit 48. After they turn right at the light they see mounds of soil and upended tree roots, the mark the ill-fated land-clearing for a disputed magnet school. Although plans to use the site for a magnet school appear dead, there's now the problem of what to do with the torn-up property, a 2.4-acre triangle of city-owned land that, until recently, had been dressed up with some shrubs and pines. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030607.asp
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Michele Mozzicato, the founder of Modern Pastry Shop, died Saturday, February 2, 2008, almost 50 years after he opened what has turned into a three-generation family business known for its fresh fruit and whipped cream cakes, traditional Italian rum cakes and cannoli. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_020608.asp
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The family of Jashon Bryant, who was shot and killed in 2005 by city police Det. Robert Lawlor, was recently scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., with representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031110.asp
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After a barrage of gunfire wounded four members of Beatriz Chandler's family, they pondered who shot them and why. A shattered front window, bullet holes and bandages are constant reminders of the drive-by shooting the night of May 26, 2006 outside 21 Westland St. in Hartford. Police said the family members aren't affiliated with any gangs, though they believed someone on the street was a target of an ongoing gang war. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060306_b.asp
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A tense confrontation unfolded outside Superior Court in Hartford recently as Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor, facing criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a teenager, found himself staring into the face of the boy's father. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070606_a.asp
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The family of Jashon Bryant, who was 18 when he was fatally shot by a city police detective, recently gathered to mark the sixth anniversary of his death. On May 7, 2005, Det. Robert Lawlor shot Bryant during the course of a police investigation in the city's North End. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_050611.asp
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The family of Jashon Bryant, who was 18 when he was fatally shot by a city police detective, gathered recently to mark the sixth anniversary of his death. On May 7, 2005, Det. Robert Lawlor shot Bryant during the course of a police investigation in the city's North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_050611.asp
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Hartford and The Hartford News lost one of its best friends on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 as Ethel M. Austin passed away three months shy of her 97th birthday Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 05, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_010512.asp
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Eating healthy in the 'hood... It's not easy finding healthy and affordable food here. On one end of Albany Avenue, there's a Dunkin' Donuts and a Subway; on the other, a McDonald's. And in between are lots of bodegas and convenience stores that people here told us pretty much extort the already poor and vulnerable by extending credit with exorbitant interest rates. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080809.asp
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The Farmington Avenue Commercial Revitalization Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) convened in Hartford, Connecticut in October 2012, bringing together stakeholders, City planners, community leaders, and a panel of real estate, planning, and development professionals for a day-long session focused on identifying opportunities and strategies for revitalizing the commercial areas on the Farmington Avenue corridor. This report details their recommendations. (PDF document, 16 pages) Published by
Urban Land Institute
; Publication Date: October 4, 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Hartford _TAP_Final_Report.pdf
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While Hartford sat down to a Thanksgiving meal, a handful of community activists settled into the battered lobby of a troubled building on Vine Street to fast for a day and call attention to inequity in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112505.asp
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Hartford's tenth homicide victim was shot for an unknown reason in the Blue Hills neighborhood. Another shooting earlier in the week is also being investigated. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_052505.asp
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Daniel Tedesco, a big-hearted bookie and the last stand-up guy in Hartford, died recently of old age and its myriad afflictions. He was 84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_072107.asp
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The state has tapped a Metropolitan District Commission project designed to keep sewage from flowing into basements and waterways in Hartford's North End to receive most of the $48.5 million in federal stimulus money earmarked for Clean Water Act work in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_042909.asp
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Local police departments will spend more time this year combating a resurgence of gang activity in city neighborhoods and in schools, and the feds will be picking up part of the tab. The Department of Justice has pumped an additional $300,000 into Project Safe Neighborhoods, a 4-year-old program whose mission - getting illegal guns off the street - has been expanded to include gang activity, U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_050406.asp
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State Rep. Art Feltman, who has represented the city's 6th House District since 1997, recently announced he will not seek re-election in November 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_050708.asp
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State Representative Art Feltman submitted a bill to the General Assembly that would strip an NRZ’s power to comment on housing projects for persons with developmental disabilities. While it died on the vine, it did stir controversy among the Hartford NRZ’s and Hartford 2000. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_news_051508.asp
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Even if the Board of Trustees wanted to fence off Trinity College, President Jones said, it is not going to happen. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_041312.asp
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Bessy Reyna comments on recent violent incidents and expresses the opinion that the possibility of facing violence has become an integral part of our daily lives. Yet, each time there is a crime such as those committed in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Connecticut, we react as if it was the first time this has happened. It is time we confront the fact that we live in a very violent country; the violence made common by the ease with which we have access to weapons. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081508.asp
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John Lenwood McLean, one of the greatest jazz masters of his time, called Hartford home. So, it's only fitting that the city threw a party to honor the late alto sax maestro. The inaugural Jackie McLean International Arts Festival had the makings of an annual signature event with international appeal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_051408.asp
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It's a constant struggle at Weaver High School to fend off the lure of the street. But some rise above it. An article from the Hartford Courant by Rachel Gottlieb. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_061304.asp
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The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_011109.asp
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A judge says people still come to Hartford for drugs and hookers. Hartford Community Court Judge Raymond Norko developed the court in 1997. Community court deals with "quality of life" issues such as public drunkenness, drug use and prostitution. Lately, the number of cases has been skyrocketing, while court funding has been disappearing because of the economic recession. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_020210.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez writes that the Hartford Neighborhood Development Fund is the next step in the long-term campaign to reduce blight, promote development, create jobs and increase homeownership in the city of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_052208.asp
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Recently, Hartford’s West End Civic Association held a meeting for property owners along Whitney, Oxford and Fern Streets in an area known as the “donut hole” in a national historic district north of Farmington Avenue. A grant-funded effort is underway to apply for national register status so the donut hole is included—an area with 59 multi-family residences mixed with 42 single-family homes. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: May 06, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/ucompass_050610.asp
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As the Capitol Cinema Collective prepares for the upcoming Hartford International Film Festival, members also are celebrating the return of the popular Kino Kafé series of free film screenings at La Paloma Sabanera, the restaurant at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Babcock Street in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_102808.asp
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Citing safety and maintenance issues, the city has decided to demolish what remains of the facade of the former board of education building that was to be featured in a new, $77 million public safety complex. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041110_1.asp
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Downtown drivers looking to cut between Farmington and Capitol avenues will need to find an alternative to Flower Street. The state transportation department plans to close Flower to car and truck traffic permanently on December 4, 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_113012.asp
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Without an immediate infusion of thousands of dollars, the Hartford Community Center on Farmington Avenue could have to shut down in as soon as two months, its executive director said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 09, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020911.asp
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Recently, a small group of friends and relatives began disassembling the lanes, gutters and pin-setting equipment at Highland Bowl, the duckpin bowling alley on Farmington Avenue in the West End. The dismantling started after a neighborhood resident's attempts to secure financing to keep the alley operating fell though. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_062212.asp
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Julie Stapf and Kevin Stock could be considered accidental home buyers. It's not that they didn't efficiently plan their move earlier this year from a Detroit suburb. In fact, they were organized and precise, making long lists of places around the country they would consider, researching available jobs and companies and investigating the pros and cons of each area. So they were somewhat surprised - and pleased - when their nationwide search pointed them to Hartford. A few months later, they ended up purchasing a home in the heart of the capital city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122106.asp
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Congress prepared to unleash a fresh icy blast Friday at Connecticut and other cold-weather states as lawmakers balked at providing what state officials say is enough money to help low-income families with mounting energy bills. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_121705.asp
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While Hartford's endlessly debated downtown Front Street "entertainment district" remains just a taxpayer-financed hole in the ground, a private philanthropy is putting its weight behind an intriguing idea in Frog Hollow. The Firebox restaurant quietly opened a few weeks ago with dreams of becoming a force for change along Broad Street, just off Capitol Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062607.asp
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Five Hartford corporations are now offering grants to their employees as part of a new home-ownership incentive program launched by MetroHartford Alliance. MetroHartford created the program as part of its LiveHartford Initiative, which promotes city living by offering tours of available homes and apartments and provides information about renting or purchasing a home. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/htfd_courant_053112.asp
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As the state-vs.-city brouhaha over the site selection for Pathways has unfolded, the state Department of Transportation has proposed to spend $100 million to make "improvements" to I-84 in this area In this Commentary on the failed location of the Pathways to Technology Interdistrict Magnet School, Tyler Smith asks “What if?” What if DOT officials did a makeover of the highway and highway-access infrastructure from Union Station to Broad Street? What if they introduced wide, attractive sidewalks, crosswalks and other pedestrian amenities in this area? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_031807.asp
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School is out in Hartford, and that means more young people with less to do. It also means the police department is gearing up for summer -- a busier, more violent time of the year on the city’s streets. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_062810.asp
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The first restaurant to open in Hartford in 2013 is Café Colt at 140 Huyshope Avenue in the historic Colt Armory complex. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 24, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_012413.asp
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The regional trash authority and the city have released the details of an agreement that could resolve a longstanding dispute over who will pay the $35.5 million needed to close and then monitor the authority's landfill in Hartford's North Meadows. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020807.asp
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The planners and dreamers want us to think big about Hartford and its suburbs. They see parks with biking and running trails extending like fingers into the surrounding towns, retail centers along vibrant streets entering the city and - unbelievably - a re-routing of I-84. One of the men behind these ideas, the visionary planner Ken Greenberg, was back in town the other day to talk about "Hartford 2010." It's an initiative designed to spark creative thinking and private investment led by the Metro Hartford Alliance and the city. But, the reality is a laundry list of little things that compel residents to leave Hartford - or convince suburbanites to chose West Hartford center for a night out. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071806.asp
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Two months ago, when violence on Hartford streets spiked to unbearable levels, members of the city's legislative delegation recommended increasing the accountability for community programs as a way to stop the bloodshed.
All too often, the lawmakers explained, grass roots organizations that seek to help youth mean well, but lack the sophistication to secure the resources they need to carry out their mission. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_082106.asp
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This report summarizes crime statistics for the City of Hartford for the period 2005 -2010, showing a significant decrease in violent crime. (PDF document, 11 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: January 4, 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/Crime/2010_06_10_NeighborhoodPolicing.pdf
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The First Cathedral began a month of weekly tributes to mark Bishop LeRoy Bailey Jr's 35th anniversary as pastor. First Cathedral - one of the largest, if not the largest, mega-church in New England - has grown from a congregation of about 5,000 in 1999 to about 11,000 in 2005. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_030606.asp
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A panel discussion about a new book, “Remembering the Old Neighborhood,” on Hartford’s North End sheds some light on white flight. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_advocate_021110.asp
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The Department of Transportation claims that the Flower Street closure is a matter of public safety, but residents who live here 24/7 have observed how unsafe this maneuver would turn out to be. Doubtless, Courant (et al) employees would be inconvenienced by having parking lot access disrupted when Flower Street is blocked. There would be added congestion in areas because of this. But ten minutes of added drive time is nothing compared to other headaches likely to emerge if the DOT proceeds as they intend. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_081912.asp
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In mid-October, we reported the appearance of stop signs on Flower Street, which indicated that Department of Transportation contractors were preparing the area for the shutting down the street. Michael Sanders, Public Transit Administrator at the Connecticut DOT, vehemently denied these signs had any connection to the government agency. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_111512.asp
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Not until employees of the Department of Transportation were asked about next steps in the process, at the very end of a two hour meeting, did they bother to dispense with one major detail: the hearing officer has not yet made a decision about whether or not Flower Street could be closed. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_092612.asp
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The critical services provided by nonprofits in the Hartford region are increasingly in demand. More people are in need, many for the first time in their lives. And nonprofits are struggling to keep up. With flat or declining revenues, it requires significant cost-cutting. Some programs are being eliminated. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_122408.asp
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This article is the first in a series on people in Hartford who are building community, as they define it and on their own terms — artists, activists, movers and shakers. This article profiles Dave Rozza, a longtime volunteer with the Hartford chapter of Food Not Bombs. Dave volunteers with the Hartford chapter of Food Not Bombs. Each weekend he helps distribute groceries, lugging crates of fresh-made organic meals with a loyal corps of volunteers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112207.asp
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Thirty dollars delivered directly to a food pantry — which buys in bulk and enjoys multiple relationships with food companies, restaurants and the like for donations — will feed a person for a month. A few years back, Foodshare started to introduce the idea of donating funds rather than food with their Turkey and a Twenty program. Turkey, says Santora, is one of those rare foods that the food pantries can't get cheaper than a regular consumer. But introducing the idea of including $20 in their donations has started the ball rolling toward switching more to funds, and less to food. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_083009.asp
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A most unlikely group of art connoisseurs gathered at former Hartford Mayor Mike Peters' restaurant recently, eyes affixed on the dining-room wall as they waited for the annual unveiling of "Mayor Mike's Nine." The list included former School Superintendent Hernan LaFontaine, Charter Oak Cultural Center director Donna Berman and community activist Hyacinth Yennie, who were among the selected few whose portraits, by photographer Carla Ten Eyck, will hang in the downtown restaurant for the next year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072108.asp
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Local residents celebrated the traditional after-harvest festival of their native culture with a West Indian Parade, American style. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080705.asp
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Even as Obama brings new hope and pride, economic statistics paint a bleak picture for minority workers that will not change dramatically any time soon. Unemployment, rising for all groups, stood nationally at 11.2 percent for blacks in October 2008 — more than twice the rate of whites. Worse still, the rise in unemployment was far steeper over the last 12 months for blacks than for whites. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_110608.asp
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Hartford Public School officials estimate that making more students walk to school will save more than $4 million in the 2009-2010 school year. Walking distances are as follows: up to one-half mile for students in kindergarten through Grade 2; up to 1 mile for third- through fifth-graders; up to 1.5 miles for sixth- through eighth-graders; and up to 2 miles for high school students. All the distances follow state maximums, but the limit for kindergartners through second-graders is half the state's 1-mile limit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/educationfunding/htfd_courant_090109.asp
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It seemed like a good idea at the time, and actually it was. In the 1980s, many of the city's arts groups were in dire need of rehearsal, classroom and office space. Some top corporate and foundation leaders rolled up their sleeves. A former motel and a taxi barn on Farmington Avenue became the Hartford Courant Arts Center. For a good long time, it worked. Alas, time passes and circumstances change, and now the complex, in need of repair and losing money, is up for sale. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_040608.asp
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About 250 students and faculty members filed into the Fox Middle School auditorium recently to hear "The Three Doctors," a trio of school buddies who supported each other academically and in rejecting the lives of crime, drugs or prison that awaited many of their friends. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 28, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_092807_2.asp
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The opening of Whole Foods Market in West Hartford ushered in a new era of grocery shopping for health conscious consumers across the region. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_102705.asp
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You need a scorecard to keep up with the foreclosures on the old Hartford Office Supply Co. building at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Flower Street in Hartford. For the second time in as many years, the 150,000-square-foot brick and brownstone structure — last envisioned for conversion into apartments — has been hit with a foreclosure filing, according to court records, this time by the company that bought a tax lien on the property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_031912.asp
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While the political debate about the foreclosure crisis has spotlighted the struggles of single-family homeowners who can’t keep up with their mortgage payments, it has rarely touched on the plight of the renter. But a new study reveals that a third of Connecticut’s foreclosures — accounting for more than half of the total units foreclosed on — are for multifamily housing. In many of those cases, low-income families are being booted because their landlord fell behind on mortgage payments. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_052608.asp
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Tylon Broughton was involved in a dispute over a stolen car with another teenager when he was stabbed outside of 48 Capen St. in Hartford's North End. Coming the night before the first 2005 homicide and a flurry of shootings, Tylon's stabbing received little publicity. The stabbing of Tylon - and the much higher-profile homicides of 14-year-old Reynaldo Batista and Lorenzo Morgan Rowe, a 15-year-old Weaver High School student, within 11 days have angered residents, who are clamoring for action by police and city officials. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030605.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that the Hartt School's Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center of the University of Hartford, the former Thomas Cadillac property at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westboune Parkway, is tremendously cool, a remarkable and counterintuitive reuse of a commercial building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_090708.asp
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Mike McGarry writes that if there's a company, foundation or family that is looking to make a meaningful holiday gift, even in this tough economy, Hartford has a shovel-ready opportunity. This one would bring neighborhood improvement, economic development and support for the arts, plus be a big billboard for the donor. And, it would save a city asset from becoming another parking lot. The opportunity is the old Hartford Courant Arts Center on Farmington Avenue, near Aetna and the Lincoln Culinary Institute. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_120609.asp
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Former city police Det. Robert Lawlor has filed suit against the city, seeking more than $700,000 in legal fees, lost wages, overtime and other benefits. Lawlor shot two Hartford men on May 7, 2005, while working on a police investigation involving drugs and guns. In May 2006, Waterbury State's Attorney John Connelly concluded that the shooting was unjustified. A month later, Lawlor was charged with first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault in connection with Bryant's death. Lawlor, who took early retirement before the case against him was concluded, was found not guilty last December. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_030310.asp
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Heather Brandon writes about her thesis project which was centered on the community land trust ownership model as it might apply in Hartford. Common Ground, Inc., working to rehabilitate the Swift factory site in the North End, and had considered a community land trust model. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: July 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/ucompass_071911.asp
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Jack Hale recently announced his retirement as executive director of the Knox Parks Foundation. Before it was popular everywhere else, Mr. Hale had Hartford going green. He had children learning to garden, adolescents training for green-collar jobs and adults volunteering to plant trees. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_050909.asp
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Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance recently received a grant for $400,000 to further their efforts to restore historic buildings in Hartford. One which the Alliance restored is the Victorian Lady, the 19th century home that was saved from the wrecking ball by being moved from Sigourney Street to Ashley Street in 2004. The restoration was recently featured on a Home and Garden Television (HGTV) show, Restore America. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 8 - 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_news_110806.asp
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Four artists have been invited to Hartford by Real Art Ways to create works for a show opening today called "Real Public." The public installations are decorating Harford’s Pope Park, Parkville and Frog Hollow neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_053009.asp
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In a surprise move, State Representative Evelyn Mantilla (4th District) announced that she will not be seeking re-election. Mantilla has represented the 4th District on Capitol Hill for close to a decade. In a statement, she said she is not seeking re-election in order to “begin a new chapter in my life.” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 10-17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_news_051006.asp
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This report focuses on the State’s Correction, Parole and Probation Systems, that together constitute one of the fastest expanding segments of the Connecticut budget. Connecticut faces the worst fiscal crisis in a generation. The State Office of Fiscal Analysis reports a projected $3.4 billion deficit on estimated expenditures of $19.2 billion for fiscal 2012, which begins July first of next year. Shrinking revenues are forcing governors and legislators to examine all areas of public spending for possible savings. (PDF document, 8 pages) Published by
Connecticut Regional Institute for the 21st Century
; Publication Date: October 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/PrisonerRe-entry/prisonsummaryfinal.pdf
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A recession rages around him, but Steve Conlon pays it no heed. His business is selling hot dogs on the edge of a gravelly Hartford parking lot. And so far, the Newington man says, "Nothing's changed." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_051109.asp
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Fred Jacobs made it a mission to make sure the Holocaust was kept alive. Jacobs, 91, of West Hartford, died of cancer on May 15, 2012 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_081712.asp
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Good things do come in small packages and small places. And when it comes to good food, the cozy café at The Kitchen at Billings Forge in Hartford's Frog Hollow neighborhood is delivering some tasty surprises. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032411.asp
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In the Democratic Primary held August 8, 2006, the race for the 2nd senatorial district, covering parts of Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor, was an interesting one. On one side of the ring was the incumbent Eric Coleman, 55 years old and seeking his 7th term. In the other corner was Anthony McCann, 49 years old and making his first bid for elected office, after spending half his life in politics toiling “behind the scenes.” Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_guardian_summer_2006_b.asp
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Work on Colt Gateway, the plan to convert the former Colt armories into apartments and retail, remains stalled as developer Robert MacFarlane struggles to untangle himself from the $60 million he owes to a bankrupt Las Vegas lender and pay his delinquent city property taxes of nearly half a million dollars. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_112907.asp
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This is the website of the Friends of Goodwin Park. Published by
Friends of Goodwin Park
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Link: /issues/wsd/parks/wsd_11_2010.asp
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Recently, about 25 people took part in a free walking tour through parts of the Frog Hollow neighborhood. The purpose of this was mainly to highlight the remainder of the Lyric Theater, but also to show some of the other interesting historical and cultural aspects of the area. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 16, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_051611.asp
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Three Hartford buildings are excellent examples of American architecture developed between World War I and World War II: Art Deco, Art Moderne and Stripped Classicism. One of Hartford's best Art Deco buildings is the Polish National Home built in 1930. The old Comet Diner on Farmington Avenue is an excellent example of Arte Moderne with its glass blocks, shiny steel and flowing lines. The Federal Building on High Street, built in 1931-1932, is a good example of Stripped Classicism. These three buildings have many basic traits in common: smooth surfaces, shallow carving, stylized and streamlined forms, and rich, glossy materials. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_061007.asp
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Cesar Allende used to like selling drugs. Getting arrested and threatened with doing prison time didn’t stop him. What finally changed his life was a chance encounter at a gas station with Reverend Patrice Smith, a well-known anti-violence activist and a former candidate for mayor. Smith befriended Allende and numerous other youths seeking to break free from the violence and lawlessness on the streets of Hartford. As a result of turning his life around, he recently graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in psychology. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_072210.asp
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Two empty lots that mark the gateway to Hartford's Latino community were meant to have a main square, a banquet facility and luxury condos. But those plans died years ago. And now, these two big corners of city land are home to a a new community garden. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: July 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_071311.asp
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Aaron "Pop" Lewis was one of eight ministers to be ordained at Mount Olive Church in Hartford recently. Once a drug dealer, Lewis has overcome being shot in the head to become an inspiration. He now uses the lessons he's learned in his ministry. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 24, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_102405.asp
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Donna Wertenbach, the CEO of a not-for-profit lender that operates statewide, talks fluidly about cash flow, debt service, risk exposure — the kind of language you'd expect from someone who extends credit to businesses. But Wertenbach, who took over the Community Economic Development Fund in 1998, five years after its founding, speaks about the economy and her clients with a passion not usually associated with bankers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_060710.asp
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Issues are many and solutions are few as administrators, teachers, parents and students face federally mandated restructuring at Milner School. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_061205.asp
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In a peaceful call for justice, family members of two men shot by a city police detective in May of 2005 assembled in front of city hall Thursday to reflect on a jury's decision this week to acquit the detective of manslaughter and assault charges. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121109_1.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez is proposing a $50 million fund to address blight in various city neighborhoods, money he says will be used to attract private developers to turn boarded-up buildings into affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_031007.asp
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Organizers recently announced plans to raise the money and build statues memorializing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King to be located on the former site of a monument to the city's Northwest residents who served in World War II. The monument that once stood at Aaron Fien Square at the Woodland Street entrance to Keney Park was dedicated in 1944. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042608.asp
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An office complex in Hartford’s Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood, part of which dates to the early 1900s, was sold recently to a nonprofit housing group that plans to lease to other nonprofits, offering shared space and below-market rental rates. Although The Corporation for Independent Living acquired Hartford Square West for $4.7 million, the group put off taking ownership of the old Capewell Horse Nail Co. factory next door in the face of rising environmental clean-up costs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062813.asp
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The Hartford Redevelopment Agency will choose one of two groups to turn the barren intersection at Park and Main streets into a gateway to the city's Hispanic commercial center on Park Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_101305.asp
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Hartford School Superintendent Steven Adamowski met with parents at Annie Fisher Multiple Intelligences Magnet School recently to discuss plans for the future of the school after its renovation is complete. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_021408.asp
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Enid M. Rey, director of the Office for Youth Services in Hartford, writes that during the past few days, there have been questions raised about a $500,000 federal grant Hartford received to provide mentoring services to some of its most vulnerable youth. Because the application for the grant cited a June 4 police memorandum that used a broad definition of gangs to say the city has 4,000 street gang members, people are asking: Does Hartford have a huge gang problem? The answer is no. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_102509_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments about the gang situation in Hartford. Remember the sea of denial that ran from Hartford's city hall to police headquarters to the school district's central office when an internal police memo painted a disturbing picture of a city infested with gangs? How'd it go again? Oh yeah ... Gang problem? Police Chief Daryl Roberts wondered. What gang problem? Mayor Eddie Perez chimed in. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2009
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Helen Ubiñas writes that after spending a week in August reporting from Garden Street, she admittedly had a hard time just walking away. She organized a neighborhood clean up, which was a great success. People who live, work or pray in the city showed. But also those who hadn't been back for a while and thought the cleanup was a pretty good reason for a return trip. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 13, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091309.asp
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In this editorial, Tom Condon expresses the opinion that Hartford nonprofits should come together with the community to establish goals, determine who would do what to meet them and set benchmarks. There are redundant efforts to solve Hartford’s problems that could be streamlined and brought into better focus Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_021008.asp
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Gertrude Blanks is a well known Hartford storyteller. Although she was born in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1920’s, she has called Hartford home since she was five years old. After eight decades, Gertrude Blanks continues to tell stories. She spends twenty hours a week at the Simpson Waverly School helping pre-school aged children and their teachers with tasks as needed. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: August 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_080509.asp
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In March, Hartford's Food Stamp Project encouraged participants to live on $4 of food a day, the equivalent of what Connecticut's average food stamp recipient gets. A similar project was undertaken in Oregon by the governor. Surviving on a small food budget in the land of plenty takes planning and careful calculations, and hunger is all too common. In the Hartford area, 100,000 people rely on emergency food programs every year; 40,000 of them children. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_050607.asp
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Three of Hartford's 20 homicides this year have occurred on Garden Street, another six nearby. Courant columnist Helen Ubinas and photographer Rick Hartford spend the week in and around the North End neighborhood talking to residents about living, and surviving, one of Hartford's tougher neighborhoods. Here are excerpts from her blog from Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Something that's become clear in these few concentrated days she spent in the city's North End is that the relationship between Hartford cops and residents has seemingly improved. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080509.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that abandoning Hartford because of the recent violent incidents is not a solution. In the end, it is the community that will determine the city's fate. And the community does not stop at the city line. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_060406.asp
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Gladys Moore - a waitress at Timothy's Restaurant for decades - died recently at 80. Moore was no mere waitress, though. She was a cut-up, a great-grandmother, an expert cake-froster, a friend, and - after declining health prevented her from officially working at Timothy's - she occupied the first booth every day from 1:30 p.m. to closing, sipping her Diet Coke, wrapping silverware in paper napkins, hopping up to help wait tables if the night waitress was late and chatting with regulars. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_040506.asp
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Rick Green writes about the struggling Roberto Clemente League, which serves 500 Hartford kids, from age 5 to 16. Financial mismanagement had led to a police investigation, with the league tens of thousands of dollars in debt and the entire program in danger of folding. Now, the league's supporters are living up to its namesake, Roberto Clemente, with more than 80 Courant readers offering to help. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_031111.asp
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Toni A. Gold, the Hartford planner and transportation consultant, is this year's winner of the Connecticut Main Street Center's CL&P Award, given for outstanding contributions to the revitalization of Connecticut's historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. If we were writing the inscription, it would read "To the Jane Jacobs of Hartford." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 26, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_042613.asp
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Minnie Gonzalez announced her campaign for mayor against Eddie A. Perez recently. Speaking in front of nearly 200 people at the Construction & General Laborers Union Hall, Gonzalez pitched a populist theme, saying she would look out for all of Hartford while her main opponent, Mayor Eddie Perez and his administration, will "fight to keep their corner office, fat-cat salaries and perks, sweetheart deals and old boy network.” Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_031607.asp
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Fernando Betancourt and his wife are moving to Hartford. He plans on running against state Rep. Minnie Gonzalez for the 3rd House District seat. Betancourt is the former director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission who was formally ousted last year. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_052209_1.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant staff write that the tentative agreement between Mayor Eddie A. Perez and the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority over who will assume responsibility for the closing and monitoring of the hideous landfill in Hartford's North Meadows is welcome and significant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Environment/htfd_courant_012907.asp
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Saying he wanted to end the public sniping and to focus on solving violence in the city, Mayor Eddie A. Perez phoned the office of Gov. M. Jodi Rell recently. With television cameras and reporters in tow, Perez started to walk to Rell's office at the Capitol. But there was a problem: Perez's morning call had not been returned. The governor was not in, and Perez had no appointment. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_060206.asp
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U.S. Census officials and black business leaders applauded data released recently showing that the number of businesses owned by black entrepreneurs grew by 45 percent between 1997 and 2002, more than four times the national rate for all businesses. But the numbers also suggest that progress is still lagging significantly. Despite the rapid growth, black-owned businesses account for a small share of all companies in the country. And their revenues account for an even smaller fraction of total U.S. sales. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041906.asp
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Last Thursday evening, at the Studio at Billings Forge, representatives from the Frog Hollow NRZ, the Asylum Hill NRZ, and the City of Hartford, along with concerned neighbors, met with Hartford’s Development Director Tom Deller and DPW Director Kevin Burnham and Connecticut DOT officials. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 02, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_news_050213.asp
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The city is using Web-based technology to field complaints about graffiti, litter and other quality-of-life issues. Residents may now document complaints or concerns about their neighborhood on the city's SeeClickFix Web page. The page allows people to report issues by writing a brief description of the problem and including an address. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_061011.asp
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Governor M. Jodi Rell announced recently that $1 million to help build a new YMCA on Albany Avenue in North Hartford is expected to be approved by the State Bond Commission at its meeting on February 29, 2008. The new facility will be developed by the YMCA of Greater Hartford in partnership with the Urban League of Greater Hartford, Inc. and Community Health Services, Inc. on a parcel of land at 430 Albany Avenue, adjacent to the Community Health Services, Inc. building. The parcel was purchased for one dollar from the City of Hartford in December 2007. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: February 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_022708.asp
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In Hartford, the interiors of the governor's mansion on Prospect Street had grown a bit dated. In an economy like this one, most states have more pressing things to do with revenue than redecorate the gubernatorial manse. Enter award-winning Norwalk-based Cottages & Gardens Publications with a bold idea. Connecticut-based or affiliated designers, retailers, manufacturers and craftspeople could be invited to donate their goods and services to refurbish eight of the mansion's public rooms. The result? A much needed update done at little or no cost to the Connecticut taxpayer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 04, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110411.asp
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Connecticut has one of the best high school graduation rates in the nation but lags behind when it comes to graduating Hispanic students, according to a national study released recently. Overall, 79 percent of Connecticut's high school students graduate, but only about half of its Hispanic students do so, according to the study by the newspaper Education Week. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/people/htfd_courant_062106.asp
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The city of Hartford is searching for a way to deal with a persistent headache. The Perez administration is trying again to get a resolution through the city council that would require private property owners to clean up graffiti on their homes or businesses or face fines of $100 per day. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_022310.asp
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The old Northwest School on Albany Avenue, the vacant, crumbling building in the city's North End has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although the roof leaks, there is no electricity or running water, and chunks of plaster lay in piles on the floor, but a small group of organizers hope to raise $3 million to restore and transform the building into the John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center, a showcase for what they say is one of the largest privately owned collections of African American historical artifacts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_100210.asp
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State Senator John Fonfara and Rep. Hector Robles announced recently a $250,000 grant to assist the City of Hartford with its ongoing plans for traffic calming measures. The grant was approved at today's meeting of the State Bond Commission. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/cityline_122310.asp
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to help Greater Hartford nonprofit agencies combat hunger and homelessness. The grants more than double the amount made last winter to help nonprofits through the winter months when demand for the food and shelter they provide are at a peak. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: December 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_121508.asp
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Three locations in Hartford have been chosen to receive more than $40,000 in historic preservation and technical assistance grants. The money will be used to help foster jobs and preserve the city's heritage through the renovation of historic buildings and improvements in their energy efficiency. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_022310.asp
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Seven women who live or work in Hartford will be honored later this month for grassroots leadership. The Permanent Commission on the Status of Hartford Women is citing all seven for leading efforts that support other women. Honorees include business women, health care volunteers and professionals, educators and others. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_030707.asp
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Barely a month after his son was fatally shot on the streets of Hartford, Sam Saylor held a press conference on the steps of City Hall on November 23 to urge residents, police and civic leaders to work together to solve the city’s many unsolved homicides. Saylor announced that “Resolution 2013,” a coalition of Hartford community groups, will be holding a community forum entitled “Seeking Closure and Justice,” to address the city’s many unsolved homicide cases. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_120612.asp
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The former La Paloma Sabanera storefront in Hartford's Frog Hollow has a new tenant, but it isn't a Middle Eastern-themed deli. The Capitol Grocery, which has operated in a smaller space two doors away since 2011, has moved into the storefront, at the corner of Capitol and Babcock streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_083013.asp
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City leaders and representatives from the Hartford Public Library officially broke ground recently for the library's new Albany Avenue Branch. The new library will be built at the corner of Albany Avenue and Blue Hills Avenue, just west of the existing facility. The new library will be housed in an 8,000 square-foot, one story building. The $5.8 million project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2011. Once the new library is open, the old facility will be demolished. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_092310.asp
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Mayor Segarra and other officials donned construction helmets recently before digging with their ceremonial shovels at the groundbreaking for the “Capewell Townhomes.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_102811.asp
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Dilapidated buildings in various parts of Frog Hollow and Barry Square will soon be converted to affordable rental housing, thanks to Fannie Mae, the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance and the Broad-Park Development Corp. Section 8 vouches will be accepted. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 3, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_020305.asp
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Section 8 Housing Waiting List Web Site
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The challenge of creating an attractive gateway to Hartford's Hispanic commercial center was awarded recently to a partnership of local merchants and a seasoned downtown developer. The Hartford Redevelopment Agency selected Plaza Mayor LLC, consisting of developer Theodore M. Amenta and a coalition of Hispanic business owners, as the tentative developer to revive the barren city-owned property at Park and Main streets. Their proposal, which redevelopment officials praised as bold and ambitious, envisions a $64 million complex with two towers of roughly 20 stories each, a 40,000-square-foot public plaza, parking, a banquet hall, a boutique hotel and a chapel. They say the plan could result in 40 to 80 new residential units, which would sell for about $380,000 to $400,000 each. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_101405.asp
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An Asylum Hill neighborhood group demonstrated recently outside Mark Twain branch of the Hartford Public Library and planned a "read-in" to protest a budget-cutting proposal to shut it down. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070108_1.asp
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Almost two years after firing its executive director, and after a season of internal political discontent, ONE/CHANE is considering shutting down. Formed in 1987, ONE/CHANE made its presence known in Hartford by rallying against plans to bring a casino to the city, speaking out for the health of the neighborhood and against an expansion of a city dump, calling for nonviolent campaigns in response to city shootings, and more. But, the organization has been beset by an array of problems over the past several years and is now virtually broke. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_102905.asp
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A group that advocates for more services for the disadvantaged says the conventional wisdom about how the state responded to its fiscal crisis is wrong, and Connecticut raised revenues more in previous recessions than in this one to close deficits. This deficit was larger, so the amount of taxes collected was larger, but as a proportion of the response, it was 37 percent, compared to 42 percent in 2002-2003 and 44 percent in 1989-1992, Connecticut Voices for Children's analysis found. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_011312.asp
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Three nonprofits, the YMCA, the Urban League and Community Health Services, are discussing plans to develop a block on the North End into something that will meet all of their goals. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 21, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072105.asp
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Guakia was founded in Hartford 27 years ago to promote Latin American music, dance and culture. Now the organization is struggling to keep its doors open. Marcelina Sierra, Executive Director of Guakia, said that last month, the organization’s Board of Directors voted to close it down due to lack of funding. But when the board met again on September 30, a large group of parents whose children were taking classes at Guakia showed up to protest the closing. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_100710_1.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that if the Guardian Angels come to Hartford, don't expect miracles. The unarmed crime patrollers may help here and there, but they aren't likely to resolve the deadly gunplay that plagues the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_072609.asp
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Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, recenlty visited the North End, and the Revs. Henry Brown and Patrice Smith showed him various crime scenes along Garden Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_072009.asp
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Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime patrols, was in Hartford on recently with a dozen Guardian Angels from New York and New Haven to gauge interest in starting an Angels chapter here. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_071809.asp
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Bonnie Glasser and John Gaynor have been married three times, between the two of them. They've got all the toasters they need. So this time, the Hartford couple is asking their wedding guests to forgo the gifts and give them the wedding present they really want: a morning of hard work. The couple is dedicating their wedding day to renovating a safe house for families whose homes are contaminated by lead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_071906.asp
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Rep. Douglas McCrory, D-Hartford, represents the 7th Assembly District in the Connecticut General Assembly explains his no vote on the gun control bill that was before the Assembly. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_040513.asp
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City officials and police are looking to take more guns off the street by offering to buy them back in exchange for gift cards. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112912.asp
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Saying that anti-gun legislators are hypocrites, a prominent gun lobby has withdrawn support for a federal bill that would create the Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which represents gun manufacturers that include Colt's Manufacturing Co. and is based in Newtown, has sent a letter to members of the all-Democratic Connecticut congressional delegation and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy declaring that it is deceitful to support the national park and gun-control laws at the same time. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_070913.asp
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The Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity will begin work in April on 16 single-family units on South Marshall Street. A groundbreaking for the project, which is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete, is scheduled for April 1, 2011. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_020811.asp
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Margarita Hardy has always dreamed of owning her own home. The Collins Street resident currently shares a one-bedroom apartment with her 16-year-old daughter, and space is tight. Things will soon change for the family. Hardy and her daughter were selected to live in a new house on South Marshall Street — which Hardy will own. Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity has begun work on 16 single-family units near the intersection of South Marshall and Hawthorne streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/htfd_courant_092211.asp
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The Institute for Community Research sponsored an exhibit over the last several months, Weavings of War, which featured traditional weaving and crafts created by people in war-torn lands. The textiles on display were a reaction to violence. The last event was a presentation by two of approximately 1,600 Bosnian Muslim refugees who live in Hartford. The Bosnian crafts displayed — woven rugs and knitted works such as socks, hats and decorative pieces — are examples of traditional art that survived the violence in the country. The other works on display, from places like Peru, Chile and Afghanistan, were reflections of conflict. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Immigrants/htfd_advocate_011807.asp
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The local Karen (Burmese) community recently celebrated the first day of their New Year — 2752. They prepared a buffet-style breakfast, which lasted for hours before the formal program began in the Center for Contemporary Culture at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/realhtfd_011313.asp
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The author expresses the opinion that she is happy to call Hartford home. Hartford is full of distinct and proud neighborhoods, each bordered by the paths of immigrants and the lovely embedded detritus of cultures long gone. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_061310.asp
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Mergers don't only happen in the corporate world. They sometimes make sense in the nonprofit sector too. A textbook example can be found in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood, where the venerable Hartford Conservatory has announced it is merging with the highly regarded Jumoke Academy charter school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_122411.asp
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Harry Franklin Merrow, a champion of social and racial justice in the Hartford area and a moral mentor to city leaders, died on Aug. 1, 2007 in Bloomfield. He was 82. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_080307.asp
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Marilyn Rossetti, executive director of Hartford Areas Rally Together for the past eight years, is leaving her position at the end of the week. Rossetti, a past president of the HART board of directors, has spent about 20 years with the organization in various capacities. She will begin work Jan. 24 as executive director of the Open Hearth homeless men's shelter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_011211.asp
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HartBeat Ensemble, a Hartford-based theater company, has signed a multiyear agreement on a new home: the Carriage House Theater at 360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford. The 77-seat theater was originally occupied by Hartford Children’s Theater. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_032113.asp
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The city council recently allocated nearly $340,000 of its $400,000 "civic and cultural affairs account" by dividing the money up between its six majority Democrats and letting them each hand it out as they saw fit. The process raised the eyebrows of the council's three minority-party members. Apparently, it also raised some eyebrows over at Hartford 2000 -- the agency that serves as an umbrella organization for the city's various neighborhood revitalization zones. Hartford 2000 got $2,500 from the council. But, in a letter sent July 29, Hartford 2000 said thanks, but no thanks. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_080409.asp
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Contact information and meeting times of the member Hartford Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ) committees and associations. (PDF document, 1 page) Published by
Hartford 2000
; Publication Date: November 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/Hartford_2000_members.pdf
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To build on the work accomplished in the Hartford 2010 Report by Ken Greenberg, Trident Implementation Committee and six Trident Steering Committees, were charged to further refine and prioritize the Hartford 2010 recommendations and provide input, feedback and recommendations. This report compiles the work of these various committees. (PDF document, 34 pages) Published by
MetroHartford Alliance
; Publication Date: September 2009
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Link: /hartford2010/docs/H2010_Final_Report.pdf
Related Link(s):
City of Hartford, Development Services
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The Hartford 2010 final report, developed by the City of Hartford and the MetroHartford Alliance, identified six "tridents" (major intersections) in the city that would provide excellent locations to focus on for development. The report suggested that each of the tridents in Hartford be explored by a subcommittee, charged with making recommendations for changes in the land use, zoning, transportation infrastructure, streetscape improvements, and other aspects of the intersections. Published by
MetroHartford Alliance
; Publication Date: January 2009
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Link: /Issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/wsd_012309.asp
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The final report of the joint effort of the MetroHartford Alliance and the City of Hartford in developing a strategic framework to build on the accomplishments of the past five years in revitalizing Hartford. Urban Designer, Ken Greenberg lead a Consultant team that assisted the City and the Alliance in this effort. Hartford 2010, reflects the community’s vision for a dynamic, livable, healthy, and economically vibrant city. (PDF document, 26 pages) Published by
MetroHartford Alliance
; Publication Date: July 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Hartford-2010FinalReport.pdf
Related Link(s):
City of Hartford, Development Services
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The 2012 tax bills, based on values the city assigned as of Oct. 1, will bring an unpleasant surprise to many owners of houses and apartments even as they bring relief to commercial building owners. That's partly because office and industrial buildings generally lost more value than residential property since 2006, the last time new values were assigned. But beyond the shift in values, Hartford — which taxes different classes of real estate at different levels — is sharply pushing up the levy on apartment buildings, which were already taxed higher than houses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_121411.asp
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Hartford 3-1-1 provides a streamlined, integrated and secure way to report, track and resolve problems or issues people may have with City of Hartford services, and centralizes the process of collecting and sharing data. 3-1-1 staff endeavors to answer questions and, when required, create "cases" to be resolved by city departments. This page gathers together the monthly neighborhood reports documenting the number and types of calls received. Published by
City of Hartford
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_012109.asp
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Willie C. Long, a community activist known for her work with Hartford's senior citizens, died on November 11, 2007 at her Tower Avenue home. She was 86. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_111407_1.asp
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After struggling for years with accusations of mismanagement, internal dissent and financial turmoil, the once-venerated Hartford community group ONE/CHANE is shutting down. In its heyday, the nearly 20-year-old North End nonprofit organization was widely respected for helping people overcome some of Hartford's most intractable problems, from joblessness to lack of educational opportunities to the need for youth programs. But in recent years, the agency has become synonymous with dysfunction and petty infighting. For its current leaders, the specter of disrepute became too much to overcome - at a recent membership meeting, they announced that ONE/CHANE is shutting down for good. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050306.asp
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Neighborhood leaders in Harford said recently that the unending violence, unchecked quality-of-life issues and the city's response are at the heart of their concerns about public safety. At a press conference at police headquarters, Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Hartford Chief of Police Daryl K. Roberts announced a "safe-city initiative" that calls for 30 new police recruits, additional foot and bicycle patrols, a horse unit, a citywide violence crime team and a continuation of its truancy program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_051708_1.asp
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A project to renovate nine historic brick buildings on Vine Street has gotten a boost thanks to a $500,000 contribution from Connecticut Light & Power. Officials expect to begin the $15 million project in April. Nine three-story buildings at 4-40 Vine Street, known as the Horace Bushnell Apartments, will undergo significant improvements. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_122612.asp
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The city has begun a formal review of records from its 37 private-property cleanups and of staff involved in the cleanups, said David Panagore, the chief operating officer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_073112.asp
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Fed-up Hartford residents recently protested the woeful impact of blighted properties on neighborhoods — particularly a fire-gutted four-story building at the corner of Zion and Hamilton streets. Mayor Eddie Perez's office was quick to issue a press release saying that the absentee owner had recently been served with an anti-blight notice ordering him to correct code violations within 30 days or face $100-a-day fines. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070708.asp
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At the very successful 2013 Hartford Flower Show recently, eight community and non-profit organizations combined their efforts to promote gardening and floral events in the City of Hartford that begin March 1st and run through June 2013. Hartford Blooms was established in 1995 by Mayor Mike Peters, the City Council and the Knox Parks Foundation. This ongoing program places 750 planters and hanging containers throughout Hartford and contributes to the vibrancy and beauty of the city. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_022813.asp
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Virginia Iacobucci loves running her small coffeehouse on Capitol Avenue, but the poor economy and prospects of a 5 percent increase in city property taxes make her worry about her business. Since she doesn't own the building, her tax bill arrived last year, it was nearly $1,000. That figure would go up under Mayor Eddie A. Perez's budget for 2010-11. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050710.asp
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The city recently marked Three Kings Day, or the Feast of the Epiphany, with a parade that includes live camels and marchers in bright robes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010511.asp
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When it began at the east end of Park Street, the recent Three Kings Day Parade in Hartford consisted of the three kings, their camels and about 100 people. By the time the parade reached the Pope Park community center about a mile away, the crowd had swelled. People were drawn to the parade by the pulsating Latin music and to celebrate a holiday tradition in the Latino community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010613.asp
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Ever since he was 11, all Daryl K. Roberts wanted to be was a cop. That all changes Friday, as Roberts, a Hartford native who started his career with the city police department three decades ago as a patrolman, retires after five years as chief. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_122811.asp
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Police Chief Daryl Roberts' recent declaration that Hartford has become toxic in its level of incivility sparked anger, questions and introspection as leaders and residents wondered if the capital city has reached some sort of tipping point. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060608.asp
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Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said recently that he expects a state police contingent to be on the city's streets by the middle of June 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061108_1.asp
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The Hartford City Council approved a plan to turn a North End park into housing recently, a decision one councilman who supported the plan said had clearly split the community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_102709.asp
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City Scan is a program developed to empower youth and adults to improve their communities. In 2003, Hartford area youth scanned every residential street in Hartford to gather information that concerned residents. The youth scanned for five conditions: abandoned buildings, abandoned vehicles, graffiti, illegal
dumping, and overgrown vegetation. Results are shown in tables and maps, for NRZs. (PDF Format: 42 pages) Published by
City-Scan
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_2003.asp
Related Link(s):
Connecticut Policy and Economic Council (CPEC)
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Capital Region Workforce Development Board
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City of Hartford Services
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Richard Weaver-Bey — affordable housing developer, radio station owner and civic leader — died unexpectedly Saturday, May 17, 2008. He was 63. Weaver-Bey got his big break in business in 1970, when Harold Rothstein, then-owner of Greater Hartford Realty Management Corp., promoted him to run a division of the company. Weaver-Bey eventually took over that business, building affordable housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052008_1.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez established the Hartford Communities That Care® (HCTC) Planning Project in the fall of 2003. This community planning model is based on sound best practice principles that guide communities through a series of trainings and action steps to create policies, practices and programs that reduce violence and illicit drug use among youth and adults. Published by
Hartford Communities That Care® Prevention Planning Project
; Publication Date: April 12, 2004
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_041204.asp
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The Spring Newsletter from the Hartford Community Court includes a description of Community Service at the Circus Fire memorial, a Department of Labor Work Orientation program and more. (PDF document, 16 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut, Judicial Branch
; Publication Date: June 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Crime/12CommCourt_SummerNews.pdf
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There are over 300 community garden plots in Hartford, which means that an even greater number of people have the opportunity to grow (or attempt to grow) their own fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_082010.asp
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Alphabetical listing of community organizations with links; maintained by the Hartford Public Library. Published by
Hartford Public Library
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/htfd_cmty_listing.asp
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Clark School has a food pantry on Wednesdays, a health clinician two days a week, financial literacy classes for parents and a nutrition and sports initiative. That is only a sampling of the extra programs that Clark offers to families with help from a lead agency, the Village for Families and Children, and several other community partners, such as the Salvation Army and the University of Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_060513_3.asp
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Community leaders and residents addressed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor Pedro Segarra and the city's police chief, James Rovella, recently, calling for proactive solutions to gun violence and better ways of working with newly released prisoners. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_051413_1.asp
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A Powerpoint presentation which summarizes the findings of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), in conjunction with MetroHartford Alliance and the City of Hartford, focusing on the development of Asylum Hill, Downtown, and Northeast neighborhoods. (Powerpoint presentation, 60 slides) Published by
MetroHartford Alliance
; Publication Date: September 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Hartford.ppt
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In this Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel Report, the ULI makes recommendations for developing Hartford. Among other suggestions is the development of the northern gateway to downtown Hartford as a linear park. (PDF document, 43 pages) Published by
Urban Land Institute
; Publication Date: September 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/ULI07.pdf
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The long-awaited redevelopment of the sprawling, former Colt factory complex in Hartford could get a critical boost from the city that would help complete a major portion of the project. Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra has proposed spending $5.3 million in bond funds that would largely figure in completing the 129 apartments planned for the South Armory building. So far, 50 of the apartments have been built, with all but one occupied. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_021512.asp
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Having just completed a citywide effort to clean up the parks, the city council has approved a new program that would seek volunteers who would select a street median to keep clean and manicured. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091610_1.asp
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The Hartford city council is considering a proposal to add Abraham Giles' name to a North End street corner. Giles, an embattled former state representative, died last year at age 84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032612.asp
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Stan Simpson comments that until now, the knock on Hartford's city council was that it was a compliant bunch, a virtual rubber stamp in a strong-mayor government, a group paralyzed in its deference to Eddie Perez. That's fixing to change. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_082308.asp
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Three members of the Hartford city council minority have called for a special meeting to consider reopening two closed branch libraries. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_082308.asp
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The intersection of Main and Windsor streets will soon be known as "Abraham Giles Way." The city council on Monday approved a proposal to name the street corner after the controversial politician, who died in 2011 at age 84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_081312.asp
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A controversial proposal to sell city-owned land at the corner of New Park Avenue and Francis Court for the purpose of building a Stop & Shop gas station has again been rejected by the city council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_021413_1.asp
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In a surprising turnaround, the Hartford city council has decided to reopen two neighborhood library branches that were closed earlier this summer because of an $870,000 budget gap. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081308_1.asp
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If you and your nonprofit are looking for some emergency money from the Hartford city council, you're too late. Barely four months into the fiscal year, the council has allocated all of the $400,000 it reserves for "civic and cultural affairs" for everything from capital improvements for a local fraternity to basketball leagues, domestic violence programs and a jazz festival. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_102908.asp
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Hartford is on track to have one of the lowest numbers of homicides this year out of the last 30, with the city seeing a 20 percent drop this year compared with the same period last year. If nobody else is killed in the city before the end of the year, 2012 would have the fewest homicides since 2004. Along with the drop in homicides, there has been a reduction in serious crimes, defined as murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft. Since 2008, the total number of serious crimes has dropped by more than 13 percent, to 6,134 incidents as of Nov. 10, according to Hartford police statistics. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112512.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez landed at the center of another firestorm as the city's decision to begin construction of a magnet school on a disputed site angered lawmakers and state officials who oppose the plan. The city's decision to push ahead with construction despite continuing questions over the status of the land was seen by some as an act of defiance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_013107.asp
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Marshall Deming, Dave Marcoux and Luke Davis spend their days toiling at sewing machines in a fourth-floor Hartford factory, so an evening of eating hors d'oeuvres and mixing with downtown New York fashionistas to the sound of house music took some adjustment. The happening on Broadway was part of doing business for the three partners in the Hartford Denim Co., a fledgling firm that was featured recently at the Timberland store in SoHo. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 16, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_101612.asp
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While crime overall was down last year in Hartford, an increase in murders and assaults in the state's capital was the same trend seen in smaller cities and rural communities across the country, according to FBI statistics. On average, cities with 50,000 to 500,000 people had the biggest increases in murder. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061306.asp
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From a bench in Bushnell Park, or a spot overlooking the Connecticut River, or from the living room of a house in Blue Hills, Hartford residents can now access the Internet through a wireless - and free - municipal network. Mayor Eddie A. Perez announced the launch of a $1 million pilot program to test the service, along with a push by the city to sell inexpensive computers to residents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_102706.asp
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The Mozzicato family is adding their sweet touch to real estate development in Plainville, where they are building their first retail bakery outside of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 19, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_041910_1.asp
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Recently, things looked bleak for Mi Casa Family Service and Educational Center, the city organization that provides youth and family services primarily to Latino families. According to the city, the organization recently had enough money left for only three weeks of payroll, faced a possible $800,000 annual operating deficit and was working hard to get money from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. However, board Chairman Jose Martinez said Mi Casa is scraping by and dipping into its rainy day fund, but is not at risk of closing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082009.asp
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It was a struggle, but Pedro Alicea was making it. Working extra hours as a swing manager at McDonald's in Glastonbury, he was providing for his wife, Jacqueline Sierra, and their two sons and two daughters, ages 3 to 9. Jacqueline, 26, was going for her GED. Pedro would stay with the youngest, Gabriel, until Jacqueline came home from Hartford Adult Education, and then he'd go to work. A multiple alarm fire in the three-story, wood-frame tenement on the morning of Nov. 13 routed all three families in the Benton Street building. Pedro, Jacqueline and the kids, who lived on the first floor, lost everything they had. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112510.asp
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James Evans Sr. is grieving for his son, who was murdered in Hartford only 5 days after he was released from prison in February 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 24, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_032409.asp
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The reasons to enjoy Hartford include the remarkable venues in the city that are free including the state Capitol, the Connecticut State Library and Museum, Cedar Hill Cemetary and the Elizabeth Park. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_091913.asp
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Hartford has only one full-service supermarket. This page collects information about food access in Hartford including information that may lead to the development of a second supermarket. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: March 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/food_access.asp
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Residents of Homestead Avenue may soon witness an effort to clean up the area. Three properties, located at 111, 367 and 393 Homestead Ave., have been awarded a $500,000 Brownfield Grant for remediation. The property is currently owned by the city of Hartford, through the Hartford Redevelopment Agency. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062012.asp
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The city's three trauma centers, law enforcement and now the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association are urging gun owners to hand over their unwanted firearms in exchange for grocery money. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_051413.asp
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City officials collected 181 firearms as part of a gun buyback program last weekend, a 50 percent increase over the number of weapons collected last year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120612.asp
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A year after the Hartford Police Department began its Shooting Task Force, the department released results. Shootings and gun crimes are down. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_080712.asp
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The city has stopped work on a project to turn several Asylum Hill apartment buildings into housing for up to 160 students at the Connecticut Culinary Institute, saying the developer failed to inform city officials about the plans. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_082308.asp
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The city is owed thousands of dollars for private-property cleanups — some that occurred as far back as six months ago — but it hasn't billed any of the property owners. The public works department has cleaned 37 private properties whose owners violated the city's blight ordinances and failed to correct the problems when notified, said David Panagore, Hartford's chief operating officer. But the city's license and inspection department, which is responsible for tallying up the work and billing the owners, only has records for 13 of the properties cleaned. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_072712.asp
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When Pamela Joiner got to the corner of Main Street and Albany Avenue early on Good Friday, she looked among hundreds of crosses for three names: Jumar Joiner, Shawn Linton and Anthony Joiner. But the names of her son, his best friend and her brother weren't easy to find among the 294 crosses, each carrying the name of a victim killed in violent crime in the city since 2000. Pamela Joiner was one of more than 100 people who attended a prayer vigil and anti-violence rally Friday organized by Mothers United Against Violence Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_040210.asp
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Those looking to tee off at Keney Golf Course could soon have a convenient place to practice their swing if the city moves forward with a plan to build a driving range at the North End course. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_053110_1.asp
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A new director, a new board and a focus on homeownership have helped the Hartford Housing Authority — mired in controversy a few years ago — to become a formidable player in the city's still-tepid economic development scene. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_062011.asp
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) recently completed an evaluation of the I-84 viaduct in Hartford. ConnDOT recognizes there is a need to begin the planning and community involvement process for the longer-term reconstruction or replacement of the Viaduct. The City of Hartford, working through a committee of stakeholders entitled the HUB of Hartford, and CRCOG have agreed to undertake the initial phase of this process. CRCOG is managing this phase of the Viaduct planning process on behalf of the City and has created this website. Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
; Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/wsd_111009.asp
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Owners of blighted residential properties in the city will now face an additional penalty for allowing their buildings and land to languish. The city has adopted a special assessment for blighted properties — essentially, a new penalty that owners would have to pay on top of their tax bills and in addition to any fines imposed. The city's current practice is to issue a $99 fine for each violation, such as broken windows or a hole in the roof. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_101912.asp
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The city and two neighborhood organizations insist they support the new busway, but are pressing their fight to keep it from shutting down pedestrian traffic along Flower Street. Leaders of the Frog Hollow and Asylum Hill Neighborhood Revitalization Zones are arguing that the state transportation department is hurting neighborhoods and local businesses in its zeal to build the $567 million busway to New Britain. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021513.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that more useful than a curfew or funding yet another neighborhood program where kids can play ball at their local rec center would be to rent a fleet of buses to get these kids out of here. Seriously, show them that there are more important things to belong to than some pathetic posse, more meaningful ways to make a mark on the world than to die young. Get these kids out of these 18 claustrophobic square miles, and let them see the world that could belong to them. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082108_1.asp
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Hartford Public Library board members met recently to discuss several cost-savings options that could lead to the reopening of two neighborhood branches closed earlier this month due to an $870,000 budget gap. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_072608.asp
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The city's oldest public library branch has reopened after undergoing extensive renovations that morphed the former utilitarian-style facility into a more modern, colorful environment. The Dwight Branch is located in a section of the Parkville Elementary School on New Park Avenue. A 1,100-square-foot addition to the branch has doubled the size of the branch. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_112312.asp
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Facing an $870,000 gap between next year's operating budget and what is needed to maintain library services at their current level, the board of directors of the Hartford Public Library announced it is closing two branches and laying off 40 employees. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_062808.asp
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The Hartford Public Library was honored recently with the LibraryAware Community Award. The Library is one of three in the country to receive the national, newly-created award for its work helping residents who are learning English, or participating in other outreach activities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_060613.asp
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The Hartford City Council recently restored $125,000 to the Hartford Public Library's budget, allowing all nine branches to stay open a little longer. All branches will open earlier each day and be open one night a week until 7:30 p.m. In addition, five branches will now be open on Saturdays. Hours at the downtown library, 500 Main St., will remain the same. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_062909.asp
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In a break from tradition, the board of the Hartford Public Library named a chief operating officer recently whose professional background is not in library services. Matthew K. Poland brings extensive business experience, including time as a senior vice president and chief operating officer at Work/Life Innovations and as senior vice president of human resources at Veritude, a Fidelity investments company, and more than 10 years as a vice president at The Courant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_100809.asp
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City administrators are investigating the possibility that some of the 37 private properties cleaned as part of an anti-blight effort did not receive proper notification of violations or citations. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_080612.asp
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The proposed $32 million magnet grade school on the former campus of the Hartford College for Women would have been a great asset for Hartford's West End neighborhood, yet it was unanimously rejected last week by the city's planning and zoning commission. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041912_1.asp
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Nearly a year after Angel Arce Torres was hit by a car on Park Street, a 33-year-old Hartford man was charged with driving the car that hit him, leaving him lying helpless in the middle of the street while bystanders looked on. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_051609.asp
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After a vicious assault on a Trinity College sophomore a few months ago, suspicions turned toward neighborhoods near its Hartford campus. The investigation into the March 4 attack has not produced any arrests, but police are now investigating the possibility that fellow Trinity students beat the victim. Hartford residents of the neighborhoods ringing the campus are right to feel that blame was unfairly cast upon them. The liberal arts college is taking steps to patch up its relationship with the community, but the episode remains a sore spot particularly for some Hispanic leaders. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070412.asp
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Owners of blighted residential properties in the city would face an added penalty for allowing their buildings to languish, under a new proposal by Mayor Pedro Segarra. Segarra's plan would create a special assessment for the properties — essentially a new expense that owners would have to pay on top of their tax bills and in addition to any fines imposed. The city currently issues a $100 fine for each violation, which include broken windows or a hole in the roof. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060712.asp
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Virginia Iacobucci said business declined at her coffeehouse when busway construction in December blocked cars from reaching it by using Flower Street. She now wonders if her business, La Paloma Sabanera, will survive if pedestrian and bike traffic from Flower Street is shut down, too. Residents of the Asylum Hill and Frog Hollow neighborhoods say the CTfastrak busway is splitting the city and hurting businesses by shutting off Flower Street, a north-south connector between the insurance office buildings on Farmington Avenue and the merchants of Capitol Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 10, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_051013.asp
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Mayor Pedro Segarra, joined by business leaders and neighborhood groups, urged the city council to approve a plan to take the blighted Capitol West building on Myrtle Street by eminent domain and demolish it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_032811.asp
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The city is proposing setting aside $2.5 million to build a new parking structure near its public safety complex to address concerns over a shortage of parking at the facility, which opened in January 2013. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031113.asp
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The need for a vision was one of the helpful observations made recently by a 10-member panel of urban experts brought to the city by the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit that specializes in land-use policy. The ULI team was summoned by the city and MetroHartford Alliance, the region's business and economic development group. The panel was a follow-up to the Hartford 2010 study completed earlier in the year by a team headed by Toronto planner Ken Greenberg, and work done by the city's planning department. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 07, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_100707.asp
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Acknowledging the clamor over closing two branch libraries recently, Hartford's city council took a reasonable step last week to reverse course. It's only a half-step, though. The Mark Twain and Blue Hills Avenue branches will reopen by Aug. 25, 2008, the first day of school in the city. The council voted to appropriate $200,000 to unlock their doors, apparently intending to pay for the reopenings by trimming hours further at all nine branches and closing neighborhood branches on Saturdays. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_081808.asp
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The neighborhoods in which children live influence their ability to learn, thrive and succeed in the future. In 2009, a needs assessment was conducted to identify neighborhoods with high risk factors for children, such as high poverty rates and low graduation rates from high school, but also community assets that can foster child development. In this report, we provide updated information for Hartford neighborhoods for 2012, and make comparisons to the 2009 data. (PDF document, 30 pages) Published by
Hartford Public Schools
; Publication Date: May 2013
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Hartford-Neighborhood-Assessment.pdf
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The decaying house at 199-201 Sargeant St. was built in 1898 and has been vacant and deteriorating for several years. That will soon change. The nonprofit Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA), is joining with another nonprofit group, ServCorps, and Bank of America to renovate the property for occupancy once again while visually maintaining the look and feel of the original. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052512.asp
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If you're driving north on Terry Road toward Bloomfield or using it as a shortcut south to downtown Hartford — watch your speed. Because you might be caught on videotape. Or maybe not. A small group of residents calling themselves the Terry Road Action Committee mounted two surveillance cameras on a tree along the street in October. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012810.asp
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Frustrated that police don't consistently respond to their calls about nightclub patrons making noise and parking illegally on their residential streets, residents of Hartford's North End neighborhoods demanded recently that city officials become attentive. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061008.asp
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In an effort to promote the West End and Asylum Hill neighborhoods, several city organizations held activities on May 5, 2012 which are designed to draw visitors and spark interaction among residents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050412.asp
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Tom Condon recently attended a community meeting in the Northeast neighborhood where people were fed up with the noise and related nuisances coming from the increasingly popular nightclubs along the northern stretch of Main Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082607.asp
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A developer that plans to convert a downtown office building into apartments is looking at another similar project that could boost Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood. Dakota Partners, Inc. of Waltham, Mass. has an option to purchase the long-vacant, Hartford Office Supply Co. building at 390 Capitol Ave. — and could resurrect a failed 2008 plan to convert the building into about 115 apartments, city officials said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_052813.asp
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City police Officer Rhashim Campbell, one of two officers accused of beating a prisoner at headquarters Nov. 1, was arrested recently. Campbell, 30, was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and a felony charge of fabricating evidence, police said. Police say he also faces administrative charges at the department. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121109.asp
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Hartford officials are pleased with the results of this summer's crackdown on quality-of-life disturbances, they said recently. A $100,000 initiative has helped increase police enforcement of complaints about noise, street racing and loitering. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082109.asp
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Mayor Pedro Segarra and Democratic state Sen. John Fonfara of Hartford gave their public backing recently to the latest attempt to pass a bill legalizing red-light enforcement cameras in this city and a dozen other large Connecticut municipalities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012612.asp
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More than a year ago, law enforcement officers from Hartford, the surrounding suburbs and state and federal agencies began quietly collecting information about the city's most violent criminals. The Hartford Shooting Task Force identified the 75 to 125 people responsible for most of the city's serious crime, tracked the offenders and forged relationships with them, their families and the community in an effort to deter violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012113.asp
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It's 7:15 a.m. and Sylvia Garcia is starting the school bus. But she doesn't need keys for the ignition or gasoline in the tank, because this bus is foot-powered. Garcia operates what is called a "walking school bus" to and from McDonough Elementary School. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_120309.asp
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The Hartford Parent University will soon be in session. The parent-led group, founded by Milly Arciniegas, will offer free training this weekend to City mothers, fathers and guardians on how they can become leaders and advocates for their children in the public schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_111312.asp
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Parents and union leaders, community workers, administrators and a state education consultant recently met to discuss the future of Milner Core Knowledge Academy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_071312.asp
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Hartford is paying $600,000 to a local non-profit to plant 1,000 trees across the city. The money will begin to replace some of the trees lost in the October 2011 snow storm. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: April 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/jcohen_041012.asp
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Live jazz and cold lemonade. On a gorgeous summer morning, offering bribes seems like the only way to encourage people to delay their picnics and beach trips by an hour or so. Newsflash: bribery works. Asylum Hill Congregational Church has several “Jazz Sunday” services each year, Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: July 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_071311.asp
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Writer Kerri Provost recently visited the Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 30, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_093011.asp
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Before they began meeting at the Lyceum, Redeemer Hill, freshly launched on Easter Sunday in 2011, had been holding its services at City Steam Brewery. Even they acknowledge the quirkiness of this. Though further now from the Naughty Nurse, Redeemer Hill, which describes itself as a “church plant” of the Western Connecticut Baptist Association, is closer to the people. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_011712.asp
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The (American Baptist) Riverfront Family Church began in 2009, gaining about 30 members and 300+ newsletter subscribers in the time since. What they lack in numbers, they make up for in devoted congregants. The new church meets inside 960 Main, the former G. Fox department store building. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_121911.asp
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Kerri Provost visited the Unitarian Society of Hartford Meeting House recently and found its style of worship unconventional, sort of quirky, and fun. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_062111.asp
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Hartford Police continue to face complaints from citizens about discriminatory and abusive treatment of minorities. Abuse is the issue at the heart of Cintron vs. Vaughan consent decree – the lawsuit which is nearing its end after 37 years. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_081010.asp
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A Hartford Police Department internal affairs investigation has concluded that two city police officers and a supervisor violated department policies in connection with the beating of a prisoner in his cell in November 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 05, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050510.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that in a recent story about Hartford's unsolved homicides, Police Chief Daryl Roberts said one of the biggest obstacles to solving cases is getting information from citizens. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031011.asp
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Days after a double homicide opened the new year, Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts and Mayor Pedro Segarra announced a decrease in serious crime in the city in 2010, including a double-digit percentage drop in homicides. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 04, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_010411.asp
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Hartford police told Raymond Vail to stop helping children cross the street to get to school. Vail's tale starts at the beginning of the school year, when he walked his granddaughter, A'netrice, a first-grader, to the Achievement First Academy on Lyme Street and saw the chaos in front of the building. So Vail, 61, a disabled Vietnam-era veteran, took it upon himself to keep kids safe by directing traffic. School officials say they welcomed Vail's effort. But, recently he got a call from a police officer telling him that if he didn't stop directing traffic or crossing children other than his granddaughter, he would be arrested for obstructing traffic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_030709.asp
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The website of the Hartford Preservation Alliance (HPA) which is a professionally-operated, volunteer-assisted non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the unique architectural heritage and neighborhood character of Hartford, Connecticut. Published by
Hartford Preservation Alliance
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Link: /Issues/wsd/History/htfd_preservation.asp
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Recently, the Hartford Preservation Alliance held its annual awards ceremony. Awards were presented to organizations, companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Hartford’s architectural heritage. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 16 - 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_051607_a.asp
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When the "Greenberg Plan" was issued, the document prominently bore a date: December 1998. It was as though the precise month of publication mattered, because the gallop of Hartford's progress was going to be measured in the quick pace of months, not years. Seven and a half years later, that has not always proved to be the case. Much has changed and much been accomplished in the city and the region, some of it foreseen and promoted in the original plan, some of it not. Much has also not changed. Both the action and the inertia are worth assessing as Ken Greenberg begins leading the process of updating the plan. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_050706.asp
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This time of year, home winemakers come and stick their fingers through the crates to grab a taste of the goods at M&M Produce. Fathers and sons, wives and husbands and groups of friends spend a couple of mornings each season buying grapes they will spend months turning into their own wine. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_102209.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that one reason there's a concentration of poor kids in Hartford schools is that government keeps building low-income housing in Hartford. The city needs people with a mix of incomes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_072907_a.asp
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About 25 people, some from the Laurel Corner Neighborhood Association, gathered at the Mark Twain branch of the Hartford Public Library in Asylum Hill for a planned "read-in" demonstration. The Hartford Public Library also announced that it has cut 19 jobs and plans to eliminate 21 student assistant positions at the end of August 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_070208.asp
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John Wardlaw, the man whose name became synonymous with a revolution in public housing during nearly 30 years as head of Hartford's housing authority, died Friday, November 7, 2008. He was 71. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111208.asp
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The Barbour Street branch of the city's public library hasn't been renovated since it moved to its current location in 1974, library officials said. The furniture is old-fashioned and the sign out front sports an outdated logo. But thanks to an anonymous donor, the branch is getting a facelift. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041211.asp
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The Mark Twain Branch of the city's public library reopened recently in its new location at Hartford Public High School. The branch — one of 10 run by the library — has been closed since mid-August as officials relocated it from its old quarters in a small, leased storefront on Farmington Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 18, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101811.asp
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Louise Blalock, longtime chief librarian of the Hartford Public Library, unexpectedly announced her retirement recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_090508.asp
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The Mark Twain Branch of the city's public library reopened recently in its new location at Hartford Public High School. The branch — one of 10 run by the library — has been closed since mid-August as officials relocated it from its old quarters in a small, leased storefront on Farmington Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 31, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_083111.asp
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With construction finished on the 150,000-square-foot public safety complex on High Street, the city is looking to hire a consulting firm to help plan its move. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 08, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060812.asp
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In an abrupt reversal, the city has dropped all opposition to closing Flower Street to accommodate the New-Britain-to-Hartford busway. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_050813.asp
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Doug Kupper founded Tapeworks Inc., a Hartford recording studio, more than 30 years ago. Tapeworks has produced musical recordings, radio commercials, advertising jingles, video game soundtracks, books on tape and, in recent years, the recorded voices used to direct callers to an automated telephone system. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_091008_1.asp
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The city is one step closer to acquiring the blighted Capitol West building on Myrtle Street.The Hartford Redevelopment Agency recently voted 4-1 in favor of taking the building through eminent domain. The dissenting vote was cast by Sean Arena, the agency's chairman. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/cityline_031111.asp
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Exasperated at the prevalence of Hartford residents who pay exorbitantly for check-cashing and money orders, Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey (D-Hartford) has been asking why there are not more bank branches in poor areas of the state’s cities. She wants answers about why there aren’t more branches in “disadvantaged areas” throughout the state and has proposed that the Connecticut Department of Banking study the state of urban bank branches. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/hbj_030107.asp
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Crime in Hartford decreased for the second straight year in 2006, with double-digit percentage declines in murder, rape and burglary, a new report shows. But although crime fell more than 5 percent overall last year - and nearly 17 percent in the past two years - gunfire in the city continued to rise. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_031407.asp
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Abraham Giles was known for different things during his several decades in the city. But recently, his accomplishments were the center of discussion as dozens of supporters urged city council members to approve a proposal naming a North End street corner after the former politician. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_041712.asp
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The author, who lived and worked in the Greater Hartford area for his entire life, was surprised and angered when a recent conversation about Mayor Eddie Perez's trial on WNPR's "The Colin McEnroe Show" morphed into a sweeping indictment of Hartford residents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052510.asp
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Rick Green writes about the 15 community gardens in Hartford that are supervised by the Knox Parks Foundation. Across the country, in a burgeoning movement transforming urban neighborhoods and vacant lots there are perhaps as many as 20,000 gardens. This year, Knox's city gardens are bursting, with more than 300 plots, where about 260 families, from all over the world, grow vegetables. Were there more space, they'd have even more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_082109.asp
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It came as no surprise when a recent national study ranked Hartford as the country's eighth worst city — among cities with 100,000 to 250,000 residents — for providing access to healthy foods for its low-income residents. New Haven was fifth in the same category. Connecticut fared no better among states, ranking fourth from the bottom. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_101912.asp
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A quick look around downtown Hartford shows that changes are underway. But, North End and South End residents must not be shut out of a new, vibrant downtown area. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_020513.asp
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About 45 people from community groups across Hartford gathered at the corner of Zion and Hamilton streets chanting, "We are fed up!" Organizers chose the location for its backdrop: a four-story, brown brick building that was gutted in a 2002 fire and has been vacant and in disrepair ever since, despite requests from neighborhood activists over the years that the city take action. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070108.asp
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Community advocates and residents worried about the future of Weaver High School met with school and city officials recently to air their concerns. One question stirred the crowd: Will a renovated Weaver become a regional magnet school that draws half its enrollment from the suburbs? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041813.asp
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Last month, Hartford announced its latest attempt at urban revitalization: a $78 million conversion of 777 Main Street, a vacant office tower, into 286 apartment units along with 35,000 square feet of street level retail. But, housing subsidies of this magnitude are simply not sustainable. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: March 25, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_032513_1.asp
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Just months after the Livable and Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative started in January 2012, the fledgling anti-blight program was struggling. Communication had already broken down between the various departments involved, standard procedures weren't in place and the city failed to recoup the money it spent cleaning 37 private properties found to be in violation of Hartford's anti-blight ordinance. Now, city administrators reworked LSNI, reviewed its operations and changed the way some things are done. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 02, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_020213.asp
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A $127 million proposal to renovate Weaver High School has been presented to the board of education for approval, the first major step in a long road to overhaul the North End building by summer 2016. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_022212.asp
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Three groups in Hartford are developing community schools — which serve as hubs of activity in the neighborhood and provide expanded services for students and their families. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020909.asp
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The city's official spring cleaning was held on April 20, 2013. The city of Hartford and the Knox Parks Foundation offered rakes, brooms, garbage bags, gloves and other supplies to groups of volunteers that register for the seventh annual cleanup. Citywide beautification days are also planned for April 27, May 4 and May 11. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_041713.asp
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With a goal of educating parents on topics ranging from literacy to financial management, city leaders are looking to create a family resource office at the Parker Memorial Recreation Center, a North End facility otherwise dedicated to athletics and entertainment. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051410.asp
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A seven-member panel has chosen three finalists to be the city's next police chief, but Interim Chief James Rovella is still heavily favored for the job. The finalists of a national search were announced recently: Frank Straub, public safety director in Indianapolis, Ind.; William Heim, police chief in Reading, Pa.; and Irving Bradley Jr., a former Newark police chief who is now vice president for education safety and security with Bowles Corporate Services in Clifton, N.J. Rovella did not formally apply for the job, but the mayor can still appoint him and is considering him for the position. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 05, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070512.asp
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Tom Condon expresses support for an ordinance such as the one proposed by city councilman Dr. Bob Painter, which would commit the city to spending at least $50,000 a year in matching funds for public art. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_102807.asp
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In a profile of a neighborhood bike shop run by the Urban League of Greater Hartford, Rick Green writes that certainly bikes for city children can't replace learning to read, the chance to go to college or mothers and fathers with jobs. But a place with a purpose, a hopeful enclave on a street corner next to the Jamaican Fish Market, matters more than a little. It changes one's view of the possible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_042010.asp
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Twenty-eight children — many from Hartford — have completed a special nonviolence training program at Weaver High School's Culinary Arts Academy geared toward changing the way kids respond to conflict. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_082212.asp
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Recently, 25 students from the Hartford Public School District learned the principles of nonviolent solutions to solve conflict during a three-week training course at Weaver High School's Culinary Arts Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_071312_1.asp
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The city of Hartford recently launched its single-stream recycling program and started delivering blue, 64-gallon-recycling bins to 25,000 households. The program's goal is to reduce by half the amount of trash Hartford residents throw out each week. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_102009.asp
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Hartford recently offered about two dozen parcels of vacant, city-owned land at a public auction in the atrium of city hall. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_052510_1.asp
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The city of Hartford has agreed to transfer property on Wethersfield Avenue back to its former owner, who now says that instead of demolishing the existing building, he plans to convert it to market-rate apartments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_041608.asp
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Hartford residents say what bothers them the most about the city is "noise." Intrusive noise is one of the major bothers of living in parts of Hartford, and one of the main reasons many people have left the city in the past few decades. Two years ago, the city council passed a noise ordinance, which targets noise that is clearly audible from a distance of 100 feet, day or night. Now, with the new ordinance in hand, activists from all the city's neighborhoods have put together an education campaign to explain it to city residents and show them how to use it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032609.asp
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The maps and drawings which accompanied the Hartford Traffic Calming Master Plan. The plan presents ideas and concepts for a variety of traffic calming and traffic management strategies developed through community meetings. The aim is to improve safety, access, mobility, quality of life and livability. Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: July 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/wsd_102306.asp
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Public Allies — an AmeriCorps program — recently sponsored a community conversation at the Hartford Public Library. Young adults in the program work with a non-profit four days every week; each Public Allies “community” — Connecticut has ones in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven — undertakes a service project each year. During the first of what Public Allies say will be several community conversations, residents were asked to name activities that could “create attention toward positive aspects.” The Public Allies plan to have a few future conversations before designing and implementing their Team Service Project. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_112211.asp
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Mayor Pedro Segarra, along with officials from the business community, neighborhood groups, the public library and city council, launched an initiative recently that calls on city residents to take action against litter, graffiti, noise and blight. The initiative centers on community discussions and adherence to "neighborhood standards," which include ensuring that residents pick up after their pets; mow their lawns and clear snow from sidewalks, etc. Addressing the smaller quality-of-life concerns can help stop the issues from snowballing in the future. In collaboration with the Hartford Public Library, community groups and the city, several community discussions are planned for locations throughout the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070913.asp
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The Hartford Hurricanes youth football group made a name for the city when its pee wee squad reached the Pop Warner national championships in Florida last December. But months after the city gave $20,000 to help fund the trip, coaches now contend that city officials are turning their back on the team and the poor condition of the Hurricanes' practice field at Keney Park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_071613.asp
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Twenty-five students recently participated in a three-week nonviolence training program at Weaver High School's Culinary Arts Academy that taught kids how to diffuse potentially violent situations. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_080112.asp
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This op-ed discusses the role of hope and hopelessness in the spike in youth violence in Hartford recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_062506.asp
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Donald Poland wants to set the record straight. He relates his experiences in living in Hartford. In the five years he has lived in Frog Hollow, he has never been assaulted, never had his house or car broken into, never heard a gunshot. He does not live in fear. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012206.asp
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Many Hartford area gas stations sell fried chicken at their convenience store: In a completely unscientific taste test that involved driving around the South End of Hartford and eating chicken from whatever gas stations seemed to be selling it, the best fried chicken was found at Sam's Food Store at 675 Wethersfield Ave., on the corner of Brown Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/educationfunding/htfd_courant_032609.asp
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Recently the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Hartford chapter in the North End was host to President George W. Bush. He was there to honor the agency for contributing $25,000 to his malaria initiative, a program that provides netting to keep mosquitoes from biting African children at night. The national organization, which offers a safe place for children to spend time outside of home and school, was founded as the Dashaway Club in Hartford 148 years ago. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042908.asp
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Architectural details are not the limbs of architecture — they're the personality. Thanks to them, the streets of Hartford crowd with flirts, snobs, scoundrels, busybodies, dreamers, rebels and dandies, and that's before you even get inside the houses. Here is a selection of the architectural details that render the living space of the Insurance City anything but drab. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062008.asp
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Travelers have sped through Hartford past the vacant windows of the decaying Colt firearms armory with little to distract them for nearly 20 years, but now there are signs of life. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_072312.asp
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The historic Colt complex in Hartford recently got a new tenant. A Glastonbury company called Foley Carrier Services has taken 17,000 square feet in what is known as the South Armory. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: December 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/jcohen_121312.asp
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Hartford officials responded to a weekend melee during which 11 people were shot with a 30-day curfew for people under the age of 18. Everyone agrees it's a short-term solution. So what comes next? Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_082108.asp
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The Hartford Denim Co., started by a trio of hopeful young men in their 20s, is manufacturing jeans in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_021412.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that a reason to keep the federal Hope VI program, designed to replace dysfunctional public housing, stands on Wyllys Street on the southern fringe of downtown Hartford. What used to be there was the sad, squalid, drug-infested barrack-style Dutch Point Colony public housing project. What is there now is a colorful and delightful assemblage of urban forms on small, well-connected city blocks, the first phase of a $73 million project that is reinventing the dreary, low-income project as a lively, mixed-income rental and ownership development. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_021107.asp
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When Pedro Segarra took over as Hartford’s mayor following former Mayor Eddie Perez’s fraud conviction, Julio Morales knew Segarra’s days as counsel for Claro, Inc., were over. Morales is the founder and former president of Connecticut Latina/os Achieving Rights & Opportunities (Claro), a nonprofit dedicated to promoting equality for Latina and Latino “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex” people. Morales says Segarra, who is gay and Puerto Rican, helped Claro formulate its bylaws and helped the 501c3 organization with legal questions over the years, although he never joined himself. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: July 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_072010.asp
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Helen Ubiñas suggests that crime in Hartford is generally not random violence. Crime is promoted by those who ignore what they see. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 24, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112405.asp
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Hartford neighborhoods cut off by an elevated stretch of I-84 are pushing hard to reconnect to the city's downtown. Momentum is building to somehow eliminate the elevated stretch of Interstate 84 between Sisson and Asylum avenues — popularly known as the Aetna Viaduct. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_advocate_041008.asp
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The John E. Rogers African American cultural center planned for the long-abandoned Northwest School building has gotten a huge boost with the approval of a $1 million state grant. The money, approved by the State Bond Commission earlier this month. will be used to help renovate the old school on Albany Avenue, which was built in 1891. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_061512.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant discusses the fact that the rear portion — the auditorium — of the dilapidated, city-owned Lyric Theater was bulldozed recently. It was a sorry wreck and probably had to go, but it didn't have to come to this. The Lyric, an iconic neighborhood theater, was the victim of inertia. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 31, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_033110.asp
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The Wallace Stevens Walk, which traces Stevens' daily journey from home to work, traces a 2.4-mile route marked by 13 knee-high granite markers, each with a stanza of Mr. Stevens' well-known poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." It has taken 10 years to raise more than $140,000 for the memorial and get the necessary permits and permissions. Other than one large grant from The Hartford, the money has come "in dribs and drabs," said Ms. Palm. But help came from lawyers and architects, the city librarian and the public works director. Local poets and some nationally known poets helped or contributed. They were inspired by a great idea. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_052309.asp
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This Hartford Courant editorial suggests that Publications have long known that creating lists is a surefire way to attract readers. Hartford was recently 3rd on a list of America’s Top Ten Dead Cities on the website http://www.247wallst.com. But as Mark Twain, one of the city's best-known residents, might well have said, the report of Hartford's death was an exaggeration. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090210.asp
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A house from Hartford's past, which formerly sat closed and largely unnoticed while the area around it decayed, is poised to make a comeback — along with the neighborhood. The Isham-Terry House, a stone's throw north of I-84 on High Street, will reopen to the public Saturday for tours for the first time since 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 28, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_062812.asp
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With the economy tanking, people aren't eating out like they used to. And the Rajun Cajun — a North End home to food, talk, and weekly meetings of the city's African American Alliance — is looking for a buyer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 15, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_011509.asp
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In a rush to spend money before a federal deadline expired in 2006, the administration of Mayor Eddie A. Perez paid $120,000 to buy a property owned by the head of Hartford's Democratic party despite appraisals for the property that were far lower. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_111807.asp
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The Third Age Initiative—a program to identify, develop and engage Greater Hartford’s older adults in the community was established in 2001 by Leadership Greater Hartford. This unique leadership program has now enrolled nearly 200 individuals, ages forty-eight to eighty-eight. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: Feb 21 - 28, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_022107.asp
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After years of decline, and the threat of losing another Hartford neighborhood, the South Ends shows signs of revival. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032705.asp
Related Link(s):
Franklin Avenue Merchants Association (FAMA)
HartfordInfo Data:
South End Neighborhood General Profile |
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It used to be called Hartford 2020, but now the plan to bring urban designer Ken Greenberg back for another look is called Hartford 2010 - a sign, Mayor Eddie A. Perez says, that this isn't going to be a lot of long-term talk. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_051006.asp
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Hartford's funky West End may be best known for its eclectic selection of restaurants, but in the current economy, this source of neighborhood pride and identity is under threat. Several establishments may be in danger of closure. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_110612.asp
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The city of Hartford and nearly a dozen local organizations have received more than $6 million in federal grants, part of a $19 million package of grants for projects statewide. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_121609.asp
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State police recently began a 15-week joint effort with Hartford police to reduce violence and combat crime on city streets. Operation Safe City 2008 features the addition of 12 uniformed state troopers and two supervisors under an agreement reached between state and city police officials, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061208.asp
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Every year, family and friends gather at Jashon Bryant's grave in the city's North End to mark his birthday. Emotions ran especially high during the visit recently, a day after a jury acquitted former Hartford Det. Robert Lawlor of manslaughter and assault charges in the May 2005 shooting of Bryant, 18. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121009_1.asp
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Last month a panel of architects, planners and developers from around the country came to look at Hartford. They saw a city with a lot of empty or underused spaces. They saw a city that has succumbed to the lure of big-bang projects. They drew what to fresh eyes is probably an obvious conclusion: Don't do any more huge projects, and instead start filling in the blanks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 04, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_110407.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments that it's more than a little frustrating to see how little has changed in Hartford over the years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081207.asp
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This web site provides information on a broad range of environmental topics that affect the quality of life in the City of Hartford. The goal of the site is to offer an educational opportunity for Hartford residents and to encourage community participation in urban environmental public policy. The site covers environmental issues that are of concern for Hartford residents, including lead poisoning, asthma, indoor air quality, outdoor air quality and open space. In English and Spanish. Published by
Hartford Health Department
; Publication Date: 2004
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Health/wsd_2004.asp
Related Link(s):
EPA: Urban Environmental Program in New England
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Atlas of Minority and Low-Income Populations in the Capitol Region
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Clemens Place, a complex of 42 apartment buildings in Hartford’s West End, has been purchased by a New York investor for $29.5 million. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_040313.asp
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The newest tenant at Hartford’s Colt complex certainly isn’t one of the biggest, but the lease signals a new kind of optimism about the redevelopment project. Cafe Colt, on the ground floor of the South Armory, is the first retail lease for the complex, known for its iconic blue onion dome. In redeveloping areas, shops and restaurants typically follow the leasing of apartments and office space. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_012813.asp
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Some of the essays that students at Fox Middle School wrote this past week about the recent spate of shootings in Hartford are reprinted here. During a five-day period, 16 people were shot in several neighborhoods in Hartford's North End. Two of them were Fox Middle School students, one of whom was killed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_060406.asp
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Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at a recent forum on transportation, commented that the new Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) must be less timid and more aggressive if it is to be successful. The packed house of audience participants seemed to agree with her. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/realhtfd_112109.asp
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A video of the July 8, 2010 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Summer in the City, Quality of Life in the City, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: July 8, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_07_08_2010.asp
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A video recording of the July 15, 2009 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Summer in the City: Quality of Life in Hartford, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
The Hartford Courant
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_07_15_2009.asp
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The MDC is balancing the need to collect the water bill with the economic realities of Hartford. The Metropolitan District Commission, providers of sewer and water service to Hartford and seven surrounding towns, is owed $5.4 million by some 14,000 households in its service area, according to records provided to the Advocate by the MDC. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_advocate_041410.asp
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William R. Hales, the longtime publisher of the Hartford Inquirer and an icon in the city's black community, died on January 10, 2007. He was 73. Hales founded the Inquirer in the mid-1970s, and for the next three decades it gave voice to black perspectives on local issues. Leaders of the city's African American community remembered him as a benevolent man who was passionate about his community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_011207.asp
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Susan Campbell profiles Kenneth Thompson, whose Hartford basketball tournament, mentoring program, and the school backpack giveaway he organized, are part of a city's best defense against violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_082907.asp
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Johnny Duke's life spanned 81 years of Hartford history, some of it now swept away by time and bulldozers - places like Russell and Kennedy streets in the North End, where he grew up in tenement housing, and the Bellevue Square housing project, where he started a basement boxing club that became a sanctuary for disadvantaged kids. But much of what Duke championed during his mythic life remains as solid as one of his sledgehammer punches, mourners recalled recently at a funeral service that represented a who's who of the city and its environs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_030906.asp
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Organizers of Project Longevity, a program targeting violent criminals, have tapped Tiana Hercules to help coordinate the effort in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091813_1.asp
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Amid questions about Hartford's funding of his youth anti-violence program, Andrew Woods, executive Director of Hartford Communities that Care, abruptly resigned last week - then rescinded his resignation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120705.asp
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The Charter Oak Health Center recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of a multi-million facelift and expansion of its Grand Street facility. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/cityline_062410.asp
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Hartford Food System, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of the food supply in Hartford, is working to prompt Hartford's small grocery stores to offer more than chips and Lotto tickets. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_advocate_030210.asp
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A public hearing on Mayor Pedro Segarra's $547.7 million budget drew praise recently from people who were pleased that it doesn't include a tax increase. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_042711.asp
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A staple of the local Latin dance scene, Rey Bermudez has been teaching his Salsa Fundamentals course for the past six years, in rented spaces like the Fuller Movement Salon on Park Road. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_101407_1.asp
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The Senate recently stripped half this winter's allocation from the heating aid fund as payback for the defeat of an oil drilling provision; then congressional budget hawks quietly trimmed 1 percent from what was left. That last change, which should give Connecticut $40.9 million to serve about 85,000 households this winter, was at least the ninth time this year Congress has tinkered with the funding. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_122805.asp
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Community activists anticipate record demand for home heating assistance. Across the state the number of people seeking services is up more than 44 percent, which is clearly a sign of the struggling economy. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_122508.asp
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The street violence sending city youngsters to emergency rooms and to the morgue was behind the mayor's visit to Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire recently. About 20% of the inmates who are incarcerated there are from Hartford and most of them will return to the city's streets within a year or so. Perez wanted to hear from prisoners about what the city might be able to do to help them succeed when they're released - and to gently put them on notice that he's paying attention to the direction they're taking. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_032305_b.asp
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The long-vacant building on Myrtle Street called Capitol West, adjacent to I-84 on the western edge of downtown is now the city's leading eyesore. It is seen by thousands of commuters daily, and it cannot come down soon enough. That wish got a big boost recently when The Hartford Financial Services Group committed $2 million to buy, tear down and redevelop the property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_111710.asp
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The North Frog Hollow Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ) has come up with a preliminary strategic plan for the neighborhood that includes 41 projects ranging from the long-range and dramatic, such as relocating the Connecticut State Museum to the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) on Broad Street, to the more ordinary and immediate, such as graffiti removal and the installation of decorative street lamps. The NRZ is seeking input from Frog Hollow residents, merchants and other stakeholders through a series of open houses and an official public hearing. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_030608.asp
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AARP, the group that promotes the interests of older Americans, is conducting a pilot program in Asylum Hill called Livable Communities, one of eight such projects across the country. The goal: to help longtime residents over the age of 50 stay put. About 125 volunteers from AARP, The Hartford and Rebuilding America are retrofitting 10 one- and two-family homes in the Hill so they are more easily used by older people. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_073006_a.asp
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Hartford's annual Columbus Day Parade honors Italians who came to America with little but their dreams. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 08, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100807.asp
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In the nearly two weeks since Angel Arce Torres was hit by a reckless driver who fled the scene, there has been endless dissection of a videotape of the Hartford accident and endless hand-wringing over whether bystanders took too long to come to his aid. There are social psychologists who say it has nothing to do with heartlessness and everything to do with how our mind works in an emergency, while an ethicist sees it as a failure to act on our shared values. A media expert sees people isolated by fear instilled by all that they read and hear in the media, while a psychiatrist sees it as a failure of human connection. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061108.asp
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Benjamin Cruse, director of youth services for Leadership Greater Hartford has put together a list of 50 of Hartford’s Hidden Jewels. The list includes places that otherwise get overlooked, neighborhood gems that most wouldn't know about unless they lived and loved the city the way he does. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071209.asp
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Highland Bowl, the subterranean duckpin bowling alley on Farmington Avenue in Hartford's West End, is set to close on June 24, 2012 unless a buyer can be found soon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061412_1.asp
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Robert Thorson, a professor at the University of Connecticut comments on the gigantic TV screen perched above the westbound exit of I-84 at Sisson Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_020906.asp
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The South Hartford neighborhoods along New Britain Avenue already lost one grocery store recently, and now they might be in danger of losing another. C-Town Supermarket, at 394 New Britain Ave., might also be having trouble keeping the doors open. The grocer is more than $80,000 behind in its payroll taxes, according to a lien placed on the property by the Internal Revenue Service. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: March 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/hbj_032207.asp
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The loss last year of an executive director and the space that housed its music and dance programs was almost the end of Guakia Inc., a Hispanic arts and cultural organization. When the building that housed its former headquarters at 235 Wethersfield Ave. was sold, Guakia lost its lease and its ability to serve its students. Coupled with the loss of executive director Barbara Fernandez, who took a position in the governor's office, the agency was thrown into crisis. But longtime supporters of the 23-year-old Hartford-based group said they weren't ready to call it quits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_042706.asp
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The oldest surviving school building in Hartford is about to become part of the city's newest cultural district. The handsome brick Victorian-era Northwest School building on Albany Avenue has been saved and named to the National Register of Historic Places. It will become the home of the John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091610.asp
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The first homes built on Zion and York Streets in Frog Hollow were within walking distance of nearby factories such as Pope Manufacturing and Pratt & Whitney. The workers who lived there were reasonably well-off, but horses and buggies were out of their price range. That was 1905. The factories have closed since then, and many of the century-old houses on Zion and York Streets have become blighted and been boarded up. But thanks to a joint effort of the state's Department of Economic and Community Development, the city and some local developers, the Frog Hollow historic houses are seeing new life. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_080206.asp
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Susan Campbell reviews a handful of the Hartford's more notable memorials and statues, some because they're rare, some because they're beautiful. and some because they're both. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_090607.asp
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Angel Arce Torres, 78, struck by a hit-and-run driver as he crossed Park Street in May 2008 remains paralyzed from the neck down. His life, once brimming with things to do and places to go, is now contained within a small room in the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain. The accident, captured on videotape, drew national attention. For a brief moment, the grainy image of Torres on the ground in full view of people who seemed — in this snippet of tape — indifferent to his plight became, in the eyes of many, the tragic embodiment of a city out of control. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122608.asp
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This Courant editorial expresses the opinion that The Hartford's plan to buy the 12-acre former MassMutual property that adjoins its own campus in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood is good news. That the plan includes the demolition of the Georgian Revival office building on the site, built as the home office for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1926, is not good news. The Hartford should make every effort to preserve at least the original part of this handsome structure. It's unfortunate that even a stellar corporate citizen like The Hartford thinks first of demolition. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122007.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about Mattie Laird’s effort to keep her family together in her home on Garden Street in Hartford over the last 40 years. The changes on the street eventually crept their way into the house until what happened outside mirrored their family. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080609.asp
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My Sister's Place, a local nonprofit, will break ground next year on an apartment building in Hartford’s North End to house 30 of the city's homeless. The site of the new building is the former Proctor-Silex factory where an environmental clean-up is under way. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_042607.asp
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A new house is taking shape on Risley Street, thanks to volunteers for the nonprofit group Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. The two-story duplex will use some of the latest energy-efficient technologies and construction techniques, as well as recycled building materials. When it is completed the house will sport solar panels, a 90-percent-efficient furnace, extra insulation and other energy-saving features. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050906.asp
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Roughly a third of the homeless population are veterans, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Susan Campbell expresses the opinion that Connecticut needs more funding for shelters, and transitional, supportive and affordable housing for veterans. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_061307.asp
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On September 3, 2008 ground was broken for “The Townhomes at Dutch Point,” the homeownership phase of the total reconstruction of what was once one of Hartford’s most notorious housing projects. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 04, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_090408.asp
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The two apartment buildings at the corner of Wolcott and Ward streets were built when Abraham Lincoln occupied the White House, but up until a year ago, the properties in Frog Hollow also appeared headed for the history books. Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance recently showcased a $1 million rehabilitation of the two buildings — now converted to four, two-family houses that will be sold to first-time home buyers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_062013.asp
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Community policing has proven successful, as the number of shootings in the North End has dropped by nearly 80 percent, according to a recent Hartford police report. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_081405.asp
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The tree is easily recognized from I-84, standing in splendid isolation, surrounded by parking lots. This barren landscape also contains the once-proud Italianate style Isham-Terry House and the blown-out shell of the former Henry Barnard School. The great tree, called the High Street Elm, is a focal point in the derelict area in Hartford's center city north of the highway, an urban archaeological site left by the planners of the 1960s. Yet it is a great tree. It could be a symbol of hope. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_020710.asp
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The 1993 HOPE VI program targets some of the most beleaguered housing in this country with the goals of "improving the living environment for residents of severely distressed public housing" and "providing housing that will avoid or decrease the concentration of very poor families." The seven briefs below are based on Urban Institute research conducted in 2001 and again in 2003 and 2005, following HOPE VI residents at five sites to evaluate where they moved and how the program has affected their overall well-being. Hartford is the site of a major Hope VI project, Dutch Point, although it was not included among the five sites in this study. Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp
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This brief evaluates how successful the HOPE VI program has been in achieving its ambitious objectives. Residents who have moved to the private market or to mixed-income developments reported substantial improvements in the quality of their housing and are living in neighborhoods that are considerably lower poverty. In contrast, those who remained in traditional public housing—either their original development or a different one—experienced virtually no improvement in housing quality over time. Hartford is the site of a major Hope VI project, Dutch Point. (PDF document, 10 page) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp#Hope1
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The state House of Representatives paused during a recent legislative activity to praise Abraham L. Giles, the eight-term House member and longtime Democratic power in Hartford's North End who died at 84 on March 26. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_052711.asp
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Hartford Housing Authority Executive Director Alan E. Green has resigned citing health reasons. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_020212.asp
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As the Hartford Housing Authority considers a long-term redevelopment plan for the decades-old, rundown Westbrook Village and Bowles Park housing projects, the short-term financial picture isn't pretty. So the authority's board is trying to get the state to chip in at the two state-built housing complexes that have gone without state operating aid. The authority wants about $800,000 - the amount it stands to lose this year keeping the two developments open. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041007.asp
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This brief describes what happened to families who used a voucher to relocate from their original HOPE VI developments to the private housing market. The success of the HOPE VI program partly depends on the success of relocation
with a voucher. HOPE VI has made significant progress in reducing poverty concentrations among original residents who moved with vouchers. (PDF document, 12 pages) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp#Hope3
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The management of Chappelle Gardens, a 188-unit affordable housing complex in the North End, has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address a variety of concerns raised recently by residents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_060810.asp
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Two area nonprofit realty firms were established decades ago to address the notion that urban housing should be available and affordable. Broad-Park Development Corp. started in 1978 to give people living in Hartford's Frog Hollow and South Green neighborhoods the opportunity for homeownership. Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford opened its doors 10 years later. Broad-Park, eager to return to its roots collaborating on strategies that keep affordable housing within reach, starting July 1 is outsourcing the chores of collecting rent checks and doing maintenance for its 284 units to Mutual. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_070609.asp
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In July 2004, public housing officials in Hartford were prepared to select a developer to rebuild two aging housing projects in Hartford's northwestern corner. The conditions at Westbrook Village and Bowles Park were worsening and it was time to tear them down and build anew. But the new chairman of the housing authority, Angel Arce, persuaded his colleagues on the board to put an abrupt halt to the process. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_092406.asp
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Nelton Court is the last of its kind. With 120 apartments in 14 buildings in Hartford's North End, this 65-year-old complex remains the only federally funded family housing development left in the city that hasn't been made over. Recently, the Hartford Housing Authority voted to do just that and to begin a $15 million project to relocate the project's residents, knock down the buildings, and construct new housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111407.asp
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When city attorneys in Hartford first considered whether it was a good idea to sell a North End park and give $800,000 in federal funds to a development team including two former high-ranking city officials, they balked. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_061407.asp
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Settlement talks are underway in the legal dispute between the Hartford Housing Authority and the Meriden developer who says the authority reneged on a grand deal to remake much of the city's public housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_010607.asp
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The Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that Mayor Eddie A. Perez is wrong to support a development plan to build housing on Brackett Park in the city’s North End. Open space should be left open. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_102009.asp
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Damn that Garden Street. After spending an especially long week in the North End of Hartford recently, Helen Ubiñas was admittedly ready for a break. She wished the street, which has been home to three of the city's 21 homicides in 2009, the best and figured she’d check back in later. Except she couldn't stop thinking about the place: When she spotted an Adopt a Highway sign on the way into work one day, she found herself thinking, "Hey, why not Adopt a Hartford Street?" Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081309.asp
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This Courant editorial suggests that the problem of resident parking in older neighborhoods such as on Seymour Street could be solved by providing residents with city-issued parking stickers or permits, as is typically done in cities and suburban towns where housing and commercial areas coexist. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070606.asp
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Close to 100 people jammed into a recent meeting of the Maple Avenue Revitalization Group (MARG) but it was Democratic Town Committee Chairman Sean Arena who asked the question that was on almost everyone’s mind. After listening to officials from the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) describe the organization’s massive, $1.6 billion Clean Water Project, Arena asked, “Do you have an estimate of the number of jobs the project will provide for Hartford residents?” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_021909.asp
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Who is Sisson Avenue in Hartford named for? Sisson Avenue is named for Albert Lee Sisson, born Nov. 8, 1817, in Bloomfield. He built the Sisson Block at the corner of Main and Sheldon streets, where he operated a meat market for several years. The building stood near the old stone bridge that crossed the Park River. Now, the Hartford Public Library sits east of the bridge and over the Whitehead Highway, under which the Park River still flows. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_030707.asp
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The recent shootings in Hartford have drawn attention to what Mayor Eddie Perez called "the underlying social issues that result in violence," including lack of parental authority, loss of hope by young people, relations between the community and police, and improving services to at-risk kids. All of these issues need to be addressed. But a key question has been ignored: Where do they get the guns? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_071606.asp
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The author expresses the opinion that like much of local street theater, such as the successful protests over closing Hartford Public Library branches, the final act doesn’t really bring the show to a satisfactory conclusion. Left unanswered in the Hartford melodrama, for example, is how many branches of the public library does this city of 125,000 actually need? Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/hbj_100608_1.asp
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The Connecticut college with the strongest history of adaptive reuse development is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but Rensselaer has done the bulk of its work in and around its main campus in Troy, N.Y., while its Hartford satellite campus is still a tired-looking, suburban-oriented enclave north of I-84 in the northern part of the city. Still, the institute's intensive, decade-long adaptive reuse effort in Troy is an example of what schools, including RPI, could do in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_092108.asp
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In southwest Hartford some fancy houses, upscale, side-by-side duplexes, look gloriously out of place in the context of the housing in adjacent neighborhoods. Architects call them Stockbroker Tudors, a fad in the 1920s meant to evoke British grandeur, even on the two-family level. Zion Street, opposite Trinity's south Summit Street entrance, has them with timbers and slate roofs still intact. But most of the others were more modest versions, without timbers, just with Tudor roof lines and unadorned facades. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 31, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_103110.asp
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As part of the effort to fight crime, HPD created Conditions Teams, mobile groups of police officers who can shift duties in neighborhoods to respond to the largest gathering threats. In April 2008, the Conditions Teams were stationed at Weaver and Hartford Public High Schools. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_042808.asp
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On the 61st anniversary of the worst fire in the state's history, several hundred people attended a dedication ceremony of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial. The memorial, located in a field behind the Fred D. Wish Elementary school in North Hartford, was erected on the site of the disaster. The dedication ceremony was the culmination of four years of work by the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation's members who raised about $125,000 and helped design the monument. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_070705.asp
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Bushnell Park was recently filled with people for a vigil that was part outdoor concert, part neighborhood rally, part solemn, part hope. "Hartford Cares," organized in the wake of high-profile violence of the past month, drew several hundred people to the sprawling lawn as musicians and dancers performed, speakers offered stories of lives transformed in Hartford, community groups solicited volunteers and more than a few visitors offered their own prescriptions for change. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070108.asp
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Rising energy rates combined with recently delivered shut-off notices recently drove hundreds of people to a social services agency in Hartford where they met with utility representatives in hopes of getting assistance with past-due bills. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042708.asp
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A video of the March 25, 2010 community program, I-84 Viaduct Study, Public Workshop #2, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: March 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_03_25_2010.asp
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The elevated stretch of I-84 that carves through the west side of Hartford into downtown is often criticized as brutally ugly, disruptive, noisy and a bottomless pit for expensive maintenance. The state has known for years that it's facing a hugely expensive and politically contentious decision about the three-quarter-mile long viaduct, which has been degraded by decades of relentless traffic and ruthless New England weather. Connecticut's choices are to rebuild the viaduct with a few improvements, convert it into a surface-level boulevard, dig a Boston-style tunnel to run it underground or perhaps try some combination of those choices, according to the consultants. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_032110.asp
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The Community Development Block Grant program is one of those grant operations that the left loves and the right loves to hate. It funds all kinds of local programs, and like so many other funding categories, it’s on the chopping block this year as Congress tries to deal with a yawning, multi-trillion-dollar deficit. The Obama administration’s proposed 2012 budget calls for a 7.5-percent reduction in funding to the program, while a proposal from the Republican Study Committee calls for its complete elimination. In Connecticut, that would mean a loss of about $44 million statewide The two parties in Washington will have to come to some sort of compromise, and actual cuts will probably fall somewhere in the middle. But while the negotiations are going on at the federal level, local officials and groups are watching closely. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_022211.asp
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This commentary suggests that Gov. M. Jodi Rell's executive order to ban outdoor advertising on state property has numerous and profound unintended economic consequences for businesses that depend on their ability to advertise in this medium. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_022408.asp
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This profile of Connecticut’s immigrants is intended to help policymakers, state planners, and service
providers better understand the size, characteristics, and needs of the state’s immigrant population. Beyond the basic demographics of the foreign-born population, the report focuses on
immigrants in the labor force and health care access for different immigrant groups. (PDF file, 68 pages). Published by
Democracy Works
; Publication Date: November 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/immigrants/ct_immigrants.pdf
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the next few months are critical in the push to designate Coltsville as a national park. State officials must do all they can to help this happen. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_042708.asp
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Recently, the University of Hartford held a naming ceremony and construction kickoff for the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center. The $21 million first phase of the center will occupy a renovated former auto distributorship on Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway. If all goes according to plan, the main building will open as a performing arts center in 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_061907.asp
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Trinity College, in an effort to conquer a $10 million deficit, has attempted to balance their budget by cutting expenditures and pay freezes for faculty and other non-hourly employees. Officials project a revenue of $4.7 million from fundraising efforts and a budget cut of $5.3 million. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_052105.asp
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The urban plot on the grounds of Hartford's Charter Oak Cultural Center has blossomed with the help, donations and expertise of Urban Oaks Organics Farms in New Britain, among others. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_081308.asp
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A string of shootings over the weekend left Michael Bailey and 16-year-old DaJon Walcott from Windsor dead, and nine others injured, police said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061212.asp
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If you needed one more reason to feel down about our economic position these days, look no further than Habitat for Humanity — and the foreclosure notices they've issued to more than half a dozen local families. The same families the group worked so hard to help in the first place. Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity — one of several chapters in the state — is currently involved in two foreclosure proceedings. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/htfd_advocate_032211.asp
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A week after one of the most violent weekends in recent memory, Segarra and Interim Police Chief James Rovella held an "On the Beat" appearance: visits to neighborhoods begun last summer during another outbreak of violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061512.asp
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A recent meeting with parents aimed to quell concerns over the plan by Hartford Public Schools to join Milner School with Jumoke Academy for the 2012-13 school year. The merger is one option for improving achievement at the school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_053012.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that the anger was evident after former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor was acquitted of manslaughter and assault charges for killing 18-year-old Jashon Bryant in 2005. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121009.asp
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When Robert Lawlor became a police officer more than two decades ago, he took an oath to lawfully protect and serve the city. With that, Lawlor was obligated to protect citizens — even if it meant using deadly force, as in the May 7, 2005, fatal shooting of 18-year-old Jashon Bryant, Lawlor's attorney, Michael A. Georgetti, said during closing arguments recently in Lawlor's manslaughter trial. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120509.asp
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Hipolito Cuevas, one of Connecticut’s best know Spanish-language radio personalities, died on July 7, 2010, from complications due to diabetes. He was 44. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_072210_1.asp
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Stan Simpson asks: “Has the exodus of veteran city police officers in the past five years resulted in new blood that, while bringing more energy, has no real pulse on the community?” Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_071908.asp
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Everyone, it seems, is trying to be the next West Hartford Center. From Granby and Canton to South Windsor and Storrs, communities with malls or town centers are trying to replicate the mix of restaurants, stores and housing that's created such a buzz in West Hartford over the past decade. An area that could follow the same pattern as West Hartford, is Hartford's Parkville neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021906.asp
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Police Chief Patrick Harnett fights crime by dissecting numbers, and he is reassured that the city's overall crime rate has dropped 12.6 percent this year. But brazen gun violence persists on the streets, and that has some residents worried about the chief's approach. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061905.asp
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Christian Activities Council's five-week-long Adventures in the City camp is underway at three sites in the capital city. They are hosting 600 singing and jumping children, and scattered among them is the Rev. Edwin O. Ayala, council associate director, who moves like a happy sprite. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 07, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_080711.asp
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By the end of 2007, a lot fewer ING workers will be commuting into Hartford. Construction of a new, $100 million Connecticut headquarters for the Dutch financial services company is well underway in Windsor, and the first ING workers are expected to begin moving into the massive, 475,000-square-foot glass and concrete structure in October 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_110706.asp
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The Innocence Project, run by two Yeshiva University law professors, is closing in on its 200th exoneration since the organization started as a class project 15 years ago. The chilling data it's compiling are an indictment of our public-safety and judicial systems and how much we have evolved when it comes to matters of race and criminal justice. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_040707.asp
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., often accused by critics of harming local businesses, said recently that it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling urban neighborhoods during the next two years to create jobs and help small establishments. Chief Executive Lee Scott said the new stores would generate between 15,000 and 25,000 jobs and be located in neighborhoods with high crime or unemployment rates, on sites that are environmentally contaminated, or in vacant buildings or malls in need of revitalization. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/ECONOMINDEVELOPMENT/htfd_courant_040506.asp
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As news of Nicola Allen's 12-year effort to use flowers to create community has spread, the Burton Street woman has been fielding calls, visits and letters from people wanting to help. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_043010.asp
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A video of the October 27, 2010 community program, Interstate 84 Viaduct Study Community Summit, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: October 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_10_27_2010.asp
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A newsletter documenting progress in the study of the I-84 Aetna Viaduct in Hartford by The Hub of Hartford Steering Committee. (PDF document, 4 pages) Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
; Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/20091106ViaductNewsletter1.pdf
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A newsletter documenting progress in the study of the I-84 Aetna Viaduct in Hartford by The Hub of Hartford Steering Committee. (PDF document, 4 pages) Published by
Capitol Region Council of Governments
; Publication Date: March 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/wsd_031510.asp
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A presentation made at the first public workshop on the future of the Aetna viaduct, held on November 19, 2009. (PDf document, 69 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/viaduct_public_presentation_111909.pdf
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The investment firm backing the planned $23 million transformation of the former Capewell Horse Nail Co. factory into moderately priced condominiums has backed out of the deal, stalling plans to reinvigorate the neighborhood just south of Hartford's new convention center. The Capewell project is part of efforts to increase homeownership in the city, offering condos in a complex close to downtown. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_121306.asp
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The MassMutual building has finally been sold, but it remains unclear what is to become of it. A group of real estate investors from California and Massachusetts bought the former MassMutual complex on Garden Street in Hartford for $7 million this week, and say they now plan to figure out the facility's future. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_052006.asp
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With a tiny transmitter and a broadcast range of only about two miles, WEPA-Radio, 1700-AM is certainly a David among the Goliaths that dominate today’s radio airwaves. But just as David slew Goliath with one perfectly aimed pebble, WEPA Manager Hipolito Cuevas says the small signal of his Spanish-language radio station is perfectly targeted at thousands of Hispanics living in the Frog Hollow, Parkville and Behind The Rocks neighborhoods. Eventually, he hopes to cover all South and central Hartford. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_052109.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that at the very least, Hartford cops suffer from a major image problem. Many residents agree tension between police and the community is an ongoing reality. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_070507.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that what Hartford really needs is more commercial development - more businesses that will provide the good jobs that will lift city residents into the middle class. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_070107.asp
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This editorial expresses the opinion that when a teenager is out at 1:30 a.m. with a gun, that is a sign of minimal parental influence. The community has to respond at the first sign of such neglect, because by the time the kid is on the street with a gun, it's often too late. A team or case management approach for the children who need it, coordinated by school officials, would be a way to do it. It would build on an existing partnership between police and the board of education, which has succeeded in keeping violence out of the schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060206.asp
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On a recent Friday morning, a houseful of dignitaries and well-wishers gathered in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood for the ceremonial "handing over of the keys" to a brand new, yet older-looking house to its new owners. The house was built to replace one that due to many years of neglect was allowed to deteriorate to a point of no return. The celebration included representatives of the nonprofit development corporation Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, or NINA, that organized the building of the home; the bank that donated the land; The Hartford, whose employees donated hundreds of hours as volunteer builders; and the young people and mentors at YouthBuild Hartford and ServCorps, who also contributed much of the labor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020912.asp
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Twice in the past three weeks, some idiot has dumped more than 100 old tires at the Bowles Park housing project in Hartford. What's worse is that these are not isolated incidents, at the project or elsewhere around the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 30, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_123011.asp
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After 34 years as a tailor to Hartford's elite, Alvin Bell is finally hanging it all up. Bell recently closed the doors to his 30 State House Square shop - where he's been since 1994 – and is retiring to Jamaica. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_060107_a.asp
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Stan Simpson expresses the opinion that in Hartford, there's a dire need for more men to MEN-tor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081608_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about the Garden Street cleanup she organized. If you recall, photographer, she and Rick Hartford spent a week on the Hartford street in August 2009, chronicling the state of the North End neighborhood and the people who live there. They found the expected — poverty, blight, crime. But they also met a lot of proud and hard-working people who are hanging in despite the odds; investing in their city and neighborhood with hope that enough care and determination could turn things around. The cleanup was held Saturday, Sept. 12,, 2009 from 10 a.m. to noon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091009.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that the Lyric lives – at least so far. After the rear portion of the former Lyric Theater on Broad Street was demolished recently, the question remained: What will become of the rest of the historic building? As she said in her column, the demolition of the Broad Street portion was unfortunate. But taking down the Park Street building would be horrendous loss. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 06, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_040610.asp
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By now, you’ve probably heard that Hartford was placed on a controversial list. It’s funny how some have latched right on to the notion, but when Hartford makes other lists, its presence on them is instantly dismissed. For example, a neighborhood in Hartford was named on “Best Places for First-Time Buyers to Get an Old House” published on This Old House. But that’s a positive story, so there’s nothing to see there, and the story is not well publicized. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 31, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_083110.asp
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Long a place where Jamaican immigrants have settled, the hip late-night throng at Hartford's West Indian Social Club has made the city a necessary stop on even the shortest of jaunts into the U.S. by Jamaican stars and up-and-comers alike. The Ras Ghandi Birthnite Bash, an eight-artist mega-show that features internationally popular Jamaican artists and local Jamaican-American reggae singers as well, was recently held at the Club. It was a big blow-out of some of modern reggae's big names. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 24, 2008
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When the prime minister of Jamaica asked Geneive Brown Metzger to be the island nation's newest consul general in New York City, she was surprised. Brown Metzger, who became consul general in early March, was the special guest recently at a town meeting at the West Indian Social Club in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2008
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James K. Grant was recently honored for his lifetime achievement in historic preservation at the Hartford Preservation Alliance's awards ceremony. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2010
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The tiny La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse & Bookstore on Capitol Avenue might seem an unlikely venue for a jazz series. But it works, in a big way. Unlike many venues, the home for the Real Jazz for Good series is a street-level commercial space with large windows - and easy views, from inside and out. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 5, 2007
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The city of Hartford renamed a section of Woodland Street in honor of alto saxophone great Jackie McLean, one of the city's most accomplished and devoted sons, who died last year. The block of Woodland running alongside the Artists Collective, the cultural institution McLean and his wife, Dollie, founded more than 30 years ago, is now known as "Jackie McLean Way" - with the "J" fittingly represented by a saxophone. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2007
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In a dimly lighted dining room surrounded by red leather booths that look as though they're from another era, Paul Lewis is inheriting a history. Lewis has made it his goal to help revitalize the Italian American heritage of Hartford's South End. He recently bought the building that once housed Mike's Arena Patio & Restaurant and hopes to create an Italian restaurant that will cultivate the locale's long-standing heritage. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 29, 2011
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Amidst the flurry of activity that marked the end of the 2007-08 legislative session was the passage of a bill that may have a profound effect on Hartford long into the future. The act is primarily concerned with making it easier for minority and local firms to obtain contracts on the Metropolitan District Commission’s massive Clean Water Project. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_051508.asp
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Three of Hartford's 21 homicides this year have occurred on Garden Street; another six nearby. Courant columnist Helen Ubiñas and photographer Rick Hartford spent a week in and around the North End neighborhood talking to residents about living and surviving in, one of Hartford's tougher neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 07, 2009
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But John Edwards still is campaigning, five months after ending his run for president. Edwards brought his new anti-poverty campaign to a Hartford public housing project recently, where residents say they have struggled for attention at the state Capitol. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_071108.asp
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When John Rzasa took over the DJ reins at the popular weekly event known — affectionately and unofficially — as "Boyz Night" at Tisane Tea and Coffee Bar, he aimed to get people come with a big smile on their face, get their drinks and get out on the dance floor. But in less than a year, he's reinvigorated a dance happening that falls on an unlikely night of the week, in the unlikely venue that is a Farmington Avenue tea and coffee house. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120607.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that who can blame the family of Angel Arce Torres for wishing that the reckless driver who smashed into the elderly Hartford resident on Park Street almost two years ago, on May 30, 2008, had gone to trial? Mr. Negron's trial was to begin recently. The victim's son, Angel Arce, was hoping for a conviction and long sentence. But before the trial was under way, Mr. Negron pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and evading responsibility. As part of the plea bargain, prosecutors recommended that he go to prison for 10 to 12 years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_022510.asp
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A Superior Court judge ruled recently against a bid to bar the father of slain teenager Jashon Bryant from the Hartford courthouse. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082207.asp
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Actress Julia Rosenblatt helped start a theater troupe in Hartford because she believes in her hometown. The activist ensemble's mission is to provoke social change. Rosenblatt, 33, co-founder of HartBeat Ensemble, says the gutsy, often experimental theater company works are inspired by the everyday stories of the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_122007.asp
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The Tabor House Tag Sale is a massive annual event launched 13 years ago to raise funds for local men and women living with HIV/AIDS. From the first tag sale's $2,000 profit to last year's record $10,000, every dollar and dime has gone straight to Tabor House, one of the state's first AIDS residences. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_courant_070507.asp
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The 15th annual Juneteenth Family Day was held at the Wadsworth Atheneum recently. The three day Juneteenth celebration, is named after the day that the last slaves in the United States were officially freed in Galveston, Texas. The exhibits and activities at Juneteenth Family Day were specifically geared towards children. Collages, jewelry-making, face-painting and refreshments were among the stations set up throughout the Atheneum. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_062106.asp
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Jury selection began recently in the trial of a former Hartford police detective accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Jashon Bryant and wounding another person while working with federal authorities on an anti-gun task force in May 2005. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that for the past decade, business and civic leaders have worked assiduously to rebuild the commercial corridor along Upper Albany Avenue in Hartford. Thanks to programs such as Upper Albany Main Street and the innovative Micro Business Incubator program, dozens of businesses have opened or expanded. But this remarkable success is in some jeopardy, ironically because of a major neighborhood improvement project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 16, 2010
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This Courant editorial expresses the opinion that closing Fraser Place is not a good idea. Though the street isn't heavily used, it is the easiest way downtown for many residents of Asylum Hill, including those in the Ashley Street area, site of several newly renovated homes. The idea is to connect the neighborhoods with downtown, not disconnect them. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2007
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The Hartford Public Library this week is closing two branches, one in Blue Hills and the other in Asylum Hill, and laying off 40 full- and part-time employees to help close an $875,000 budget deficit. In addition, some services for children, adults and immigrants are being cut. In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the mayor and council should go back and find the money. The $8.2 million library budget is less than 1.5 percent of the city budget. Would that more of the budget were so well spent. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 01, 2008
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Nothing says "No one cares" or "Stay away" for a city quite like a poorly maintained landscape. Unfortunately, that is the message coming from several Hartford — or Hartford-owned — properties. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2009
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About 400 officials and community members from around the state gathered at the Connecticut Convention Center recently for a gang-prevention summit. About half of the participants represented Hartford agencies, schools and community groups. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 30, 2006
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Hartford City Councilman Luis Cotto says racial profiling remains a problem not only in Hartford but across the state. Cotto is currently working on a new article for the Hartford Municipal Code that would place limits on intelligence collection and profiling by police. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: July 01, 2010
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The West Indian Social Club in Hartford recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 27, 2010
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Keith Carr still doesn't have a corner named after him. He almost did. Not long ago, the resolution that spent months making its way through the city's legislative system failed when it didn't get enough votes. The resolution's supporters want Carr to have a corner -- the one at Albany Avenue and Main Street -- named after him. But now the resolution is back, submitted anew, and this time its supporters say they'll get the five votes they need. The council decided recently to begin the process again by sending the resolution to its public building dedication committee. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2009
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City and business leaders brought urban planner Ken Greenberg back to Hartford last year to continue the momentum, to connect the downtown development to the neighborhoods and contiguous suburbs. His new plan, Hartford 2010, was unveiled recently. He and his team looked at the "tridents", the circles or intersections where older arterial streets meet as they feed into a downtown. These are the routes people took to reach downtown in the era before the highways were built. They are traditional strong points, places where the stores are, in vibrant cities. They found these areas underperforming, but still performing. Each has the capacity for more commercial and residential development. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2007
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this April 25, 2005 editorial. Includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_042505.pdf
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this July 25, 2004 editorial. Includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 25, 2004
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this June 3, 2007 editorial. Includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2007
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this November 26, 2006 editorial. It includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this September 11, 2005 editorial. Includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 11, 2005
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The Hartford Courant outlines what is - or should be - happening in Hartford's neighborhoods in this May 14, 2006 editorial. Includes descriptions of current neighborhood projects and a graphical map of Hartford with landmarks in each neighborhood. PDF format. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2006
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Marcus Fair, 24, of Hartford, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing DeWayne Knowlin on Jan. 13, 2004. Fair wanted payback over the fatal shooting of his cousin, Steven Granger, in the Nelton Court area about three months earlier. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2005
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It would be unfortunate if James H. Kinsella is remembered for nothing more than a single controversy. Mr. Kinsella, who died this week at 88, did a great deal for Hartford over his long life. Mr. Kinsella, a lawyer, was elected a councilman and deputy mayor of Hartford in 1953 and mayor in 1957. He was elected judge of probate in 1961. He resigned, rather than be impeached, over a legal matter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 10, 2012
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Deputy Speaker Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, the first woman of color in Connecticut to rise to legislative leadership, announced recently that she would be retiring from the legislature when she completes her 10th term in 2012. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: December 21, 2011
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This report, based on research conducted over three years in 26 cities across the United States, was designed to find out what emotionally attaches people to a community. People consistently give higher ratings for elements that relate directly to their daily quality of life: an area’s physical beauty, opportunities for socializing, and a community’s openness to all people. The report showed that when people feel greater attachment, communities are more successful. (PDF document, 36 pages) Published by
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
; Publication Date: 2011
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Knox Parks Foundation has been building a quiet legacy, beginning in 1966 as a trust by Betty Knox to fund improvements to the city. Not so much a familiar face of Hartford, theirs are the recognizable green thumbs whose imprints you see every day in every pocket of the city. Knox Parks' mission is to mobilize Hartford into beautifying itself, by banding together communities that can heal their urban scars by building community gardens, planting trees, cleaning graffiti and lining neighborhoods with flowering pots. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2008
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For 40 years, community groups have gone to the Knox Foundation for help, often when there were no other sources of funds. Knox has helped an incredible array of activities: canoe trips, youth theater, music, fuel assistance, college preparation programs, a book of poetry published by girls living in a shelter. The foundation, founded in 1966, furthers the vision of activist and benefactress Betty Knox, who left most of her estate to beautify and renew the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2008
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Virginia Iacobucci, owner of La Paloma Sabanera on Capitol Avenue, has announced that the closing of the coffee house. The shop’s official last day was Thursday, June 27. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 13, 2013
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Angel Sánchez Ortíz, 57, has been making "la vejigante" since he was a boy in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In Spanish, the word "vejigante" refers to a colorful papier-mâché mask that is used during pre-Lenten festivals in February. A retired factory worker, Ortíz found his vocation in the 1990s when he began teaching this Puerto Rican tradition in Springfield. Ortíz, of Holyoke, Mass., recently exhibited his masks at the Park Branch of the Hartford Public Library. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_033012.asp
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What began as a dream of helping fellow Brazilians has ended in disappointment for Hartford resident Esther Sanchez-Naek. In September 2004, the Brazilian native opened the Shaheen Brazilian Cultural Center at 1915 Park St., where she and volunteers offered lessons in Portuguese, English and computer use. But on Jan. 16, she closed the center, blaming a lack of money. Sanchez-Naek said she received monetary support from local churches, but not enough to keep things going. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2006
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Listing of Resources on Landfill Solutions such as Plasma Torching and Vitrification. Prepared by Hartford Public Library Information, Reference & Research staff. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: April 2004
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The effort to get historic landmark status for the Colt Gateway complex got a second life recently, after its rejection unleashed a flood of outrage from local, state and federal officials. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2006
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The on-again, off-again duckpin bowling alley in Hartford's West End might yet stay open. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_062612.asp
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A block watch is forming on Laurel Street, led by Sallie Toussaint of Niles Street. With the help of Community Service Police Officer Jim Barrett, Sallie has been organizing the neighbors. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_050709.asp
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Three years after Lauren Fuller got the hunch she could cultivate a yoga community in a refurbished plumbing supply warehouse at Park Street and Bartholomew Avenue, all signs are finally pointing in her favor. A schedule built around Fuller's initial mission to open yoga to a more urban audience has since expanded to include movement and breathing classes in pilates, capoiera, belly dancing, the hot new dance-exercise craze called Zumba and the risqué-sounding but rather harmless lessons in pole dancing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121307.asp
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The appeal arrives on the personalized stationery of Mrs. Stephanie Lawlor, an emotional plea for contributions to a legal defense fund for her husband, former Hartford cop Robert Lawlor, who was indicted on "trumped-up charges" in the 2005 shooting death of 18-year-old Jashon Bryant. Lawlor's request has landed in mailboxes all over the country. And it is a fund drive that works.The nonprofit behind the note, the Virginia-based Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, has already sent $45,000 to Lawlor and his attorney, with thousands more expected. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112308.asp
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This might be the ultimate challenge in traffic calming. As the weather gets warmer, Hartford officials are girding for another battle against illegal street racing. Now the Connecticut General Assembly is considering a law that would allow police to impound any vehicle involved in illegal racing for 30 days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2009
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The Hartford city council has drafted an ordinance that would require convenience stores to obtain a permit if they wish to stay open past 10 p.m. The ordinance targets stores such as bodegas and mini-marts connected to gasoline stations, but not restaurants and larger supermarkets with at least 10,000 square feet of retail space. The smaller stores have become a hotbed for nuisance crimes, such as loitering, and more serious problems, such as narcotics sales and armed robberies, city officials said. The new permit, which would cost $100 a year, would require the stores to have security cameras and alarm systems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 8, 2007
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U.S. Rep. John Larson of Connecticut and U.S. Rep. Robert Scott of Virginia recently came to Weaver High School to discuss federal legislation that would, if passed, put $2.9 billion each year into the hands of local organizations that work to understand and prevent youth violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2008
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A Superior Court lawsuit filed by neighborhood residents seeking to halt the closing of two city branch libraries has been withdrawn. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 23, 2008
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The lawyer for Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor has written a scathing rebuttal to a report released last month that concluded Lawlor was not justified in shooting and killing a teenager last year and should face criminal charges in the incident. Lawlor's attorney, Michael Georgetti, wrote the rebuttal in response to a report prepared by Waterbury State's Attorney John Connelly, who oversaw a grand jury investigation into the May 7, 2005, shooting in the city's North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060306.asp
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A Superior Court judge in Hartford ruled recently that the lawyers representing the family of a teenager killed by a Hartford police officer can no longer attend the officer's pretrial negotiations. Attorneys Joseph Moniz and Jefferson Jelly are representing the family in a civil suit against Hartford Police Officer Robert Lawlor. Lawlor has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Jashon Bryant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_060707.asp
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A dispute between the busway and the city of Hartford has both sides digging in for what shapes up to be a long and adversarial hearing in April. At issue is whether busway contractors will be allowed to shut down the Flower Street pedestrian crossing starting in June. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 24, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_032413.asp
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At a recent forum created by the Partnership for Strong Communities, panelists discussed attributes that make a strong, vibrant community: walkable neighborhoods, community gardens, community involvement, mixed income housing, and ethnic diversity. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 31, 2013
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Through the week of December 7, 2012, the City of Hartford will collect paper bags filled with leaves that are placed on the curb. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 01, 2012
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To raise both consciousness and donations, Charter Oak Cultural Center and Center City Churches are challenging individuals or families to live on a food stamp budget for either a week or a month during March 2007. Participants must agree to buy and eat only what food stamps will provide, and not accept food at social gatherings or eat what's already in the house. Participants can, however, visit soup kitchens or food pantries. In other words, they will eat as many in Hartford do, hand to mouth. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 18, 2007
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Allegations of racism fly as a North End neighborhood elementary school moves towards becoming an interdistrict magnet school. The transition is complicated by new policies, a new principal, and controversial hiring practices Many worry about possible effects on students. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 16, 2005
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Susan Eaton, who spent four years in teacher Lois Luddy's classroom at Simpson-Waverly Elementary School in Hartford, has written about the experience in her book, "The Children in Room 4E," which is excerpted in this here. The author writes about Luddy and her favorite student, Jeremy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2006
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The plan to build a new $65 million equestrian center on at least 60 acres of Keney Park was on the agenda of the Hartford City Council's Planning and Economic Development Committee on March 3, 2009. But Councilman Matt Ritter, who chairs the committee, did not plan to take up the matter until he had received a legal opinion from the city’s attorney. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 03, 2009
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Lethal violence around illegal drugs has been a scourge of Hartford for more than three decades. Despite the best efforts of two generations of police officers as well as prosecutors and others, it continues. But there is an argument that ending the war on drugs would improve lives in urban black communities and the country at large. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/drugs/htfd_courant_010911.asp
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State Rep. Kelvin Roldan said he plans to resurrect a bill that would prohibit registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a city elementary or secondary school, a measure that didn't make it out of the legislature's judiciary committee last year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 05, 2011
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Pastor Sam Saylor stood alongside Blue Hills Avenue recently, shouting at passing motorists to stop and buy some lemonade. He and a member of his church youth group found a sweet way to help out the victim of a recent robbery: selling lemonade to raise enough money to replace what was stolen from her. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2010
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Lena’s First & Last Pizzeria Restaurant, a fixture on Park Street in Hartford since the early 1980s, built its reputation on good food, not fancy decor. But now, the restaurant’s control of its three properties near the Hartford-West Hartford line is in jeopardy, and the future of the restaurant itself is uncertain. Two of the three properties on one block of Park Street are under foreclosure after years of tens of thousands of dollars in real estate taxes not being paid to the city. The third property also may be headed that way. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2012
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Much has been written about the comeback of downtown Providence, and how it might be a model for other cities. For example, a recent Courant editorial supported exhuming the river through Bushnell Park, much as Providence has done. Is Providence's success a model for Hartford? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 12, 2006
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that the Hartford Financial Services Group's recent announcement that it will help the city acquire and raze the blighted Capitol West building on Myrtle Street next to I-84 is most welcome news. It would be even better if it inspires other major corporations or institutions to partner with the city to remove or improve properties near their campuses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 20, 2010
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Stan Simpson offers an informal proposal for an annual Jackie McLean Jazz Festival in Hartford. He proposes hosting it on the Fourth of July weekend for this American original who was born in New York but called Hartford home. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 4, 2007
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Tom Condon proposes a variety of projects to help turn Hartford around, from funding a teen pregnancy prevention program to summer youth recreational programs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2008
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In this letter from Hartford City Councilman Matthew Ritter to Hartford 2000, he expresses his views on the process for allocating funds from the City's Civic and Cultural Affairs. Published by
Hartford Councilman Matthew Ritter
; Publication Date: August 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/H2k_letter.pdf
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Ken Krayeske writes about J. Stan McCauley and his firing from Hartford Public Access Television. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_032008.asp
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This profile provides general information about Liberians - their history, culture, language, and resettlement experiences. The profile is intended primarily for service providers who will be assisting the refugees in their new communities in the U.S. The number of Liberian refugees in Hartford is increasing. Published by
The Center for Applied Linguistics
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/immigrants/liberians.pdf
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The Hartford Public Library's Barbour Street branch was recently closed for renovations for two weeks. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/cityline_040111.asp
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This Courant editorial expresses the opinion that while the curtain is temporarily closed on this summer's drama over the unfortunate decision to close two branches of the Hartford Public Library,the city needs to start preparing now for next year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091208_1.asp
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The summer is almost half over and the Blue Hills and Mark Twain Branches of the Hartford Public Library remain closed. Opponents of the closings have vowed to intensify their pressure on the City and the Library to re-open the branches. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 31, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_073108.asp
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Bessy Reyna expresses the opinion that while Hartford faces staggering high school dropout and illiteracy rates, the mayor and city council's failure to restore the library's budget is an affront to all of us who care about the future of Hartford and the state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071808_1.asp
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Despite the disconnected phone, Greater Hartford Realty Management still manages Hartford-area apartments — albeit beneath the pressure of mounting liens and unpaid taxes, the clamor of employee demands for back pay, and the silence of co-owners whose roles and interest in the business remain indeterminate. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 06, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_080607_1.asp
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Hartford's largest-scale public housing project is being demolished to make way for modern apartments and townhouses. Dutch Point, like public housing across the country, was built on the theory that the poor could live happily and safely in high-density complexes. Now, the thinking is that dispersing low-income people to scattered neighborhoods and smaller projects is a better idea.
Demolition forces the relocation of 186 families at government expense. Dutch Point sits on the southern edge of downtown Hartford in the Sheldon Charter Oak neighborhood (CSS CON NRZ) Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 26, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/courant_092604.asp
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A 120-year-old house known as “The Victorian Lady” has been saved from demolition, gutted, moved, renovated, restored and is now one of the finest residences in Asylum Hill. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_090811_2.asp
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Linda Osten, 49, of Hartford, died Dec. 20, 2008. She was an urban planner for Capitol Region Council of Goverments who had a vision of Hartford that she worked tirelessly to promote. She wanted it to be livable, exciting and fun, and she spent her career as a planner putting her ideas into action — helping make Hartford a more rewarding place to live. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012008.asp
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The police have responded to pool hoppers or complaints about the fences they've broken at Pope Park's pool at least 150 times in the past six years. Neighbors sit on their steps and watch the kids, dozens of them, cut the fence, swim in the pool, run from police and return to the water when they leave. Last week, a committee of the city council approved new metal fencing at Pope and Goodwin parks - the kind that has secured the pools at Colt and Keney parks for a couple of years. The city is also exploring further safeguards - including security cameras and retractable pool covers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080106_a.asp
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The West End has many residents who have lived there for decades. As part of Jane’s Walk, a walking conversation concerning urban neighborhoods around the world, storytellers and historians were available recently at community locations to offer stories about the neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_100710.asp
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For a dozen summer campers at the Asylum Hill Boys & Girls Club, the treasures at the Huntington Street community garden are the organic vegetables and herbs that they planted in late June. Families are invited to harvest the rest of the bounty when the seven-week program is over, said Sandy Fromson, a board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford. The organization plans to continue the program for future summers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 31, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_073113.asp
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Any experienced city official knows the so-called "little things" — removing graffiti, picking up trash, fixing ramshackle buildings, reducing excessive noise — can improve even the most distressed urban neighborhoods. Hartford Police Chief James Rovella knew it when he launched a "quality of life" campaign in 2012. The key to improving the quality of life is creating a citywide culture in which everyone understands what the rules and expectations are. The plan to hold several public meetings in different parts of Hartford is a good idea; getting neighbors committed to a plan of improvement and creating processes to enforce community norms will go a long way toward ensuring its success. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071113.asp
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Blight extends beyond a few notable buildings in or just outside of Downtown Hartford; when such conditions exist unchecked, the problem eventually becomes one that can be corrected by nothing other than demolition. The Neighborhood Conditions Report presents the blighted properties throughout the city and put them into three categories. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 29, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_062911.asp
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Aside from specifying which blighted properties would be cracked down on, explaining what the “demonstration areas” were, and describing how the City would be accountable throughout this initiative, little new information was shared during the recent Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (LSNI) meetings. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_062811.asp
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The perennial complaint, and one I heard made specific to this initiative, is that brainstorming and planning for improving our community have been happening forever, but little measurable progress is being made. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_062811_1.asp
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An assessment of the effectiveness of the Livable Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (LSNI) in Hartford. (PDF document, 10 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: August 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/LSNI_Assessment.pdf
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An revised version of the six month assessment of the effectiveness of the Livable Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (LSNI) in Hartford. (PDF document, 32 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: September 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/LSNI_6_Month_Assessment.pdf
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For three weeks beginning in late May, artist Raphie Etgar, along with the folks at the Hartford Financial Services Group, will attempt to get people thinking about our relationships to one another. Etgar is the curator of "Coexistence," an international traveling public art exhibit that is on display on The Hartford's city campus from May 26 through June 17. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_051707.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that we have to stop making excuses for the young people in Hartford. It's undeniable they face poverty, hopelessness and other hardships each day, but we have to stop explaining away their self-destruction, their recklessness, their unwillingness to make the hard decisions. We have to hold them accountable. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_043006.asp
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This report finds that large segments of the US population live on incomes that fail to provide even basic economic security. (PDF document, 15 pages) Published by
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)
; Publication Date: December 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/familiesandchildren/Living_Below_the_Line.pdf
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Local coffee house La Paloma Sabanera closed at the end of June 2013. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_060913.asp
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Many city residents buy all or at least some of their groceries from one of the many small food stores which dot Hartford’s neighborhoods. The Hartford Food System is partnering with these smaller retailers to improve the nutritional quality of groceries that are sold at their stores. Through the Healthy Food Retailer initiative, stores receive promotional assistance and support from city-administered programs in return for shifting a portion of their shelf space from “junk food” to normal groceries. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 9 - 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_news_050907.asp
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An odd-looking bus with two sections and an accordion center turned heads recently during a stop at city hall in New Britain. In about five years, the elongated buses should be a common sight, quickly transporting commuters the 10 miles between downtown New Britain and Hartford's Union Station. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_030107.asp
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The long-vacant office building at Washington and Park streets in Hartford isn’t exactly an eyesore, but it isn’t doing much for the corner either. That’s about the change: the 1915 brick-and-concrete structure at 150 Washington St. will soon be torn down to make way for a 13,000-square-foot CVS. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052112.asp
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Since 1963, the Community Renewal Team has been addressing the concerns and issues of Hartford and the surrounding region. As the community action agency for Central Connecticut, CRT is well known for Energy Assistance, Head Start, Meals on Wheels and Senior Cafés, and for the Family Service Centers that offer support and referrals to tens of thousands of people every year. Over the past decade, CRT has also been a leader in building and managing affordable housing, establishing community justice programs, counseling those with mental health or substance abuse issues, and providing supportive housing with wrap-around case management. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_021810_1.asp
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Jack Hale is leaving the Knox Foundation after many years. He resigned from Knox primarily because the current economic downturn has made it necessary for the organization to be headed by someone who can concentrate more on finances rather than programming. But, he’ll probably continue to work with Knox in various ways as a volunteer. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_news_051409.asp
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Hartford city councilman Luis Cotto is offended at the sight of unkempt street medians — tall weeds, clutter — and proposes a volunteer adopt-a-median program to help solve the problem. His proposal was introduced before the council recently and we hope it's approved with dispatch. Mr. Cotto's idea is to allow volunteers, individually or as a group, to select a median and promise to keep it clean and manicured. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082310.asp
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Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, founded in 2003 to revive the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood, and known by its acronym NINA, is saving Sigourney Square. NINA recently acquired a decaying structure, a “perfect six,” on Atwood Street at a tax lien sale. The NINA folks, with help from the city and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, are saving the facade and rebuilding the rest of the building as two side-by-side townhouses, a "perfect two," if you will. The Atwood Street building is one of a dozen that NINA either has renovated, or is in the process of doing so, in just the past four years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041110.asp
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Park Street's derelict Lyric Theater building, a once-grand Hartford structure that's been allowed to deteriorate almost beyond repair, is poised for resurrection as a public library and regional cultural center. It couldn't happen to a nicer building in a more deserving neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051206.asp
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A recent Frog Hollow NRZ meeting was full of irony. The meeting began with discussion about blighted properties, including the Capitol West building. When the main topic of discussion — the “emergency” demolition of the Lyric Theater — came up, Glenn Geathers — Project Manager of Department of Development Services Economic Development Division — basically told concerned residents that there was nothing to be done. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_032410.asp
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Frog Hollow is the center of Connecticut’s Hispanic community. The intersection of Broad and Park Streets is the center of Frog Hollow. So it makes perfect geographical sense that this intersection would be the ideal location for a regional center for Hispanic culture. Fortunately, a vacant building is located just one building away from the actual intersection, the old Lyric Theater on Park Street. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_011912.asp
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Earlier in June 2010, a resolution was drafted which would allow for a “Save the Lyric” fund to be set up. The good news is that the remaining section of the Lyric Theater on Park Street is likely to be salvaged. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_062410.asp
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This article provides a summary of the ongoing housing projects and how they are progressing. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_050913.asp
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It has been over a decade and a half since Hartford began redeveloping its decaying public housing projects. Redevelopment of the two major housing projects in Hartford’s northwest section, Westbrook Village and Chester Bowles Park, has been in limbo for over 10 years. However, that may soon start to change. On Tuesday, August 14, the Housing Authority of the City of Hartford (HACH) signed a Memorandum of Agreement Regarding a Resident Participation Plan with the Chester Bowles Park Tenants Association and the Westbrook Village Tenants Association. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_090612.asp
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Even with its National Historic Site designation all but assured, the rejuvenation of the Colt armory, a prominent landmark in Hartford since the mid-19th century, appears to have stalled. This is not necessarily bad. It offers a chance to change the mix, with an eye toward the armory's historic role in the city. Bringing a center of higher education to Coltsville would return the armory to its roots and give it a new important role in the 21st century. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_123007.asp
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The Hartford city council's new program to recruit volunteers to help maintain the city's street medians is a sound idea that we hope will lead to more measures to beautify the city. Improving the physical appearance of the city is great for morale and development. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 19, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_091910.asp
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A video of the May 3, 2011 community program, Making a Difference: The Bullied Respond, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: May 3, 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_05_03_2011.asp
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Herman Todd founded Living Word Imprints in 1994. Today, his printing shop at 450 Homestead Ave. in Hartford's North End offers printing and embroidery services for T-shirts, school uniforms, banners, business cards and other items. With help from the University of Hartford's Micro Business Incubator he has turned his storefront into a brightly trimmed purple oasis that draws clients from all over. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122006.asp
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The Urban Libraries Council commissioned this study to look at how public libraries contribute to the human dimension of economic development. In the process, researchers also uncovered more evidence of the important contributions public libraries make to strengthening places and community quality of life. This report indicates that public libraries, including the Hartford Public Library, today are deeply involved with people, technology, and quality of life. Nearly every one of these locally-funded organizations offers collections and programs that support early literacy, workforce readiness and small businesses. As such, they are an important and dynamic part of the community’s learning infrastructure which supports local economic development. (PDF document, 35 pages) Published by
Urban Libraries Council
; Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/making_cities_stronger.pdf
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Community leaders and organizations are renovating the annex of Hartford's old Northwest School into a new home for the John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center. The museum is expected to cost $3.5 million and will house African American cultural collections and meeting space for community groups. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_052005.asp
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A video of the March 10, 2010 community program, Making the Count: Building Hartford Using the 2010 Census, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: March 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_03_10_2010.asp
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Muhammad Ansari was 25 when he sat for coffee with the black nationalist leader of his generation. It was 1963 and Malcolm X had come to Hartford to speak at the Bushnell. Fifty years after that Hartford visit, the Consciousness Coalition, a group of social activists in the city, held its first annual Malcolm X Day recently at the downtown Hartford Public Library. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_051513.asp
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Governor Dannel Malloy is getting ready for a special session focused on jobs. Malloy spoke with religious leaders in Hartford recently about how to bring more of those jobs to the state's cities. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: October 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_101711.asp
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At just 20 years old, authorities say, Julio "J" Bonilla of Hartford has an extraordinary record of violence. Over four months last year, he was involved in at last three armed attacks, or attempted attacks, authorities say. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112109.asp
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Dulce Restaurant is set to open in February, and is intended to tap into what they say is a neglected downtown dining demographic - the older-than-30 set looking for something classier. It serves American cuisine with European influences, and diners will have outdoor seating and the occasional jazz ensemble to listen to as they talk and eat. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: January 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_012108.asp
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A map of the city of Hartford, showing the 2000 U.S. census tracts, neighborhoods and major streets. (PDF file, 1 page) Published by
City of Harford, Department of Housing and Community Development
; Publication Date: October 2002
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Link: /issues/wsd/people/census_tracts.pdf
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A map of the streets of Hartford, which includes a street index. (PDF file, 1 page, 1 MB) Published by
City of Hartford, Development Services Department, Planning Division
; Publication Date: 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/Hartford_street_map_2008.pdf
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The best development to happen to Hartford’s 311 service has been the dynamic map that has been made available to the public. This map shows recent open and closed complaints. It enables one to look at cases throughout the city, zoom in on areas of interest, and determine what problems exist where. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: July 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_072910.asp
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The Reentry Mapping Network (RMN) is a partnership among community-based organizations and the Urban Institute designed to create community change through the mapping and analysis of neighborhood-level data related to prisoner reentry. RMN partners collect and analyze local data related to incarceration, reentry, and community well-being; develop policy options based on the findings; and document their accomplishments and lessons learned. This guidebook provides information on how to understand and address prisoner reentry at the community level through mapping and analysis. It describes the concepts and methods underlying the RMN so that other jurisdictions can learn from these experiences in the interests of crafting more effective and successful reentry strategies. (PDF file, 116 pages). Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/PrisonerRe-entry/Mapping_Prisoner_Reentry.pdf
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This page shows a collection of maps of Hartford - street maps with index, Hartford neighorhoods, Hartford zip codes, and more. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: September 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Transportation/wsd_maps_wrapper.asp
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A native of Comerío, Puerto Rico, María Sánchez came to Hartford in 1953. She was a community activist until the last days of her life and recognized as the godmother of the Puerto Rican and Hispanic community. María co-founded the Puerto Rican Parade organization. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_053013.asp
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Gina Greenlee believes Hartford has this to sell: the richness of the experience associated with the people and commerce in our 17 neighborhoods and our architectural assets - Hartford's many beautiful and still affordable homes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021406.asp
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On a dreary day in January, artist Angel Sánchez Ortiz delivered dozens of his vejigante masks to the Park Branch of the Hartford Public Library. The artist — formerly of Holyoke, now living in Delaware — demonstrated that these pieces of artwork are not meant only to be displayed on the wall. They can be worn. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 27, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/realhtfd_012712.asp
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It's a giant, mechanized worm. Its job: To dig a 3,700-foot-long tunnel from Walnut Street to Bushnell Park, slowly boring an underground passageway so that, when the massive MDC project is complete, heavy rains won't cause regular sewer overflows into area basements and waterways. The Metropolitan District Commission recently lowered into the ground a laser-guided micro-tunneling machine on Walnut Street. As it bores, the machine leaves a 6-foot tunnel of precast concrete behind it, through which the wastewater from Albany Avenue will eventually flow. It's the most visible of the first steps in the commission's 15-year, $2 billion project to separate sewage from storm water in metro Hartford and reduce the frequency of sewer overflows from once a week to once a year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 31, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_083109.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that what is getting lost in the commotion over the MassMutual building is the opportunity being presented. There is a chance to enhance the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood, to make it more appealing on a number of fronts and reconnect it to downtown. Come up with an exciting plan, and it might well save the building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_011308_1.asp
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No jazz concert in the Hartford area seems complete without omnipresent photographer Maurice D. Robertson, a subtle, quick-witted craftsman with a low-key presence and an extraordinary eye for capturing the spirit of the moment and the humanity of the performer. In a 40-piece sampler of the award-winning photographer's work, the Artists Collective, as part of its " Jackie McLean International Arts Festival," is presenting "Expressions in Sounds and Motion: Photographs by Maurice Robertson," a free gallery exhibition running through Sept. 16, 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_050910.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez fired the opening shots in what promises to be another bruising political battle in the city, asking for resignations from board members at the embattled Hartford Housing Authority. The authority was rocked in September by allegations of corruption brought by ousted Executive Director Lancelot Gordon Jr. Although Perez did not address the merits of the accusations themselves, he said the work of the board has nonetheless suffered. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_110406.asp
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Toni A. Gold writes that Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez has been competent and honest, has substantial achievements and deserves another term to finish his work. But if he doesn't get it, he has no one to blame but himself. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_020407.asp
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In a letter sent to Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra outlined the City’s vision, priorities and initiatives that will help grow the local and regional economy and serve to substantially improve Connecticut’s Capital City. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_030811.asp
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The city is in a big mess after the October snowstorm because of dead, dying, overgrown trees. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_102711.asp
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Mayor Pedro Segarra and police Chief Daryl K. Roberts recently did a "walk- and ride-through" of city neighborhoods to "stand up against crime." Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/cityline_061011.asp
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Mayor Pedro Segarra writes that on day one as Hartford's 66th mayor, his administration set four goals: ensure accountability; safeguard the health, cleanliness and safety of the city; create jobs and improve education; and pursue opportunities to accelerate and expand economic vitality. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_062611.asp
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino opened an all-day summit in New York City recently, attended by Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez and 12 other mayors aimed at coordinating their efforts on curbing crime committed with illegal guns. The mayors - from cities including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Dallas, Milwaukee and Seattle - gathered at the official mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, to exchange ideas, consult experts and develop law enforcement cooperation among their cities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042606.asp
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As a freshman in college, Brandon McGee's dream was to someday be the mayor of Hartford. While that may be in the cards one day, McGee will be spending at least the next two years working for a different legislative body a short distance west of city hall, serving as Windsor and Hartford's state representative from the redrawn 5th House District. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_010913.asp
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The Greater Hartford African American Alliance (GHAAA) held a rally in front of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) headquarters in Downtown Hartford recently to demand that the MDC meet the required minority hiring set-asides for its upcoming Clean Water Project. The requirements were laid out in a proposed bill put fourth by State Senator Eric Coleman and State Representative Art Feltman. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25 - May 2, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_news_042507.asp
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The Metropolitan District Commission presentation to the Hartford City Council concerning the plans for the Clean Water Project which will separate the rainwater discharge from the sewer system to prevent overflows and pollution. Published by
The Metropolitan District Commission
; Publication Date: March 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/Region/mdc_presentation.asp
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The largest public works project in Hartford history started recently, a massive effort to redo part of the city's century-old plumbing and curtail the millions of gallons of sewage and storm water that overflow into the basements, streets and streams of the North End after heavy rain. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060209.asp
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The Metropolitan District Commission's $2 billion Clean Water Project begins serious digging this spring — the early stages of multiyear construction to remake much of the region's aging sewer system. As it gears up, tensions over who will dig the trenches, bore the tunnels, and fit the pipes continue. Recently, the Greater Hartford African American Alliance protested in front of MDC headquarters, saying it should have begun training city residents to do the work by now. The alliance is even sending a letter about it to President Barack Obama. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030709.asp
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When it comes to the $1.6 billion the Metropolitan District Commission will spend to repair the sewers in greater Hartford, State Sen. Eric D. Coleman and state Rep. Art Feltman want to make sure minority workers get their fair share of the work. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_040507.asp
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Democratic and Republican candidates for State Representative and State Senator met in a spirited but polite debate recently at the Hartford Public Library. The debate was hosted by the Hartford Votes/Hartford Vota coalition. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_101812.asp
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The presence of a Hartford businessman during crucial negotiations over a massive $1.6 billion regional sewer project was a major point of contention - and might have been a key factor in the talks' collapse. The talks - between officials from the Metropolitan District Commission, the region's sewer authority, and Hartford legislators - revolved around how much of the work would go to minority contractors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_080607.asp
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Voters in the eight municipalities served by the Metropolitan District Commission were asked on Election Day 2012 whether to allow the MDC to finance through bonding the $800 million second phase of the 15-year Clean Water Project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 24, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_102412.asp
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After a six-month absence, Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts is blogging again. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 24, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_022409.asp
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This report aims to describe, statistically and anecdotally, and in narrative and graphic form, just how deep and wide the conditions of poverty are that existed in Connecticut in from 1990 to 2010. (PDF document, 52 pages) Published by
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: January 2013
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Link: /issues/wsd/Region/CT_Poverty_Report.pdf
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The first of three community meetings on the overhaul of low-performing Hartford elementary schools was recently held at Milner School. The Milner, Burns and M.D. Fox schools have been targeted for a complete redesign - including staffing, curriculum and organization - by next year, but officials have not determined what form each school's redesign will take. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_092507.asp
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Lewis Dickerson, who would have turned 19 in December, fell victim to the violence that his friends said he was trying to escape. Three males lying in wait attacked him while he took a break from class outside the Urban League building, just a block from St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_112208.asp
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Police broke up a gathering of men and women as they mourned the death of Geronimo "Colorado" Urbaez, who was fatally shot in downtown Hartford. The police were concerned about drinking, fire hazards and possible violence. The mourners felt as though they had been treated unfairly. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_032305_a.asp
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As part of a special event to celebrate the completion of Phase II of Pope Park’s Master Plan, the Friends of Pope Park and the Pope Hartford Designated Fund are encouraging members of the public to submit stories, photos or other memorabilia for an exhibit about Pope Park memories. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 9 - 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_news_050907.asp
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A few years ago, a group of city residents got together to save a bowling alley, a landmark in Hartford's West End (formerly known as Farmington Avenue Duckpin and Mark Twain Lanes). Their plan was to sell it after a few years, and it went on the market this spring. The problem is, there have been no interested buyers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052806.asp
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Vern Davis' life was shaped by the education he received, and he spent his adult life trying to pass on that gift to others. One of the first Black principals in the Hartford Public Schools, Davis recently died unexpectedly. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_030809.asp
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Several mentoring programs work to improving the chances for a successful life for young urban men, and everyone agrees that they need more mentors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_030505.asp
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A college internship led Merva Jackson to her real calling: helping parents of children with disabilities learn how to get appropriate help. In 1999, the Hartford resident created African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities (AFCAMP), which, by offering parents training in advocacy, networking and lobbying, has helped thousands of children obtain the special-education services they need. Jackson, 51, died on April 4, 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_052912.asp
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Efforts to bring a supermarket to the Clay Arsenal neighborhood have stalled out. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Clay Arsenal is the poorest neighborhood in Hartford. Hartford's poverty rate is 31 percent, the second-highest among large American cities. But in the blocks near Main and Pavilion streets, where the supermarket was to be located, the poverty rate is greater than 50 percent. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_061805.asp
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Three weeks ago, things for Mi Casa looked bleak. According to the city, the organization recently had only enough money left for three weeks of payroll, faced a possible $800,000 annual operating deficit, and was working hard to get money from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Now, its board chairman says Mi Casa is scraping by and dipping into its rainy day fund -- but it's not running the risk of closing up shop. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_081909.asp
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Growing tensions between rival groups triggered by a fight in Keney Park had a ripple effect at Fox Middle School in Hartford recently, as about two dozen students got into a series of fights that stopped traffic on Albany and Blue Hills avenues. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_030906.asp
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Lots of attention has been given to the crisis in the subprime mortgage industry over the last year. But the media has largely missed another dark side of the story: who the subprime lenders and brokers have been specifically targeting for these loans. Recently, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition conducted an extensive study of mortgage data for more than 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.S., including Hartford. In Hartford, minority borrowers were much more likely to have a high-cost mortgage than white households. This was true regardless of income. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/htfd_courant_012908.asp
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Three years ago, Mayor Eddie Perez announced an ambitious plan to close the digital divide in Hartford by making free Internet access available to lower-income families. It sounded like such a great idea at the time. Now, it’s quietly being shelved. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_071408_1.asp
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Although it targeted just two Hartford neighborhoods, the city’s wireless test program has already encountered snags and slipped over its planned budget. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_082007.asp
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Two years ago, Martin Luther King School (MLKS) parents and neighborhood residents successfully fought off an attempt to move the school out of its original building. Recently, Hartford School Superintendent Christina Kishimoto and Hartford School Chief Operating Officer Donald Slater presented their plan for renovating MLKS at a public meeting held at the school. The plan got a reception as chilly as the winter weather outside. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 24, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_012413.asp
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Anthony "Tony" Volpe, the last man to control greater Hartford's once-booming, now-moribund gambling and extortion rackets, died recently, prompting a flood of talk about another passed milestone in the city's evolution. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 29, 2010
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The history of the oldest house in Hartford's West End is all about the extreme makeover. First, the Elisha Wadsworth House, built in 1828, was an inn facing Albany Avenue. Then, in the early 1900s, it was turned to face Prospect Avenue and converted into a house. A front veranda and rear ell were demolished, and a new addition and third-story dormers were added, along with modern heating and plumbing. Now, a builder is completely redrawing the interior for what a 2013 buyer might want. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_091513.asp
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Governor M. Jodi Rell recently announced that $500,000 to help the Hartford-based Conference of Churches renovate its new headquarters and training center was expected to be approved by the State Bond Commission at its meeting on April 24, 2009. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/cityline_042009.asp
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Senator Eric Coleman recently announced that the state Bond Commission has approved $500,000 for the Capitol Region Conference of Churches (CRCC) to renovate the Rev. Collin Bennett Building, located at 1229 Albany Avenue in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_news_043009.asp
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The director of one of Hartford's longest-running community organizations — the Blue Hills Civic Association, founded in 1962 — was trying to understand recently why his programs to help homeowners in the North End stay in their homes, and young people stay off the streets, received no funding from the city. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_092508.asp
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When developer John Reveruzzi proposed converting the former Capewell factory into 100 condominiums, the Capital City Economic Development Authority and the City of Hartford fully embraced the project, putting aside nearly $4 million for the project. But the promise of Capewell was never realized, and the property in Hartford’s Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood is now facing possible foreclosure by the city. Despite years of extensions and a $2 million bailout by the city to get the project off the ground, the property remains vacant and dilapidated. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: December 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_120307.asp
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As several dozen people with flashlights and glow sticks crossed Prospect into Sunrise Overlook, the people making out in the old, black SUV probably thought they were about to be set upon by a throng of angry puritans. Instead, the group of senior citizens, teenagers, children, Gen Xers, and one infant stood around listening to one man talk about how in the 1970s the rose garden in Elizabeth Park was almost bulldozed. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/realhtfd_101810.asp
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The plan floated by the Ebony Horsewomen to build a $65 million equestrian center on at least 60 acres of Keney Park continues to cause a stir. The topic came up again on April 7, 2009 at a meeting of the Hartford City Council's Planning and Economic Development Committee. No action was taken as the council awaits a legal opinion from city attorneys. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/cityline_040809.asp
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A trust for bankrupt investors in USA Capital is trying to trace about $40 million loaned to the developer of the Colt Gateway project. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_022808.asp
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NINA received funding from CL&P that would assist with the rehabilitation of a building in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Sheldon Oak Central, a non-profit housing developer, has recently been given money by the same company to fix up the Horace Bushnell Apartments on Vine Street. The money was given under the Housing Tax Credit Contribution Program of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/realhtfd_121712.asp
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Tom Condon expresses the opinion that though Hartford already has a hugely disproportionate number of the region's poor — the city's poverty rate is 32 percent; the state's is 8.3 percent — public policy is still pushing more low-income housing into the city. None of this low-income housing is being built as part of a sensible citywide plan. It's being built because there is government money available for it and developers can turn a nice development fee. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_112507.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that for the past decade or so, a bright spot in Hartford has been the evolution of public housing. Thanks to the efforts of former Hartford Housing Authority Executive Director John Wardlaw and former Mayor Mike Peters, all but one of the city's old, decaying, drug-infested housing projects have been torn down or extensively renovated and replaced with handsome new rental and ownership housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_042810.asp
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More than 1,000 people packed into Sacred Heart Catholic Church recently to mourn the death of Poland's president and other top government officials in a plane crash. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_041110.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about the Hartford Black History Month Exhibit on display this month at Hartford City Hall. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_021810.asp
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The latest victim of gun violence in Hartford is a 21 year old mother. Police Chief Harnett and Mayor Perez respond with the announcement of a new initiative which involves increased police protection and help from the state police in the Clay Arsenal, Northeast and Upper Albany neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062305.asp
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Some Hartford Public Schools students were without a classroom at the start of school because they recently moved to the city. With the "choice" program, which allows city families to research and apply for a school that isn't necessarily in their neighborhood -- a process that takes months -- it's no longer possible to show up to the nearest school on the first day of classes and expect to be enrolled. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/cityline_090211.asp
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During his 15 years with the Hartford Police Department's mounted unit, retired officer Robert "Bobby" Alfaro found two main advantages to being a cop on horseback. First, everyone loves horses. "Even the bad guys say hi to you," Alfaro said. Second, perspective. "You can see so much on horseback you wouldn't see if you were in a police car," Alfaro said, such as a popped ignition in a stolen car. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_100708.asp
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Two years ago, when the donors stopped giving and the bills couldn't be paid, the board of directors for ONE/CHANE went to U.S. Bankruptcy Court and filed for liquidation. Many thought that spelled the end of one of the city's premier neighborhood agencies. But reports of ONE/CHANE's demise may have been premature. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061108_1.asp
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The city library plans to move its Mark Twain branch on Farmington Avenue to Hartford Public High School, at least for the next few years, while a permanent location is built within another school in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_062211.asp
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One objective of the Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative was to crack down on blight. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_040412.asp
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In this brief, the well-being of the youngest and most vulnerable HOPE VI residents - the children - is examined. The report explores the potential benefits and challenges of relocation in the areas of behavior, health, and school engagement for children in families with different relocation experiences, including voucher holders, movers to other public housing, and those who remained in the original development. Hartford is the site of a major Hope VI project, Dutch Point. (PDF document, 10 pages) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp#Hope4
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Outspoken Franklin Avenue businessman Paul Mozzicato is running for Hartford city council. When the giant tax bills were delivered for Hartford small businesses recently, bakery owner Mozzicato quickly emerged as the front man for the alliance that sprung up in reaction to the crisis. So it's not too surprising that now Mozzicato is running for city council. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: July 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_advocate_072607.asp
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Hartford and urban planner Kenneth Greenberg have done so well for each other over the past eight years that it's no surprise that the city and MetroHartford Alliance are hoping to hire him again. They want him to identify ways to amplify the current wave of downtown development energy so that investors are encouraged to branch out into nearby neighborhoods and expand the city's revival. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_012406.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the effects of the curfew on teens aren't clear, and the effort could be draining resources in the fight against other crimes. The best defense against teenagers with guns is one that aims to reduce teen pregnancy and give Hartford's youth more educational opportunities, job training and jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_091508.asp
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Keith L. Carr Sr., whose pre-eminent leadership of his community in Greater Hartford for nearly half a century earned him the name "Mr. West Indian," died on January 7, 2008 after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 77. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_011108.asp
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Listing of local city and neighborhood level resources related to landfill issues in Hartford. Prepared by Hartford Public Library Information, Reference & Research staff. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: April 2004
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Ken Krayeske writes about the wait times for police in his Hartford neighborhood, especially for quality of life issues, as opposed to the murder that happened there recently. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_112411.asp
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The Hartford Courant supports the proposal to build a permanent Museum Academy magnet school on the former site of the Hartford College for Women in the city's West End Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_040912.asp
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New England Music at 470 Prospect Ave. is one of thousands of small businesses that call Hartford home. But in October, New England Music plans to move to West Hartford. The three-story, yellow brick building on Prospect Avenue has housed an independent music store for more than 20 years, although its owners and name have changed. One reason for the move: A new landlord has raised the store's rent twice in 18 months, said David Henry, the owner of New England Music. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_092607.asp
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Trinity College has its first Muslim chaplain, a graduate of Hartford Seminary. The addition comes after Trinity recognized that Muslim students on campus were spiritually under-served. The presence of the chaplain is also important for non-Muslims, and helps all students understand the role of Islam in contemporary life. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_012305.asp
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A bright spot in Hartford architecture is a row of seven, well-maintained “Perfect Six” apartment houses just east of Pope Park on Park Terrace. When the development first opened in 1991, it meant the start of a new type of housing in Hartford: mutual housing. Since then, the Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford (MHAGH) has opened seven more housing developments in Hartford and its suburbs. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_news_052109.asp
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The author talks about her experience growing up in the North End of Hartford, and the negative image of the police she developed as a child. In contrast, her children want to be police officers when they grow up. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_070810.asp
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A memorandum that appears to lay out a comprehensive agreement between the Hartford Housing Authority and Meriden developer Salvatore Carabetta surfaced, raising new questions about relationships at the heart of a lawsuit alleging bid-rigging and corruption. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_092106.asp
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A New York investor has spent nearly $70 million to add hundreds of units to his portfolio of Hartford apartments, bringing his holdings to roughly 5 percent of the city's total rental stock and likely making him the city's largest single owner of residential property. Robert Sandell, head of Marks Group LLC, bought 15 properties for $68.9 million late last year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_021408.asp
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The Connecticut NAACP said recently that it opposes a controversial bill that would enable the state's 19 largest cities and towns to install cameras at intersections to catch red-light violators. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_041812_1.asp
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The traffic stop of State Treasurer Denise Nappier in September and ensuing actions by Hartford police officers gave the public a glimpse into how minorities are treated each and every day. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_110511.asp
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This website presents information about drug and gang activity state by state, including Connecticut. Published by
National Drug Intelligence Center
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/wsd_102209.asp
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Gun violence has played a big role in the Rev. Henry Brown's life. Brown, 62, is known by many as the face of Mothers United Against Violence, an organization he founded more than nine years ago to help families devastated by violence. Now, as he approaches retirement from work at the post office, Brown is hoping to find a home base for his ministry and Mothers United Against Violence and devote his efforts there full time. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_121711.asp
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As the U.S. Postal Service weighs closing branches, residents of Hartford’s Northeast neighborhood back a vital outpost. Working and poor folks from the neighborhood come to their post office for money orders and to mail bills, buy stamps or check their mailbox. Many of them walk. It is a vital, essential communications link to the world that might be severed later this year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080511.asp
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Virginia Iacobucci of Hartford, who was the owner of La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House on Capitol Avenue, writes that Hartford's La Paloma Sabanera was a one-of-a-kind community-centered coffeehouse at 405 Capitol Ave., but the circumstances around its recent closure were anything but unique. Hartford and cities nationwide have their share of landlords — slumlord, deadbeat, absentee or just stubborn — who make being a commercial tenant next to impossible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_070513.asp
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A $300 million plan to knock down 770 units of public housing and build anew on prized land in the city's northwest corner is close to dead, as contract negotiations between the Hartford Housing Authority and the Boston developer it selected more than two years ago are at an impasse. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2009
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Differences between Neighborhood and NRZ boundaries are explained, including which census tracts and portions of census tracts are included in each neighborhood and NRZ based on City boundaries or NRZ boundaries. Maps of census tracts and blocks are shown for neighborhoods and some NRZs. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: 2004
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Don Mancini has changed the name of his Capitol Avenue bistro from Kenney's to the Red Rock Cafe. He restored the exterior of the late 19th-century Italianate building, a great urban structure with the cafe on the first floor (which was a speakeasy during Prohibition) and apartments on the upper two floors. But in redoing the building he wisely saved the faded but iconic 1940s-era Red Rock Cola logo painted on the building's east side. Mancini wanted a new name for the newly restored building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_111206.asp
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Hartford 2000, working with other groups and organizations, has developed the Neighborhood Standards as a tool to help improve the quality of life in Hartford. (PDF document, 2 pages) Published by
Hartford 2000
; Publication Date: December 3, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_120309.asp
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Christopher J. Doucot and William Breetz urge Mayor Eddie Perez to use existing laws to take title to a dozen vacant lots and abandoned buildings on Barbour Street between Capen and Westland streets. They suggest that the city seek developers to build two-family homes, maximizing homeownership and owner-occupied dwellings. As part of this reclamation process, the city could dedicate a portion of this land as a park. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2007
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One of the most powerful findings of this research has been the striking mobility gap between blacks and whites in America. This report explores one potentially important factor behind the black-white mobility gap: the impact of neighborhood poverty rates experienced during childhood. (PDF document, 44 pages) Published by
Pew Economic Mobility Project
; Publication Date: July 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/pew_neighborhoods.pdf
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The website of The Neighborhoods of Hartford Inc. which administers the Hartford Rising Star and Hartford Pride Block Program that was initiated by Mayor Eddie A. Perez as a result of his Homeownership Task Force. Five clusters of Rising Star Blocks, as well as twelve Pride Blocks, have been designated within communities in Hartford. These areas receive special incentives, neighborhood specific interventions and technical assistance. Published by
The Neighborhoods of Hartford, Inc.
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The Hartford Housing Authority has chosen a developer to take down apartments at Nelton Court and build something new. The authority recently voted to give Executive Director Alan Green the authority to negotiate a contract with the Simon Konover Companies. The contract for the work should be completed in the next few weeks, Green said. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/cityline_072709.asp
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The last of the city of Hartford’s postwar, low-income, federally-financed public housing units is about to come down. In its place, the Hartford Housing Authority plans to build 80 new apartments. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: November 23, 2010
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Hartford Police Chief Patrick J. Harnett discusses how the Hartford Police Department got to where it is now, and his vision for the future. His goal is to focus on the core missions of controlling crime and protecting neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_030705.asp
Related Link(s):
City of Hartford Police Department Neighborhood Policing Plan (PDF document)
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Forgotten Victim
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Chief Makes Business Presentation
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In this opinion piece, the author suggests that in spite of all the wonderful achievements by Riverfront Recapture, Hartford's riverfront is still somewhat detached from the city. The obvious problem is negotiating I- 91, which runs along the Connecticut River. A strategically placed bridge could link the Rentschler Field development and Great River Park in East Hartford to downtown Hartford between two emerging areas, Coltsville and the Front Street district. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_101109.asp
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Hartford once boasted close to a dozen Catholic schools. But those schools have been closing one by one since the 1970’s and now only two are left, St. Augustine’s on Clifford Street and SS. Cyril and Methodius on Groton Street. That trend may soon be reversed, however, as the Archdiocese of Hartford is currently working with a group of community leaders to create the city’s first new Catholic school in decades. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_022808.asp
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When Daryl K. Roberts is sworn in as the city's 21st permanent police chief, he'll have an advantage the last two chiefs didn't. Roberts - born and raised in the city - has spent the last 23 years rising through the ranks of the Hartford Police Department.
He doesn't have to get directions to a crime scene. And he won't need a roadmap to understand how things work within the department because he has managed many of the divisions, worked midnight shifts, headed the detective bureau and had other critical assignments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_071206.asp
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In the old Sealtest factory on a forlorn street corner in Hartford, the Chrysalis Center will soon be carrying out its hopeful work rebuilding lives. As Hartford moves in fits and starts to repair itself, this investment in human capital might be as important as any other economic development in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120109.asp
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Hartford's new police chief says he took the job after coming to believe he wouldn't be alone in the spotlight. Daryl K. Roberts said recently that he could not be an effective chief without cooperation from key sectors of the city: the public, the police department, city government and the board of education. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070106_b.asp
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Hartford Courant Publisher Jack W. Davis Jr. will leave his job at year's end to be replaced by Stephen D. Carver, who is vice president and general manager of an Atlanta television station owned by The Courant's parent, Chicago-based Tribune Co. Davis, who has led the Courant for six years and serves as its president, publisher and chief executive officer, will turn over the job of president to Carver on July 10. But Davis will stay on as publisher and CEO until the end of the year to provide for a gradual transition. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062206.asp
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The Christian Activities Council (CAC) recently announced the appointment of Reverend Edwin O. Ayala as its fifth Executive Director, effective January 1, 2013. Reverend Ayala has been the Christian Activities Council Associate Director since 1997. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 24, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_news_012413.asp
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A new veterans group says some former servicemen and women have trouble getting the education, medical and financial benefits they have earned. The Hispanic American Veterans of Connecticut Inc., was started last month to help veterans overcome such obstacles. The group, open to all veterans in the state, hopes its name will encourage Hispanic veterans to ask for help, said Juan Luis Cruz, the organization's president. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_122806.asp
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New guidelines that aim to safeguard both the city's historic properties and the pocketbooks of those who own them went into effect recently, setting home improvement standards that keep the city's low-income residents in mind, officials said. The city council adopted a new preservation ordinance in May 2005 that, among other things, puts a premium on protecting historic homes but also set a limit: the city can't compel property owners to make historically relevant repairs if those repairs add more than 20 percent to the cost of the project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121506.asp
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Chrysalis Center provides a variety of mental health services to some 2,000 residents of Greater Hartford, a majority of them city residents. The agency operates in nine locations around the city, but will soon consolidate administration and four sites into one, the former Sealtest Dairy building at Homestead Avenue and Woodland Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_102606.asp
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Southend neighborhoods housing home ownership homeownership low income housing moderate income housing affordable housing low-income housing SINA Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_102607.asp
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It started out as a nondescript building suited for drive-through traffic, the kind of structure that might be found at a highway exit or a strip mall rather than in the heart of a city neighborhood. But the newly rebuilt KFC that opened on Hartford's Farmington Avenue this month is a textbook example of how collaborative planning by all involved — the developer, city and neighborhood — can yield good results. The new restaurant does a lot more than sell chicken. It fills in a gap in the neighborhood's streetscape, positively adding to the aesthetic of Farmington Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092009.asp
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The Urban Institute has published The New Neighbors, a guidebook to federal and local administrative data about immigration. This guidebook was designed by Urban Institute researchers, in consultation with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to help policy makers, program implementers, and advocates use U.S. Census and other data sources to identify immigrant populations in their communities--their characteristics, their contributions, and their needs. The guidebook discusses national trends in immigration and addresses public policy questions that can be analyzed using these data. It provides users with advice on how to identify immigrants in the data and cautions them on data limitations. The guidebook also includes an analysis of the immigrant population in Providence, Rhode Island, by way of example. Download this PDF document (2.5 mb) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: August 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/people/the_new_neighbors.pdf
Related Link(s):
Annie E. Casey Foundation: Making Connections
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The Providence Plan
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The former Hartford Courant Arts Center at 224 Farmington Avenue has switched ownership again, this time to The Conference of Churches. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 24, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/realhtfd_052412.asp
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People trying to leverage the recent state and private investment in downtown Hartford into a citywide development agenda for the future have completed the second phase of their study - Hartford 2010 - and presented their results to the public recently. If the first phase of the project was to define a scope and the third stage will be to execute the plan, the second phase has been to come up with big and small ideas to rethink, revitalize, remarket various parts of the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_012307.asp
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The four-story, $77 million public safety complex on High Street was dedicated recently, marking the opening of the new headquarters for city police, fire, emergency services and dispatch personnel. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_010913.asp
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Central as it may be, the new public safety complex, located north of I-84 on High Street, still feels cut off from the rest of its downtown neighborhood because of the highway and slew of surface parking lots. After walking to the opening ceremony from the central business district, the gulf between these two areas seemed no smaller than it had in previous months. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 09, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/realhtfd_010913.asp
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Three community activists are planning to launch a new public safety initiative recently. Charles Barrow, Organizer and founder of Citizens Opposed to Racism, Sexism and Violence and the Communities Committee for Public Safety, Sherman Williams, a businessman and urban environment specialist, and Rev. Aaron “Pop” Lewis, founder and director of Youth on Youth, Each One Teach One, Inc. say they are concerned with the tide of illegal weapons that are flooding into urban communities beset by poverty and despair. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 16, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_091612.asp
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Recently, Judith Almeida, a staff attorney at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, ruled that unless a grade separated pedestrian/cyclist bridge is constructed over the crossing, the Connecticut DOT may not permanently close Flower Street to pedestrian and cyclist usage. The Flower Street crossing will remain closed to vehicular traffic. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 20, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_052013.asp
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Hartford is a city of neighborhoods. But if the business owners in the Parkville neighborhood get their way, the one they call home would look more like a piece of West Hartford, than the capital city they pay taxes to. The vision they all share would unite Park Road and its environs in West Hartford with Park Street in the Parkville neighborhood in Hartford. The idea is to create one continuous, similar-looking area to attract entertainment seekers and pedestrian traffic from much of Central Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 9, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/hbj_070907.asp
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A New-York based investor, the Marks Group, has been quietly buying up apartments in Hartford, and has assembled a multifamily portfolio of more than 2,000 apartment units to date. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: February 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/hbj_021108.asp
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The old Austin Organ Factory building at 158 Woodland St., in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, is being renovated into New York City-styled loft condominiums. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_010708.asp
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Its goal is to reduce litter and vandalism on Hartford streets. But a proposed city ordinance to regulate unsightly newspaper boxes has drawn the concern of the local newspaper industry, which argues that the rule is unconstitutional, not to mention unfriendly. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_022206_a.asp
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A week after the surprise ouster of Urban League of Greater Hartford President and CEO Jim Willingham, the chatter turns to filling his shoes in a climate where nonprofits are suffering greatly — and Urban League chapters are going under. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070809.asp
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NINA, Knox Parks and Hartford Publications will work with neighbors and area institutions to spread the concept of small sustainable front yard gardens all through the Sigourney Square neighborhood of Asylum Hill. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_090811.asp
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The Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA) recently announced that it had acquired 207-213 Garden Street, an 11,000 square foot mixed-use building strategically located at the corner of Ashley and Garden Street, one of the principal gateways into the Asylum Hill neighborhood. NINA will begin by restoring the façade of this historic 1926 structure. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_112410.asp
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The African American Parade, originally scheduled for May 9, 2009, is off because the organization that runs it couldn't raise enough money to make it go. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_050809.asp
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Several of the city's private Little Leagues jockey nightly for time on one of Hyland Park's four baseball and softball fields, even though the diamonds there lack grass and safe fencing. For many children in Hartford, rundown athletic fields are an unfortunate reality that goes along with playing sports. Hartford has 70 recreational athletic fields and 2,300 acres of park space, all under the management of the parks division of the city Department of Public Works. City officials say they work hard with the resources they have to keep up with demand. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 04, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_080413.asp
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Months of debate over whether to build a multi-million-dollar equestrian center on dozens if not hundreds of acres of Keney Park came to a close recently. The Hartford City Council voted 8 to 1 against the plan.to name the Ebony Horsewomen the tentative developers for the project in the city's North End park. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/cityline_042709.asp
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The Greater Hartford Pro-Am summer basketball league, one of Hartford's signature summer sporting events, is leaving the city after 16 years. Pro-Am co-founder and CEO Peter Higgins, citing concerns over rising costs and other facility complications in Hartford, said recently that the annual six-week event will be held this year at Crosby High School in Waterbury. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_060513.asp
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The owner Rajun Cajun restaurant says he's selling a Hartford institution. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 13, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_011309.asp
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Any mothballed building hurts a street, but when it fills nearly a city block, it's a disaster. Hartford's Franklin Avenue is a historic commercial and residential street that's surely taken - and mostly weathered - its lumps. But even this vibrant strip buckles beneath the block-long behemoth at the corner of Franklin and Shultas Place. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050706_a.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that as the homicide toll mounts and claims about gang activity conflict, Hartford residents are worried sick. They are owed the truth; a sense of urgency by the mayor, the police chief and even the governor; and action equal to the threat. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_102509.asp
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In Hartford, the percentage of homicides committed in 2009 that were cleared by arrest was 27.2 percent at the end of that year. As of this year, 38 percent of the 2009 homicides have been cleared, In New Haven, about half of the homicides committed in the last five years have been closed by arrest. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_030111.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell is threatening to eliminate the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission in a cost-saving measure. Bessy Reyna expresses the opinion that the Commission should not look to the public for support, considering their disregard the Commission had last year for the public sentiment about the firing of the commission's executive director, Fernando Betancourt. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_022009.asp
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Tom Condon suggests that urban noise – from car alarms, car radios, car horns – is bad for residents’ health. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041711.asp
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The abandoned Hartford factory where a once-renowned gold-leafing company operated for more than a century could once again become a workspace for artisans. The M. Swift & Sons factory, closed since 2004, has been donated by the Swift family to Common Ground, which successfully renovated 410 Asylum St. in downtown Hartford for a mix of affordable and market-rate apartments. Common Ground, a nonprofit group, plans to renovate the 61,000-square-foot, brick factory in the North End — its earliest sections dating to 1868 — for workspace for artists, craftspeople and other creative businesses. Some of the space could be used for job training and classroom space. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100710.asp
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A Hartford-based nonprofit that seeks to create affordable housing will develop 16 townhouses on land near the old Capewell factory in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_102711.asp
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Connecticut nonprofits — some stretched to the hilt like pizza dough — have adopted austerity measures ranging from layoffs and hiring freezes to reductions in employee healthcare contributions and relocation to smaller offices. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/hbj_101810_1.asp
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Even as the economy continues its slow recovery, many Hartford-area non-profit organizations have a renewed sense of optimism, according to the United Way’s eighth annual Non-Profit Pulse Survey. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/region/hbj_101011.asp
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Recently, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation honored two Hartford area nonprofits, Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford and Mutual Housing of Greater Hartford, Inc., as recipients of the prestigious Neighborhood Excellence Initiative (NEI) Neighborhood Builder awards. Five community leaders and five local high school students were also recognized for making a difference in the Hartford community. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_112708.asp
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ONE/CHANE, a nonprofit, community organization in Hartford, is not only under investigation, but experiencing internal turmoil as well, particularly on the board. The dissension among ONE/CHANE board members and new executive director may prohibit the group from receiving over $1 million it has requested from the state. The group has significant status in Hartford's black community that many are reluctant to lose. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_041705.asp
Related Link(s):
Community Groups Finances Investigated
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The Christian Activities Council’s North End Mural Project (NEMP) unveiled two new works recently. NEMP is a collaboration of the Connecticut Artists Initiative, local muralists, and the City of Hartford’s Marketing, Events and Cultural Affairs Office (MECA). Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_101713.asp
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Belying its public image, Hartford's Albany Avenue has seen steady and positive change for a decade. It started with a community arts and cultural center, followed by new housing, an expanded health clinic, many new businesses, a brilliant new University of Hartford arts building, a new YMCA. What is supposed to tie it all together are improvements to the street itself — except that the state is backing off. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101809.asp
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In early 2006, Mayor Eddie A. Perez launched an initiative to improve portions of the North Frog Hollow neighborhoods by fostering public involvement in neighborhood planning efforts. This effort has been called the Neighborhood Improvement Area Program. The Mayor designated a 13-block area bordered by Capitol Avenue, Broad Street, Park Street, and Park Terrace as Frog Hollow’s Target Area for the Neighborhood Improvement Area Program. The aim of this report is to present the findings of the neighborhood dialogue and to outline action steps that will improve the quality of life in the North Frog Hollow Target Area. (PDF document, 24 pages) Published by
Office of the Mayor, City of Hartford
; Publication Date: January 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/target_area_report_north_frog_hollow.pdf
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Proposed future plans for construction and revitalization projects of schools, housing, economic development, parks, libraries and more in North Hartford. (PDF document, 35 pages) Published by
City of Hartford, Department of Development Services
; Publication Date: July 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Future_Projects_North_Hartford.pdf
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When southbound motorists approach the Metropolitan District Commission's construction site on North Main Street, they are greeted with a blinking sign that reads "Road Work" followed by "Business Open." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_091010.asp
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On Bartholomew Avenue, in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood, is a mothballed warehouse with has numerous damaged signs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_040206.asp
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Hartford state Rep. Kelvin Roldan is proposing legislation that would prohibit any future registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school, which amounts to a 4,000 foot radius from the property lines of more than 40 city schools. The law would essentially render Hartford off limits to sex offenders unless they wanted to live in the North or South meadows or Bushnell Park. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/cityline_032310.asp
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The former H.B. Davis building is, or was, a sturdy, well-proportioned, beige-brick commercial building, an attractive background building in any city in the world. Today it is the sore thumb in a sea of surface parking lots just north of I-84 and downtown Hartford. Everyone including me has called it an eyesore. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_021206.asp
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West Hartford's new Bristow Middle School, now wrapping up its first academic year, is a good example of architectural design working well with the scale of the community in which it is situated. Tai Soo Kim Partners, the Hartford architecture firm that designed Bristow, worked at several scales to make this building the success that it is. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_061806.asp
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Mayor Perez's first year after the change to the strong mayor-weak council system is reviewed.
The switch to the strong mayor system means that Hartford's mayor, long just a figurehead, can now pick department heads and members of all boards and commissions - and fire them. It means that, as in most other cities, the mayor is the point man on economic development, the budget and negotiations with federal and state officials.
Many of the Mayor's activities, including efforts to keep WFSB, Channel 3 in Hartford, suing the Internal Revenue Service, selection of the new police chief, support for Adriaen's Landing, tax relief, and renovation of Hartford Pubic High School, illustrate how things have changed in Hartford in the past year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 10, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_01_10_05.asp
Related Link(s):
Hartford's Strong Mayor Has a Strong First Year (Hartford Courant News Article)
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Mayor Eddie Perez Inauguration Address
HartfordInfo Data:
Hartford City Charter - Summary of Changes (PDF Document) |
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View the Strategic Plans for the 14 NRZs (Neighborhood Revitalization Zones) of Hartford.
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/nrz_strategic_plans.asp
Related Link(s):
Hartford2000
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Hartford2000: History
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View the updated Strategic Plans for the 14 NRZs (Neighborhood Revitalization Zones) of Hartford.
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/nrz_strategic_plans_2010.asp
Related Link(s):
Hartford2000
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Hartford2000: History
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If all things were normal in southern Sudan, as a chief of the Kuku tribe, Shadrack Jolobi would be serving as the main dispenser of welfare and justice. He would preside over disputes among his 60,000 or so fellow tribe members. But these days, the chief, a 35-year-old father of two, lives on Park Street in Hartford, and he's left wondering how do you provide - from afar - for people as troubled and far-flung as his own? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Immigrants/htfd_courant_052307.asp
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The National Park Service said recently that it's behind efforts to turn Hartford's Coltsville neighborhood into a national park, with several conditions. Published by
CT Mirror
; Publication Date: April 23, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/history/ct_mirror_042313.asp
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A woman requesting to remain anonymous donated $100 worth of gift cards from a local deli to Occupy Hartford.. And small group of women came to the park recently to donate soup and a blanket. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/realhtfd_101011.asp
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Three police on horseback kept themselves at a respectful distance from activists near the Bank of America on Park Street. The Occupy Hartford march had been billed as a family-friendly, law-abiding event, yet a speaker from Occupy New Haven threw around phrases that could be interpreted otherwise, at one point telling the throng to “seize the banks,” while the crowd stood opposite one. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/realhtfd_110611.asp
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As dozens of Occupy Hartford demonstrators converged on the grassy area near Farmington Avenue and Broad Street recently, one man said was preparing to fight against the world with which he had once been so familiar. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_110611.asp
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With an influx of cheap ATVs from China, the four-wheeled off-road vehicles are becoming more popular in Hartford, but are they safe? Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 09, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_080907.asp
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The arrest of Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor in the shooting death of a teenager prompted strong reactions from supporters and detractors alike, with those on both sides vowing to push through what promises to be a bitter and protracted court battle. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_062306.asp
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Robert Allan, who shot and killed Aquan Salmon, 14, six years ago, was among 19 city officers recently promoted in a new effort in neighborhood policing focused on enforcing narcotics laws. Allan is white, Salmon was black, and though there had been rumors of protest, there were none at the event. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_032505.asp
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Det. William Rivera testified recently in the trial of Hartford policeman Robert Lawlor. Lawlor is charged with manslaughter and assault in the death of Jashon Bryant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_111109.asp
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Hartford Police Officer Robert Lawlor may get an opportunity to see the evidence that led to a grand juror's recommendation to charge him in the May 2005 fatal shooting of Jashon Bryant, the state Appellate Court decided recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_102607.asp
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Who exactly is the real Bob Lawlor? To some he's a hard-charging cop who relentlessly pursues the bad guys on the street, even at the expense of his own personal life. To others, he's a renegade, unwilling to play by the rules that don't suit him and all too ready to defy those above him. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070806.asp
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Downtown Hartford got a boost in foot traffic beginning New Year’s Eve 2006 in the form of a city police officer whose job will be walking a beat. The beat is in the central business district from 4 p.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_123006.asp
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The defense attorney for suspended Hartford police officer, Robert Lawlor, asked a Superior Court judge recently to dismiss the charges against his client because the prosecutors in the case had improperly shared secret information from the grand jury with other lawyers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_022008.asp
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An application for official recognition of the steering committee and strategic plan for the implementation of the Hartford Weed and Seed Program. (PDF document, 28 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: October 29, 2004
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/Hartford_Weed_OR_2005.pdf
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A prosecutor responsible for determining if Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor should face criminal charges for the fatal shooting of a teenager visited the scene recently, sparking concern in the victim's family that the prosecutor may opt not to follow the recommendation of a recent grand jury investigation and report that Lawlor should be arrested. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061406.asp
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Federal, state and local authorities are discussing ways to curb the violence in Hartford and elsewhere in the state. Mayor Eddie Perez expects the city to announce a new approach to targeting gun violence soon. The federal government is assigning two more Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents to Hartford this spring and is sending more funding for city police overtime. Others are attempting to find committed people in the city's schools: parents and advocates interested in working with city youths to change the way they resolve conflict. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_031705.asp
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A year after the city's latest effort to combat gun violence began, members of the Hartford shooting task force made a case recently for why it should continue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_080712.asp
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The historic Swift Factory property on Love Lane in Hartford’s Northeast neighborhood was deeded last week to Northeast Neighborhood Partners, Inc., (NNPI) a not for profit established to convert the former gold leaf factory into an affordable workspace for craftspeople, artists and other creative businesses. The property will feature sustainable design and incorporate an urban agriculture initiative and space for community programs. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_101410.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that it's hard to know if this could have been avoided, but Hartford is about to lose another 19th-century building. For several years, the city planned to save the facade of the former board of education building on High Street and incorporate it into a new $77 million public safety complex. Work began last year: The interior of the building was gutted. Then, ominously, a three-story, 20-foot-wide section of wall on the east side of the building collapsed in a wind storm. City officials have been working with preservationists and others on this project for several years, so it's hard to understand why this issue was discovered so late in the game. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_041010.asp
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Ken Krayske comments that If a realistic attempt at charter reform might be to make voting districts the same as the NRZs, and made the city councilors the paid heads of the NRZs. Understanding that only 13 NRZs service the 18 recognized neighborhoods in Hartford, he suggests creating new NRZs to deal with those areas where there are none, and add a few at large members of council. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_news_061208.asp
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Aswad Thomas, who was a standout point guard for the Division III Blazers basketball team at Elms College, wants to share his story — from his tumultuous childhood, to the crumbling of his family structure, to the most productive year of his life being derailed by two bullets on a Hartford street in 2009, to his recovery and return to basketball at this summer's Greater Hartford Pro-Am. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092510.asp
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Two kids, students at Fox Middle School, became innocent victims in a shooting war that is escalating for no apparent reason in Hartford’s North End. Several loose-knit neighborhood alliances, different from the more organized gangs of the early 1990s, are at the center of the violence. They include "The Ave." from Albany Avenue, "CNN" from the Nelton Court housing project and "West Hell" from Westland Street and bordering streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_053106.asp
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Immigration activists were galvanized in November 2007 when 21 people suspected of being illegal immigrants from Brazil were arrested in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood by city police and federal immigration agents. Recently, the activists took to the streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_121107.asp
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A proposed law that would banish Hartford Advocate newsracks from downtown sidewalks appears headed for a compromise that would lessen the impact on the Advocate, Courant, and other publications. The city’s top attorney, John Rose, and officials from Tribune Company, which owns the Advocate and Courant, said they had “positive” discussions of possible changes in the law during a recent meeting. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_advocate_082406.asp
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Slammed by one of the worst recessions in recent history, a staggering 31 percent of the 100 Connecticut-based nonprofits in the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut’s seventh annual Nonprofit Pulse Survey reported they are concerned that their organization could cease operations within a year. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/hbj_101810.asp
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Over a dozen organizations and individuals were given awards at the Connecticut Science Center. The One City Celebration and Awards Ceremony featured an overview of the City of Hartford One City, One Plan — adopted in June 2010 — and gave trees to those who have already taken action to meet some part of the Plan of Conservation and Development goals. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_040611.asp
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A Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) is a guideline for asking the right questions, identifying challenges, determining resolutions and implementing strategies. These documents explains the planning process and the implementation of Hartford's POCD. These drafts are for discussion only and are subject to public participation process. Published by
City of Hartford Department of Development Services Planning Division
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/wsd_OCOP.asp
Related Link(s):
One City One Plan
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It has been just over six months since a resolution was passed to adopt the “One City, One Plan — POCD 2020.” Some of the suggestions that residents made during the One City, One Plan discussions are already taking shape. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_122310.asp
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Guns get passed around in Hartford. They are traded, bought and sold. In 2002, across the neighborhoods of the city's North End, one handgun, a Glock 9mm, was passed from hand to hand. By the end of the year, it would be used to shoot 11 young men. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_111305.asp
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As many urban centers experience the re-emergence of turf battles, gunfire and loosely configured neighborhood posses, the term "gang" is creeping back into the Connecticut vernacular - particularly in Hartford. The solution, some say, is jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familesandchildren/htfd_courant_040506.asp
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The leaders of the once-respected ONE/CHANE, the North End community organization, described its woes at a recent meeting. More than 70 people gathered to hear ONE/CHANE's board lay out its financial woes, begin to search for a solution, and to make promises. The meeting was intended to lay out the facts for the group's members, and the facts were ugly. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 8, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110805.asp
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Neighbors of a sewage treatment plant complain about stinky sludge. The Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice is focusing attention on MDC's sewage treatment plant near the Brainard Road exit off Interstate 91. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_080708.asp
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The Home Energy Affordability Gap report addresses the increasing energy affordability gap facing low-income households in Connecticut. Published by
Warm Thy Neighbor: Operation Fuel
; Publication Date: September 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/wsd_09_2006_a.asp
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The grand opening of OPP’s new North End Youth Learning Center was celebrated recently. Teens who have participated in the past reminisced about how the youth service agency turned their life around. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 18, 2007
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Link: /Issues/Documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_news_071807.asp
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A prolonged conflict that pitted the right to free speech against the right to free access to city sidewalks recently ended quietly.
The battle, which has dragged on for three years, set city officials who wanted to regulate the placement of newspaper boxes against local media companies, which said a restrictive law would hinder one of America's most fundamental rights - the distribution of information. Recently, the city council unanimously passed an ordinance limiting the placement of news racks on city streets. While the boxes will continue to be allowed, restrictions are placed on their location. The adopted ordinance is a compromise from more restrictive drafts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_112806.asp
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Our Piece of the Pie Inc. or OPP, works with at-risk Hartford youth, ages 14 to 24, who face multiple barriers on their road to economic freedom. With the help of OPP’s education and employment programs, youth are able to achieve their short- and long-term goals. Those goals include a two- or four-year college degree, vocational certification and/or gainful employment in his or her chosen field. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/hbj_112008.asp
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Ken Krayeske comments on the the violence in Hartford which continues to frighten suburbanites, and worse, this rash of violence paralyzes political leadership on all levels in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_082708.asp
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Helen Ubiñas calls for a revised approach by community leaders and activists speaking out against recent violence and working with youths in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051905.asp
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Federal, State and City officials are crediting a committee of local residents for securing some much sought after “Weed and Seed” anti-crime funding for Hartford’s Upper Albany and Clay-Arsenal neighborhoods. The announcement was made at a press conference recently by United States Attorney Kevin O’Connor, Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Hartford Police Chief Patrick J. Harnett. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_041206.asp
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“Can’t We All Get Along?” a panel discussion inspired by “Coexistence,” the major new outdoor art exhibit now on display on the grounds of The Hartford Insurance Group was held recently at the Hartford Public Library. Hartford arts, religious, and education leaders engaged in a conversation on issues of diversity such as race, ethnicity, religion and gender. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 6 - 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_060607.asp
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Plans for big-box stores in the North Meadows of Hartford didn't pan out, so the developer is eyeing something different: a factory outlet mall. Concerns that the Hartford neighborhood isn't ready for major retail caused various deals with Wal-Mart, Target, and Staples to collapse, and has led to a rethinking of plans for the 40-acre site just off I-91. Now the developers have a new, $75 million goal - Hartford Crossing Factory Outlet Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_092507.asp
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Churrascaria Braza has abruptly closed all three of its restaurants, including the Constitution Plaza location in downtown Hartford, which opened just three months ago. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_042312.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that if walking past crime scenes and chasing robbers out of his Park Street restaurant wasn't challenging enough, for the past couple of years the owner of Caridad has had to deal with the long abandoned and neglected Lyric Theater next door. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032510.asp
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A grant-funded effort is underway to apply for national register status so the area of Oxford, Whitney and Fern Streets in the West End of Hartford would become an historic district. This document is the nomination form filed with the US Department of the Interior. (PDF document, 76 pages) Published by
West End Civic Association
; Publication Date: May 5, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/history/oxford-whitney_national_register_nomination.pdf
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Hartford's school building committee agreed recently to press ahead with plans to construct a new magnet school on the corner of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue, though the school may have to be built elsewhere if the city can't line up state and federal financing for traffic improvements in the busy corridor. The committee voted to come up with detailed plans for the 400-student school. If the school eventually is moved to a new site, however, the city will likely end up paying the entire cost of a new design because the state isn't expected to reimburse Hartford for two designs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_042506.asp
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Apartment construction inside the South Armory of the Colt Gateway project has all but stopped as the project developer waits for funding that is expected by June 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_052607.asp
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It was a long, lazy 44th Annual Caribbean Carnival Parade that began with one column of marchers at Bushnell Park in Hartford who marched downtown from the park to Trumbull Street to Main Street, where they met the rest of their parade. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_081306.asp
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Superintendent Kishimoto met with parents at Milner recently to inform them that the school would definitely be redesigned for the 2012-2013 school year. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_042012.asp
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Members of the Hartford Parent Organization Council and the public recently met with school and police officials to discuss reports of gang activity in the city's schools. Parents told Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts and Schools Superintendent Steven Adamowski that the problem in the city's schools wasn't as bad as it sounded in recent city grant application for a $500,000 federal grant. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/cityline_102109.asp
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Developers with competing visions of what is best for the intersection of Park and Main streets in Hartford - the gateway to the Latino community - have made their pitches to the city redevelopment agency. No action was taken, but new details were disclosed on the proposals. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 9, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_090905.asp
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The "new" Pope Park has some nice additions, from ornate, old-fashioned lighting to a wrought iron fence around the swimming pool. But organizers of the park's redevelopment project are also excited about a notable subtraction. A paved access road, Pope Park Drive, which bisected the park for more than 90 years, has been converted into a bicycle and pedestrian path. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_090707.asp
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Angel Arce Torres, the Hartford man struck by a hit-and-run driver on Park Street in May 2008, died on May 11, 2009 at Hartford Hospital. He was 79. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051209.asp
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It's been well known for years that Park Street has the retail vibrancy missing from downtown Hartford since the heyday of the department stores in the 1950s. But what's surprising is how much more vibrant it is. A recent, first-ever study of the Park Street retail corridor by the city showed a storefront vacancy rate in the single digits, compared with 43 percent for retail spaces downtown. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050810.asp
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The Park Street Streetscape project is part of a citywide streetscape initiative to improve the quality of Hartford's neighborhoods by making the streets more pedestrian friendly. This document presents a summary and clickable map of the project plan. Published by
Milone & MacBroom, Inc., Cheshire, CT.
; Publication Date: May 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Parkville_streetscape.asp
Related Link(s):
Parkville Streetscape Project Map
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Replacing empty lots and vacant buildings with retail space will complement the $6 million beautification effort of Park Street. The focus of the project is the five block area between Washington Street and Main Street in the South Green neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070604.asp
HartfordInfo Data:
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In the wake of complaints from residents that they were being unfairly ticketed for parking close to their homes, city officials have removed parking meters from Seymour Street. But, residents feel nothing has changed. Now that the meters have been removed, she said, Hartford Hospital visitors and employees have occupied spaces to the point that residents can't park on the street until the cars leave around 5 or 6 p.m. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071306.asp
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This document is the 2008 Strategic Plan for the Parkvill Revitalization Association, which serves as the Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ) for the neighborhood. (PDF Document, 46 pages) Published by
Parkville Revitalization Assoiation
; Publication Date: October 9, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/Parkville_Plan_10-09-08.pdf
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The era in city history when Hartford was a manufacturing center which contrasts with today's vehement immigration debate are presented in a new, 90-minute play called "The Parkville Project" that opened recently, at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park, less than a mile down the road from the Hartford neighborhood it portrays. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_071110.asp
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The tie between Brazil and Portugal at the World Cup reflected an even split at the packed Patio da Rainha restaurant in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood, heart of the region's Brazilian and Portuguese communities. The dancing and party atmosphere almost didn't happen. On June 23, 2010, a car driven by a woman who suffered a seizure crashed through the front wall of Patio da Rainha, leaving no serious injuries but a hole in the building that was boarded up with plywood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062610.asp
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Parkville is a Portuguese sweet roll and coffee at Abrantes Bakery. It’s a steaming bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup at Pho Legal. It’s the savory smell of sizzling beef at the Brazil Grill Churrascaria. “Cultural diversity…this is a strength--makes it interesting and dynamic,” says Will Wilkins, Director of Real Art Ways, a nationally recognized arts venue located in Parkville. While diversity does give Parkville a hip, urban feel, the cohesion and community spirit give it small-town charm. Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: Winter/Spring 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_guardian_spring_2006.asp
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Although Parkville is one of Hartford's smaller neighborhoods, it is one of the most distinctive and vibrant neighborhoods in the city. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 29, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_092911.asp
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The city has chosen a developer to turn a 4-acre lot on Hartford's Main Street into another piece of the "gateway" to the city's North End, but it is pushing the developer to increase the retail and decrease the residential portions of its plan, officials said. The city chose a partnership between nonprofit Sheldon Oak Central Inc. and CEI Investment Corp., part of the Meriden-based Carabetta Organization. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_110105.asp
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Ken Krayeske comments on Mayor Eddie Perez’s plan to build the Pathways to Technology magnet high school on the southeast corner of Farmington Avenue and Broad Street. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_061406.asp
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Well-known urban planner Ken Greenberg has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the proposal to build a new magnet school next to what many consider to be the busiest intersection in town. The City is planning to build the new Pathways to Technology School on a triangular piece of land at the southeast corner of the intersection of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue. Because it is situated between a highway entrance and several large corporations, the intersection is extremely congested, particularly at rush hour. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 19 - 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EDUCATION/htfd_news_041906.asp
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Hartford's $6 million project to repair and beautify the Park Street commercial corridor will make the area more attractive than ever to shoppers from all over New England. The project includes street repaving, traffic-calming devices, ornamental street lighting, trees, signs and benches, and the resurfacing of all sidewalks with decorative paving stones. Merchants are growing weary of the disruption of business as usual. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 9, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070904.asp
Related Link(s):
Project Frustrates Park Street Merchants
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South Green Neighborhood Map and General Profile |
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When nurses' aides, housekeepers, kitchen staff and drivers went on strike at Avery Heights nursing home and assisted living in November 1999, they figured the picketing wouldn't last long. Instead, about 200 strikers were locked out two months later as the company hired permanent replacement workers — while still negotiating. After 10 years of legal wrangling through six appeals, the workers who were locked out will receive back pay with interest — $2.05 million in cash, an average of $15,433 for each of 133 affected people, plus nearly half a million dollars in pension benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051110.asp
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In late August there was an adjudicated regulatory hearing at the Connecticut Department of Transportation headquarters to decide whether or not Flower Street could be closed to any and all traffic, on a permanent basis. The ruling is in: Flower Street should remain open for cyclist and pedestrian use both during and after construction of the New Britain-to-Hartford busway, now known as CTfastrak. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_102012.asp
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Helen Ubiñas suggests that Police Chief Daryl Roberts connections to the community will help fight crime. She proposes that information from community members is what leads to arrests. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_071306.asp
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In this opinion piece, the author asks: how did we progress to the point where speeding cars have taken over our streets, where our cities have more land area dedicated to parking lots than to buildings and are seemingly devoid of people? He suggests that there are many explanations, but we should take heart that we are slowly learning from our car-centric planning mistakes of the past 50 years and are turning a corner. A 21st-century innovation in the form of transit-oriented development, known as TOD, is creating places that embody the early 20th-century urban ideal while accommodating current lifestyles and land uses. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_013013.asp
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Stan Simpson proposes renaming Front Street to honor Willie Pep. In his prime in the 1940s, Pep was considered one of the greatest prizefighters on the planet. Pep was reared in Hartford and was a regular on Front Street, the once bustling Italian enclave. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_030806.asp
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Stan Simpson expresses the opinion that any reported violent act inflames fears, bolsters bad perceptions and complicates plans to develop downtown as a destination. Excluding homicides, every major crime tallied in Hartford in 2007 was below the five-year average. Still, in this case, the reality is the perception — that this city is unsafe. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_011208.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez began a process recently that eventually could give the city the power of eminent domain over several of Hartford's most visible and least-loved blighted buildings. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 12, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_101207.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez was expected to officially kick off his re-election campaign on April 9, 2007, filling out a field of candidates in what political insiders say could be one of Hartford's most ferocious election battles in recent memory. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_040507.asp
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The youth curfew imposed Aug. 14 was the "right thing at the right time" to stem the growing tide of violence on city streets, Mayor Eddie A. Perez said recently as he renewed it for another 30 days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_091208.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez lashed out at the governor Wednesday for her opposition to building a magnet school on a sliver of land near I-84 and questioned her commitment to desegregating the city's schools. Perez this week decided to break ground for the Pathways to Technology Magnet School on land the state gave the city, despite an ongoing spat about deed restrictions some say prohibit a school and concerns about heavy traffic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EducationFunding/htfd_courant_020107.asp
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Faced with the staunchest competition for his job since he was first elected, Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez recently stressed his accomplishments and vision for the future in his 2007 state of the city speech. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_031307.asp
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In many towns, town committees are selected in relative peace and obscurity. Party insiders compile a list of members, and, short of a rare challenge at the polls, that list becomes official. The chosen from each party then endorse candidates for office. In Hartford, however, a paucity of Republican voters means endorsed Democrats are all but assured success at the polls. And so the town committee is the de facto electorate, the board of directors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_courant_021306.asp
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The city of Hartford had all but written off the decaying apartment building at 87-92 Atwood St. on Asylum Hill. Originally a "Perfect Six," the 1911 structure had last been a rooming house, attracting drug-dealing and prostitution. Now, a building that was headed for demolition is being reshaped into two row houses, the most ambitious project by Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, a neighborhood group that buys and renovates neglected residential buildings and sells them to owner-occupants. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_050509.asp
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Hartford is justifiably proud of its legacy of the perfect six - that iconic three-story, two-abreast apartment building. Their bricked bow-fronted facades are scattered throughout the city and are especially prevalent in Frog Hollow, where they've served generations of working families. These days, Zion Street is sporting two mixed-income housing projects - one new construction and one rehab - that do justice to the perfect six tradition. Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford is constructing a 24-unit project at the crest of Zion Street between Ward and Summit streets. Down the street, closer to Park, is Brick Hollow, a project in which 10 historically significant but badly blighted perfect sixes are being turned into upgraded rental apartments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_071606.asp
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The Dispatch Center of the Hartford Police and Fire Departments became the first occupant of the new Public Safety Complex (PSC) on November 20, 2013. The PSC is located on High Street in the city’s Clay Hill neighborhood, just north of Downtown. The transfer of operations from current police headquarters at 50 Jennings Road and fire headquarters on Pearl Street will take place over the next two months. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_112212.asp
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As one of the last living participants in Hartford's exuberant Golden Age of Jazz after World War II — an era when future giants Horace Silver and Gigi Gryce graced the swinging club scene in the North End — pianist Emery Austin Smith is unquestionably one of the city's grand patriarchs of jazz. He recently gave a solo piano concert as the season finale for the Hartford Public Library's free "Baby Grand Jazz" series. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_042212.asp
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The Courant editorial staff expresses the opinion that Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez acted recklessly in ordering construction to begin on a magnet school while the status of the site - a small, triangular patch of ground at Farmington Avenue and Broad Street - is still in dispute. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_020107_c.asp
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Katie Martin, an assistant professor in residence at the University of Connecticut's department of allied health sciences. recently completed a study that looked at the produce sections of 19 small neighborhood food stores in Hartford and their customers' shopping habits. The study found that for each additional type of fruit that was stocked in a store, customers were 12 percent more likely to buy fruit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_031912.asp
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Hawthorn Street in Hartford is another testament to the failure of urban renewal. Once a lovely and illustrious arm of Nook Farm, it is today a short, sad street whose main feature is an empty lot owned by an out-of-town developer who owes the city more than $1 million in back taxes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060406.asp
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More than $200 million in new state pollution control spending over the next two years includes money to correct long-standing problems in Hartford caused by combined storm and sanitary sewers. The Metropolitan District Commission is to receive $10.4 million over the next two years to help resolve sewage problems in the city's Upper Albany area. Residents in that area have for years complained of sewer back-ups caused by overflows from the combined storm and sanitary sewers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_022606.asp
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Two months after they told the city they wanted to build the Hartford Crossing Factory Outlet Center on a 40-acre site just off I-91, the developers have abandoned the idea of a factory outlet mall and are moving on. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 08, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_110807.asp
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If you were suffering from a dearth of planning meetings related to the city of Hartford, ’tis the season to rejoice. Or cry. Or both. We are entering a month-long, intense phase of significant public meetings related to planning efforts. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/ucompass_111009.asp
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Some North End residents are worried that plans to demolish a police substation on Albany Avenue will remove an important space for recreation and leave the neighborhood without a police presence. But city officials said that while they are thinking of razing the substation, they hope to offer more opportunities for recreation and intend to maintain a police presence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 01, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_080110.asp
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An agency that for years has operated a residential program for troubled youths on Blue Hills Avenue is seeking permission to convert the facility for use as an adult halfway house. The proposal, by Windsor-based Community Solutions Inc., comes as the state Department of Correction continues to look for ways to increase adult residential placements as a means to combat recidivism and help reduce the bloated inmate population, which is again near levels reached earlier in the decade. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/PrisonerRe-entry/htfd_courant_122806.asp
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Joshua King, Vice President Media and Community Relations, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. writes that the plan to purchase the MassMutual property on Garden Street in Hartford shows the company’s commitment to stay in Hartford, provide a world-class headquarters for the 7,000 people who work here and grow with the neighborhood and the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122107_1.asp
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There is again tension between developer David Nyberg and apartment renters in Hartford's Asylum Hill, as Nyberg seeks to empty a Farmington Avenue apartment building he says doesn't have enough tenants to stay open. Nyberg says he's offering to move tenants to renovated apartments at the same price in other neighborhood apartment complexes he owns. But some tenants and community activists say that Nyberg's people have told them to move by Nov. 15, 2007, and that Nyberg has neither given enough information nor enough time for them to find new homes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111507.asp
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A controversial proposal to sell city-owned land at the corner of New Park Avenue and Francis Court for use as a Stop & Shop gas station is again being considered by the city council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_011413.asp
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A few years ago researchers in Chicago concluded that living in a neighborhood with trees might actually make you safer. University of Illinois Professor Frances Kuo and her colleagues found that neighborhoods with trees had less crime and residents reported less violence in their lives. A barren landscape leads to less civility, more aggression and higher crime rates. There are signs that some understand this in Hartford, where our tree canopy is increasingly threatened. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_102009.asp
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Four years after plans first emerged to turn two acres of city land into towering luxury townhouses, retail space, and a main city square, the plans appear to be near their end. The project -- Plaza Mayor -- at the intersection of Park and Main Streets was to be a gateway to the city's Latino center and was spearheaded by several Latino city businessmen. But the project has struggled to find financing. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/cityline_071409.asp
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The city is about to pull the plug on the long-promised gateway to Hartford's Hispanic community. The proposal to build Plaza Mayor — the much-hyped gateway to Park Street — is on its last legs. The city sent a letter signed by Hartford Development Services Director David Panagore on June 26, 2009 to developers Damon Hemmerdinger of New York and Carlos Lopez of Hartford, warning them that if there's no progress on the project by Oct. 1, 2009, the Hartford Redevelopment Agency will have to consider pulling the plug. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: July 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_advocate_072809.asp
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Plans for a gateway to Hartford's Hispanic cultural center that originally included two luxury condominium towers, a 40,000-square-foot main square, and a good deal of retail space have been downsized, officials said recently. The city and the developer disagree over why the project has changed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_070806.asp
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The Hartford Redevelopment Agency recently voted on a resolution whether to officially end the effort to build Plaza Mayor - a residential tower, retail shops, and a main square that backers hoped would serve as a gateway to the city's Latino center. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_100609.asp
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The first plans for building on vacant land at Park and Main streets in Hartford just seemed out of place, with two luxury condominium towers that left residents concerned about everything from the way they fit into the community to the way they blocked out the sun. This time, though, the scaled-back plans for Plaza Mayor are getting a more favorable response. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100206.asp
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These drawings show the proposed development of Plaza Mayor, on the corner of Main St and Park St. The plans include 30,000 square feet for retail, 10,000 square feet for a banquet hall, and about 35-45 residential units that will equal about 60,000 square feet of living space. There will also be a public plaza in the center for community gatherings. These plans were presented by the developer, Plaza Mayor, LLC, at public meetings in September and October 2006. Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: October 11, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/plaza_mayor.asp
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In response to the outcry over recent well-publicized violence, Elizabeth Brad Noel writes that she has lived in Hartford for more than 40 years but she doesn’t think the decency of most residents or their concern for each other has changed in recent weeks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061108.asp
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An intrepid band of Wallace Stevens' friends recently capped 10 years of fundraising with the unveiling of an engraved stone marker on the grounds of the Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School at 85 Woodland St. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, Stevens often composed his deceptively minimalist but deeply complex poems as he walked from his home on Westerly Terrace to the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., now Hartford Insurance Co., on Asylum Avenue, where he was a vice president from 1934 to 1955. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_031107.asp
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This Hartford Courant editorial expresses the opinion that someone should direct Hartford city council president Calixto Torres to the city charter. Mr. Torres complained this week that the council was being unfairly blamed for the closing of two Hartford Public Library branches. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071808.asp
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Amidst overwhelming problems there are a few positive things happening that might help clean up Albany Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062905.asp
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An ongoing feud between rival youth gangs in Hartford's North End is being blamed for a drive-by shooting that critically wounded a 14-year-old boy and a woman who rushed to his aid recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041506.asp
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Stan Simpson suggests that an increased police presence alone won’t be enough to solve the problem of increased gun violence in Hartford. As much as the recent shootings are a public safety crisis, they are a reflection of a serious predicament at home. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060306_a.asp
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Hartford police and federal immigration agents are working together to find a Brazilian-born man wanted on charges of attempted murder and robbery, police Chief Daryl Roberts told about 40 people who packed the Shaheen Brazilian Community Center on Park Street recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 09, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_110907.asp
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Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said recently he is considering pulling community service and school resource officers off their beats and put them on patrol shifts as he grapples with budget cuts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_111511.asp
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The city's police department recently completed its move to the new public safety complex on High Street. But some officers already are raising concerns about a lack of secure parking at the $77 million facility. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 25, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012513.asp
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The number of shootings on Hartford streets has dropped significantly since city police launched an initiative to blanket troubled neighborhoods with more patrols. Some of the most noticeable decreases took place in the Upper Albany, Clay Arsenal and Northeast neighborhoods, the targets of the department's new Northeast Violence Reduction Initiative. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 3, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_080305.asp
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Huge piles of trash have been hauled away since mid-July as part of a cleanup program that Hartford police launched under the Northeast Violence Reduction Initiative. The block-by-block cleanups have occurred in impoverished neighborhoods of the North End at least once a week. Sgt. Emory Hightower, who coordinates the cleanups, said the goal is to improve residents' quality of life while making the areas unattractive to drug dealers and users, prostitutes, petty thieves and others whose actions tarnish the North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 17, 2005
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Under pressure from the city's black community, Hartford police have reversed themselves and are seeking charges against a white woman who admitted she lied when she told investigators in November that she was raped by a black man in Bushnell Park on a weekday afternoon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_011107.asp
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As he prepared for his first round of promotions recently, Hartford Police Chief James Rovella reflected on the significance of the day. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_113012_1.asp
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Hartford Police Chief Patrick J. Harnett has announced a reorganization plan of the department's patrol and narcotics divisions that follows a community policing model. The plan places high-ranking commanders in charge of specific neighborhoods and divides the city into four districts. More responsibility is placed on deputy chiefs, captains and lieutenants responsible for specific neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_01222005.asp
Related Link(s):
Police Report for the City of Hartford (PDF file)
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Crime Beware, Comstat is Here
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With the help of state troopers, Hartford police are maintaining a greater presence on troubled streets. Residents say they feel safer, and local commerce is improving, according to one merchant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070705_A.asp
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Helen Ubiñas critiques the Hartford Police Department's response to citizen complaints. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091305.asp
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Franciszek Tylka, known as Frank, was a proud Pole and a proud American whose goal in life seemed to be to make others happy. He lived in Hartford, and died Jan. 19, 2012 at 71. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 24, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_022412.asp
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Once, during what now seems like another lifetime, Gertrude Johnson Mero caught a small glimpse of the epic moment that arrives today. Fifty years ago, Mero's husband, Wilfred Xavier Johnson, became the first black man elected to the General Assembly in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 04, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_110408.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that for all of Jorge Ciuidanes' young life, reconstruction of the Westbrook Village housing project has been mired in Hartford Housing Authority politics: Bids were received, bids were discarded; mysterious memos appeared, mysterious memos were disavowed; an executive director was hired, an executive director was fired. So for all of 2-year-old Jorge's life, he has lived in a place of worsening squalor. Leaking plumbing, crumbling ceilings, peeling paint, roaches, mice. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_092406_a.asp
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Pope Commons is a dodgy strip mall surrounded by a weedy parking lot wedged next to the interstate. The lot looks mostly abandoned. It seems distant for pedestrians, as there is no inviting pathway from Park Street. However, plans are in the works for a revitalization. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/realhtfd_123010.asp
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Developed through a series of public meetings, user surveys and historic research, the Pope Park Master Plan describes the history of the park and current plans for improving the park – including lighting, roadways, and playing fields. (PDF document, 58 pages) Published by
Friends of Pope Park Master Plan Committee
; Publication Date: 2001
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/pparkmasterplan.pdf
Related Link(s):
Pope Park Master Plan Summary and Background Information
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The completion of Phase I of an overall renovation of Pope Park was celebrated recently. In addition to an official ribbon-cutting for the ornamental new entrance, there was also a tree planting ceremony, high-wheel bicycle demonstrations, a “Parade on Wheels” of persons on bicycles, rollerskates, baby carriages and wheelchairs and numerous other activities. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_news_061406.asp
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Contains information on history, master plan, the Friends of Pope Park and a Calendar of Events. Published by
Pope Hartford Designated Fund and the Friends of Pope Park
; Publication Date: February 2005
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Environment/wsd_02_2005.asp
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Pope Park Master Plan
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Anthony Thomas, a Hartford resident who got his nickname, Popkorn, from years back when he would earn a few dollars by dancing hip-hop on city corners, is a juvenile detention officer at Community Partners in Action's residential detention center for girls. As a hip-hop artist, he teaches dance to the girls in the residence. His example has led the Connecticut Ballet to expand recreational dance and drumming programs for girls and boys in the residential detention centers in Hartford Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_090308.asp
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A popular evening program for teenagers offered at the Trinity College Boys & Girls Club has been temporarily suspended because of unexpected expenses created by the agency's new Asylum Hill neighborhood site. Club President and CEO Ken Darden is working with Trinity on fund-raising solutions and has appealed to the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for support. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_031805.asp
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Hartford teens voice their anger, fear and frustration on stage in "Aired Words," a multimedia performance at Hartford Stage in which the 11 city teens will use theatrical methods to condemn the gun violence that has shaken their neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_080605.asp
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Work will begin soon on a wellness center for South End seniors that promises to give them a reason to leave home. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 02, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_080207.asp
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The tumult at the Community Renewal Team (CRT) may offer an opportunity. What if the governor were to appoint a group to take a big-picture look at the whole 1960s-vintage community action agency model, and ask if it is the best way to renew communities? A successful anti-poverty agency would put itself out of business. CRT boasts of its growth. It's been about the only growth industry in North Hartford for 40 years, and something seems wrong with that. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021312.asp
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Political ward heelers pretty much went away after World War II, made obsolete by changes in civil service, welfare and election laws. But a few hung on in poor urban neighborhoods, where people weren't as connected to the system. One of them was Abraham L. Giles, the longtime power broker in the North End of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_032811.asp
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After a white woman admitted she made up a story about being raped by a heavyset black man in Hartford's Bushnell Park, black community leaders say she should be charged with filing a false police report because she perpetuated a dangerous stereotype. But while Hartford police officials say they empathize with the concerns of the black community, they say they have decided not to pursue charges against the woman because she still says she was sexually assaulted - by another man at a different location - and should not be further traumatized. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_010507.asp
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The Hartford Preservation Alliance recently presented their annual awards to several companies, organizations and individuals who have made a significant contribution to preserving Hartford’s architectural heritage. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_052809.asp
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The Hartford Preservation Alliance Awards ceremony was held on May 10 at in City Hall. The awards honored exceptional contributions to architectural preservation in Hartford during the past year. The ceremony included a reading of the Mayor’s Preservation Proclamation and updates on a variety of preservation-related issues. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 10 - 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_051006.asp
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The countdown to demolition ticks away for the Second North District School on High Street near downtown Hartford. It is bewildering how it came to this and what, if anything, will be learned if neighbors, preservationists, architects and those with an interest in putting Hartford's arts and heritage to good use shrug and chalk it up as another bad day for what used to be one of the most admired cities in America. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_050910.asp
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The Hartford historic preservation ordinance, introduced in 2003, was passed last year by the city council, pending adoption of design guidelines. That painstakingly assembled protocol was finally approved on Nov. 13, to become effective 30 days later. The ordinance creates a historic preservation commission charged with preserving the character of properties listed on the state or national registers of historic places. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_112806.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that The Hartford Financial Services Group is known to be a good corporate citizen. It enhanced that reputation recently when it promised to save an eminent 1926 building in the heart of the city's insurance cluster. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041308.asp
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Luke Davis, Marshall Deming and Dave Marcoux, co-founders and owners of the Hartford Denim Co., had always been the type of people interested in creating things that were not only useful, but unique and long-lasting. When the three friends began handcrafting jeans a few years back, it was really just a hobby, the continuation of that desire to create. Since 2010, Hartford Denim has been making jeans from raw denim woven in either North Carolina or Japan at its workshop on Arbor Street in Hartford's West End. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: June 10, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_061013.asp
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Money for halfway houses, parole staff and programs to help inmates be productive citizens are some of the programs in the $1.2 billion budget that Governor M. Jodi Rell has proposed for the Department of Correction for the next tow fiscal years. The head of the state's prison system says that these programs help prisoners re-enter society as healthy and successful citizens. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/prisonerre-entry/htfd_courant_022305.asp
Related Link(s):
Community Partners in Action
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Budget Carries Bush Stamp
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The abrupt departure of the Greater Hartford Pro-Am summer basketball league from Hartford is not of the scope of the Whalers leaving the capital. But for those who love hoops and lament the lack of positive summer diversions for city youth, the move is significant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_060613.asp
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During the summer, portable air conditioners with exhaust hoses snaking up into the ceiling help keep the temperatures at the Maple Avenue police substation from reaching into the 90s — at least most of the time. In the winter, officers switch to portable heaters and routinely work in 45-degree rooms. It's been that way at the substation for years. But after a car slammed through the front entrance of the building in January and caused extensive damage — much of which has yet to be repaired — the South End substation's commander is saying enough is enough. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_063010.asp
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Driving rain could not extinguish the torch of Our Lady of Guadalupe during its two-hour procession down Park Street on December 1,2010. The sacred flame, which began its journey northward from Mexico City on Oct. 3, was transported in a virtual chapel and a protective crimson-colored glass case. The procession was followed by a noon Mass at St. Peter's Church on Main Street. About 100 worshipers participated in the mile-long celebration that started at St. Anne Immaculate Conception Church. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121310.asp
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The state's bungled effort to address racial profiling by police -- stopping someone solely because of race or ethnicity -- is a textbook example of why people become cynical about government. The legislature passed a law that appeared to address the problem, but actually didn't. What followed, perhaps not surprisingly, was an egregious case of racial profiling. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_010912.asp
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The youth services group, Positive Steps, and other organizations recently held the second annual "I Am The Future" School Readiness/Back To School Celebration, a back-to-school celebration that provided about 500 needy Blue Hills and South End students in grades K-6 with free haircuts, book bags filled with school supplies and school uniforms. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_081707.asp
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Federal and city officials, politicians and neighborhood residents celebrated recently at the site where a long-awaited affordable housing development project is to be built in Hartford's Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood. But the future use of the deteriorating former Capewell Horseshoe Nail factory adjacent to that site remains unclear. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_102811_1.asp
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Last month, the I-84 Viaduct Hub of Hartford steering committee met with representatives from CRCOG and Goody Clancy to hear a wrap-up of the first phase of the consultant’s study of the highway through the city. Published by
Urban Compass
; Publication Date: January 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/ucompass_012210.asp
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Merchants voice their concerns about slowed business traffic as the 2-year construction project to beautify Park Street proceeds. The Spanish American Merchants Association, (SAMA) is offering struggling merchants low-interest loans to help them get by. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070104.asp
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South Green Neighborhood Map and General Profile |
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In early August 2009, workers from the Department of Public Works tore out the playground equipment at DeLucco Park in the North End in anticipation of a dramatic makeover of the park, paid for by federal and private funding. A complete makeover of DeLucco Park should be good news. What should have been unmitigated good news for local residents, however, has been tainted for some by a mistrust of city government. Residents say the demolition of the existing playground equipment in the middle of summer shows callous indifference to the North End. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_advocate_090109.asp
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Mayor Pedro E. Segarra recently announced a new partnership to increase and expand how Hartford residents can request city services and report non-emergency problems. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 07, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_060711.asp
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A proposal to renovate the prison-like Weaver High School building into a light-filled structure with three specialized academies has been delayed as the school system tries to build support for the project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_031011.asp
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The final community listening session for the Planning & Zoning Commission was recently held at Rawson School. So far, there have been sessions at the Pope Park Rec Center, United Methodist Church, and Metzner Rec Center. Each session has focused on proposed land use for nearby neighborhoods. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/realhtfd_021510.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Business Journal expresses the opinion that Hartford has many important landmarks, and the blue onion dome at the former Colt firearms factory is certainly one of them. The dome represents much more than an architectural landmark; it’s about the manufacturing genius of Samuel Colt, and how he and his factory workers put Hartford on the global map more than 150 years ago. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: December 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/hbj_121409.asp
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The Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice is hoping a protest will light a fire under residents and officials to prompt them to oppose a hazardous waste transfer facility in Hartford's South Meadows. Heritage-Crystal Clean of Illinois wants to operate a warehouse at 94 Murphy Road in Hartford to store hazardous waste such as used motor oil and solvent cleaners collected from around the Hartford area. Organizers say that's one dangerous and polluting facility too many in Hartford. The city already is home to a sewage treatment plant, a sewage sludge incinerator, a garbage-fueled power plant, two recycling centers and two landfills. Coalition members say these put an unfair health burden on city residents from air pollution, noise and traffic Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_101008.asp
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Stan Simpson writes that the expected reopening of two Hartford branch libraries is actually the quiet after the storm. After protesting, pestering, cajoling and shaming city and library leaders to open the Blue Hills and Mark Twain branches, community organizers ultimately persuaded the state to bail out the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_091008.asp
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In this article Gina Greenlee shares her "knack for spotting up-and-coming urban real estate" and her knowledge of Hartford's neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/courant_121404.asp
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The results of a public opinion poll taken in March for the City of Hartford about attitudes toward various municipal services from 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2008, an analysis with charts and description, and a detailed description of the data based on responses to the survey questions. Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: April 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/wsd_0408.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez held a press conference recently to tout an additional $750,000 in federal funding for the city's planned $85 million public safety complex -- a project Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts recently called "critical." Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/cityline_052009.asp
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City officials say the $77 million public safety complex under construction just north of downtown is on schedule for completion late in 2011 and an early spring opening in 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092410.asp
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The new Hartford Public Safety complex on High Street in the Clay Arsenal neighborhood stands as a flag of optimism planted in a bleak landscape. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021313.asp
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There were dozens of people who spoke out against the closings of two Harford Public Library branches at a public hearing before Hartford City Council recently. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_071708.asp
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Public space offers the kinds of social interactions that can enrich the lives of the city's residents. They are possible because the investment in public space and public goods were made years ago. For that space to endure, we must continue to invest in them. Many people take something as basic as sidewalks for granted. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_071312.asp
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The state's 45th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade was recently held in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060208.asp
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The government of Puerto Rico will invalidate all current birth certificates as of June 30, 2010 in an effort to fight fraud, forcing more than 5 million people to get new ones in what could become a bureaucratic nightmare. The measure affects all Puerto Ricans born in the commonwealth, but many of the estimated 1.35 million islanders living on the mainland have no idea about the looming deadline. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_041410.asp
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Ken Johnson, executive director of the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, is leading the movement to bring electronic surveillance cameras to Hartford. The cameras would be armed with gunshot-detection technology that pinpoints the source of a shot, turns toward the shooter and calls 911. The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union sees it as an invasion of personal liberties. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071705.asp
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Kerri Provost writes about the fire on Putnam Heights that claimed the life of a resident. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_022111.asp
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A profile of Ned Coll, a longtime Hartford activist and current leader of the Revitalization Corps. He is the "faith" in faith-based community action. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 4, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_080406.asp
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Tom Condon endorses the idea that historic cemeteries are priceless treasures. We should use them, make parks out of them and encourage people to visit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_051307.asp
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The effort to turn Coltsville into a national park is not dead, not by a long shot, but it has been dormant for some time. A federal study released last week may be just the giddyup it needs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_120609.asp
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A report which fulfills the recommendations of the Keeping Hartford Clean report of the Quality of Life Working Committee of the Hartford City Council. It includes statistics on the Anit-Graffiti Program of the Hartford Business Improvement District (HBID), citizen requests for city services received through the 311 system, activities of the Hartford Department of Health and Human Services, and crime by neighborhood, abandoned vehicles removed, and noise complaints as reported by the Hartford Police Department Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: September 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_070107.asp
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In this opinion piece, the author suggests that Hartford will begin to move forward and succeed when the discussion focuses on the third rail in urban politics, quality of life. It is the single most important factor that drives all successful communities. People decide where to live, raise families, and invest their money based on the livability of a location. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080810.asp
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If you’re into really loud music, Hartford may no longer be the place for you. During the first quarter of 2009, 171 noise ordinance violations were issued. In that same time frame last year, only eight noise infractions were issued. This 2000 percent increase reflects a concerted effort by the City of Hartford to reduce intrusive noise through education and increased enforcement. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_040909_1.asp
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Mens' Health says Hartford is the quietest city in the U.S. One hundred U.S. Cities were surveyed utilizing criteria such as if a City has laws limiting excessive noise. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 15, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_041509.asp
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Susan Campbell writes that Rabbi Donna Berman brings unflagging energy to every project she undertakes —- and there are many —- and although she doesn't nag, there is something about her enthusiasm that brings in volunteers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_050311.asp
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CT Transit has restored bus service to the Bowles Park housing project in the evenings and on weekends. Two buses returned to the pre-existing service, terminating at Bowles after dropping folks off where they need to be inside the complex, after Jan. 2. The last three make stops inside on demand. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_122406.asp
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"A Raisin in the Sun" has been a smash hit at Hartford Stage. What's made the show a hit is that it is attracting an ethnic audience - mostly African Americans and West Indians - and students in addition to Hartford Stage's older white subscriber base. With this play the theater has scripted a primer for what a business has to do when its core clientele is aging. Instead of resisting the emerging demographics in its back yard, Hartford Stage is embracing it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_031106.asp
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Half the households in Hartford are headed by women, a third by single women with children. Young males are being raised in a matriarchal system. Young boys learning from women about how to become men has its place. But there is no substitute for a real man in the house. Mentoring programs try to fill the void. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_030205.asp
Related Link(s):
Mentors Needed for Leading Roles in City Kids' Lives
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As Mayor Eddie Perez ponders a plan to put a handful of billboards on city land along I-91 and use the revenue to build bus shelters, some wonder whether the collective message that the billboards send is worth it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_030607.asp
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A group of ministers from several city churches gathered to urge young people not to avenge Jamie Carter's death. North End residents and youth say it will take more than a rally to turn things around in the violence-ridden neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_051805.asp
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Ken Krayeske comments on police response times in the City of Hartford. He suggests that goal should be that all 911 calls are responded to within 5 minutes. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_news_070606.asp
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The two rappers from Boston who took the stage recently at the Learning Corridor in Hartford focused on drugs and violence. But unlike mainstream hip-hop, they didn't glamorize the thug lifestyle, they warned against it. Through short films and music Antonio Ennis and Edward Anderson, members of 4Peace, portray the realities of crime. The program, sponsored by the U.S. attorney's office in Connecticut, was presented to students, police, and school officials, from various parts of the state.
Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_101708.asp
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Real Art Ways (RAW) presents four public art projects in Hartford’s Frog Hollow & Parkville neighborhoods, by artists Margarida Correia, Satch Hoyt, Sofia Maldonado, and Matthew Rodriguez. Projects opened Saturday, May 30, 2009 and will extend through the fall. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_news_052809.asp
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Recently, a group of 50 youngsters from the Boys & Girls Club on Broad Street turned a neighborhood dream into a reality. The youngsters participated in a Learn to Skate program that marked the first community use of Trinity College’s new Community Sports Complex (TCCSC) near the corner of Broad Street and New Britain Avenue in Hartford’s Barry Square neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 29 - December 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_news_112906.asp
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When it began in a second-floor walkup in 1975, Real Art Ways was an alternative artists' space, a loft for work and exhibitions and just as often experimental music. Scores of similar artists' collectives may have opened that year across the country in the era of homegrown art and counterculture creativity. But 35 years later, a decade into a new millennium, Real Art Ways remains a vibrant part of Greater Hartford's cultural offerings. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_102110.asp
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Stan Simpson expresses the opinion that the real "news" about Hartford's revived youth curfew is not that only 119 kids under 18 — about four teens a night — were nabbed within the last 30 days. No, the headline here is that police have made arrests after another high-profile crime cast the city in a bad light. And hear this: The cops attribute their success in recent days to neighborhood folks speaking up. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_091308.asp
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When the Parker Memorial Center/Kelvin D. Anderson Gymnasium was built in 1959, Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president and Elvis Presley was the “King of Rock and Roll.” Times have changed and the City of Hartford is already in the initial stages of demolishing the old Parker-Anderson Center and building a sleek, new center on the site. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_022808.asp
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Three agencies, the AARP, Rebuilding Together Hartford and the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA), collaborated to rebuild and refurbish three homes on Hartford in early May 2007. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 16 - 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_051607.asp
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Many of Hartford's single-family homes were built before World War II and are in need of upgrade and repair. In many cases, the owners have also gotten on in years, and find it difficult to get the work done. Luckily, there's a nonprofit group they can call. Rebuilding Together offers free home repair for elderly or disabled low-income homeowners who can't afford private contractors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/HomeOwnership/htfd_courant_071807.asp
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A recent study shows that the number of young black men and teenagers who either killed or were killed in shootings has risen at an alarming rate since 2000. The study by criminologists at Northeastern University in Boston, comes as FBI data is showing that murders have leveled off nationwide. Not so for black teens, the youngest of whom saw dramatic increases in shooting deaths, the Northeastern report concluded. (PDF document, 25 pages) Published by
James Alan Fox, Ph.D.
; Publication Date: December 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/Youth_Homicides.pdf
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The Farmington Avenue Alliance has instigated a redesign of the street. They raised nearly $200,000 and engaged the highly regarded Project for Public Spaces to do a conceptual plan for the avenue. Meanwhile, the city had bond money for streetscape improvements on five major arterials, including Farmington Avenue. They now have a plan for a first phase of a redesign in the area between Marshall and Kenyon streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081306.asp
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Work has begun on a $21.5 million project to transform the old Thomas Cadillac dealership on Albany Avenue in Hartford's North End - designed in the 1920s as "the dealership of the future" - into the new home for dance and theater studies at the University of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_073107.asp
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The City of Hartford is introducing “Go Green – Use Blue,” a new recycling program that will allow selected city households to collect up to $400 in coupons at various local stores based on the amount of items they recycle. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_032008_1.asp
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In mid-July, Cityline reported the theft of an American flag flying over the Barry Square neighborhood. In that story Hyacinth Yennie of the Maple Avenue Revitalization Group - also known as MARG - made a request for a donation to replace the flag. Hyacinth recently called Cityline to say thanks to all those who donated flags and others who offered to do so. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_072810.asp
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Albany Avenue / Woodland Street Redevelopment Project Plan outlines the steps to revitalize a critical intersection along a major corridor in Hartford. The resulting Town Center will house retail and service businesses, restaurants and shops, providing business opportunities in the Upper Albany neighborhood. (PDF file, 21 pages). Published by
Hartford Redevelopment Agency
; Publication Date: October 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/AlbanyAveWoodlandSt.pdf
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Stan Simpson writes that across the country, there has been a lot of re-examination of how best to deal with at-risk students. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in detention, only to see young offenders return to the community, scarred, hardened and labeled. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_052808.asp
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This document reports the results of two empirical studies on the relationships between zoning, the built environment, and crime. A study of the effect of zoning on crime in Los Angeles using 205 blocks selected in eight different relatively high crime neighborhoods that have similar demographic characteristics but different forms of zoned land use. We find that mixed commercial- and residential-zoned areas are associated with lower crime than are commercial-only zoned areas. The results suggest that mixing residential-only zoning into commercial blocks may be a promising means of reducing crime. (PDF document, 58 pages) Published by
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
; Publication Date: March 2013
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/AndersonMacdonaldBluthenthalAshwood161U.Pa.L.Rev.699(2013).pdf
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Hartford's Frog Hollow neighborhood is a marvelous example of the logic and efficiency of the 19th-century, pre-automobile urban village. It all worked marvelously well until the factories closed or moved away, and then the neighborhood began to decline, getting poorer as the 20th century wore on. In the 1970s, the former Billings factory, known as Billings Forge, was renovated into a low-income housing development. But in 2005, the Melville Charitable Trust, bought the decaying, partly vacant Billings Forge complex and completely renovated the apartments. Frog Hollow is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the state, but if gas hits $5 a gallon, living in Frog Hollow within walking distance to work at insurance or government jobs might look like a good option. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 20, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022011.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced a new urban violence plan recently, calling for three special gun courts with judges and experienced prosecutors assigned to handle the cases in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport. One judge in the Superior Court in each of the cities will oversee a special docket for all cases involving possession or illegal use of a gun, starting on July 10, 2006. All gun-related cases will be automatically referred to the gun court in an attempt to ensure swift justice, Rell said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070106_a.asp
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Governor Rell Rell recently announced she was proposing no new contracts for billboards on state-owned property be allowed and existing billboard contracts not be renewed when they expire. She wants to protect the countryside, however her own billboards, part of an environmental campaign, remain. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_advocate_022108.asp
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After 16 people were shot in five days in Hartford, Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Gov. M. Jodi Rell fired accusations at one another recently in a high-profile clash of public letters over how to stop the bloodshed on the city's streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_060106.asp
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Hartford activists grapple with the city for tougher rules regarding blighted properties. HART (Hartford Areas Rally Together) has partnered with other city organizations, including Hartford 2000 and the Hartford Preservation Alliance, hoping to get tighter blight rules on the books. Advocates of strong laws argue that imposing those rules would benefit Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_advocate_051508.asp
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A little more than a year ago, the city of Hartford and Mayor Eddie A. Perez paid tribute to the late Olga Mele by dedicating a tree to her in Bushnell Park between the pond and the carousel. The honor was well deserved. Mrs. Mele was a legendary matriarch of Hartford's Puerto Rican community. Regrettably, the tree that was planted in her honor has died. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060707.asp
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The grassy field at the corner of Wyllys Street and Hendrixsen Avenue near the Church of the Good Shepherd and close to downtown is the site of the Hartford Base Ball Grounds, home of the Hartford Dark Blues. In 1876, the local nine was one of the original eight teams in the National League. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Parks/htfd_courant_080507.asp
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Hartford’s “No Name Park” may soon be nameless no more. City Councilman Ken Kennedy, State Representative Matt Ritter and others are leading a drive to rename the park in honor of long-time activist Darrell Garner, who passed away in July 2013 at the age of 78. “No-Name Park” lies off Sisson Avenue, behind the fire station, and was originally cleared to store construction equipment during the building of the Sisson Avenue highway entrance/exit. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 22, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_082213.asp
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The firefighting career of retiring Hartford Fire Chief Edward Casares, Jr. came full circle on recently. Casares joined the fire department as a result of reforms instituted in the wake of the tragic death of Julio Lozada in 1979. On his last day of work on Monday, June 10, 2013, Casares unveiled a plaque to Lozada at the entrance to the new Hartford Public Safety Complex on High Street. The plaque honors Lozada as “The boy who transformed public safety in the city of Hartford.” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_news_061313.asp
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Victims of Hartford’s witchcraft trials were recently commemorated at a ceremony on South Green. Local historian Katherine Spada-Basto,said South Green was chosen because it was reported that some of the accused persons had gathered at the spot for “merry-making” that involved dancing and drinking wine. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 23 - 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_news_052307.asp
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The Aetna Viaduct, the elevated section of I-84 that runs from Sisson Avenue to downtown through the heart of Hartford, reached the end of its 40-year projected life in 2005. The HUB of Hartford and the Connecticut Department of Transportation are together studying removing the viaduct and lowering the road. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_062109.asp
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The Hartford Public Library officially opened its newly expanded and renovated Dwight Branch at the corner of Park Street and New Park Avenue on Monday, December 3, 2012. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_120612_1.asp
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A $100 million proposal to renovate Weaver High School by fall 2017 is awaiting state legislative approval that school administrators hope could come in late spring, which would keep the project on track. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 20, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_022013.asp
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A $1.7 million project to rehabilitate a three-story building on the corner of Ashley and Garden Streets has received a $500,000 donation from Connecticut Light & Power, officials from the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120612.asp
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Two renovation projects in the Asylum Hill neighborhood received a financial boost from the state recently, including a $1 million grant for Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network's construction of an educational center for city students. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_031313.asp
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The battle between the city council and Mayor Eddie A. Perez over two closed branch libraries took a twist recently. Library officials say a new wrinkle in the funding dispute means the branches that were supposed to reopen soon no longer will. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_082108.asp
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State Rep. Minnie Gonzalez, who represents Hartford, hailed the passage of an amendment she authored to protect small convenience store owners against the loss of their vendors licenses for the Women with Infant Children Program (WIC) that provides assistance with baby nutrients and products. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/northend_agents_052108.asp
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Because of the tendency to replace equipment instead of repairing it, the number of electronic service outfits nationwide has declined by about 10 percent each year for the past 15 years. Herbert Rubenstein, of Hartford, is one of the "very few" people left in the country who still work on audio equipment from the 1970s and before. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_071908.asp
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A national report that ties test scores to zoning policy has ranked three Connecticut metropolitan areas as near or at the top in the country for the worst test score gaps, the most economically segregated schools and the most restrictive zoning policies. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041912.asp
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A report from the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice Administrative Policies and Procedures on the death of Jashon Bryant and the wounding of Brandon Henry. Published by
Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice
; Publication Date: May 15, 2006
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Crime/wsd_051506.asp
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A preliminary internal review of a city anti-blight initiative found that city managers involved in the effort — designed to "engender a new level of accountability" — failed to properly supervise their employees and are "in dire need of professional leadership training." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_083112.asp
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The Hartford Police Department has been slow to comply with a 2 1/2-year-old court order to make it easier for citizens to file complaints against officers, according to a court-appointed monitor who is asking a federal judge to hold the department and Mayor Eddie A. Perez in contempt. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_070607.asp
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Serious crime in Hartford declined slightly in 2009, but there were alarming increases in two categories: aggravated assault and burglary. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_011210.asp
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Hartford is one of the most dangerous cities for pedestrians in the Northeast, while New Haven is among America's most progressive cities for encouraging bike- and pedestrian-friendly street designs, according to two recent transit reports. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_062611.asp
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The Hartford city budget billed as a compromise plan, passed by a 5-4 vote and includes a 4.44-mill increase in the tax rate, to 72.79 mills, a tax increase of 6.5 percent. City residents expressed their displeasure in the city council chambers, angry about the increase, which will mean an additional $188 for the average taxpayer with a home assessed at $172,000. The news for businesses was worse, with taxes going up 7 percent for the average high-rise office building, 12 percent for the average restaurant and 17 percent for the average mixed-use business. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060209_1.asp
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Chanting "We want change," about 50 residents of Chappelle Gardens and community activists recently aired their grievances about conditions at the 188-unit housing cooperative and called for a meeting to elect a new board of directors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052410.asp
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Nelton Court is the last federally subsidized public housing still standing in the city. Its siblings — Dutch Point, Stowe Village, Charter Oak Terrace — have all been knocked down and rebuilt. Demolition of Nelton Court, the Hartford Housing Authority says, should start as soon as the last person is out — sometime after January 1, 2010. The authority will then build new, low-income rental housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111209.asp
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A dozen Hartford citizens spoke at a public hearing recently in favor of an amendment aimed at strengthening the city's noise ordinance. The amendment — part of a push by the city to combat "quality of life" crimes — would make any noise that is "plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from its source, by a person of normal hearing," a violation of city law. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2007
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When the Chappelle Gardens housing cooperative was facing foreclosure in the early 1990s, resident Ludella Williams led the charge to bring it back from the brink of collapse. But with a deadline looming for residents to buy their apartments, a group of residents say s that Williams, now 87, is the problem. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_052010.asp
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Councilperson Cotto has provided a draft of the recent resolution which was submitted to the City Council with the aim of saving the remainder of the Lyric Theater. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 09, 2010
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Respect Yourself, Hartford, a grassroots anti-litter effort, believes that only a holistic effort led by engaged citizens can solve the problem. Understanding resident’s attitudes towards litter, is the first step in convincing residents that litter is their problem and that they need to take responsibility. The Urban League of Greater Hartford conducted a litter attitude survey for Respect Yourself, Hartford this summer. (PDF document 2 pages) Published by
Urban League of Greater Hartford
; Publication Date: August 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/RYH_Litter_Survey_UL_Summer_2010.pdf
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Cuban restaurant Azucar, a fixture on Franklin Avenue in Hartford’s South End, has closed and the property is scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 12, 2012
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A volunteer firefighter and his friend have opened a new Hartford restaurant on Main Street in the South Green neighborhood. Hook & Ladder, is a new dining niche in Hartford: the downtown family-friendly restaurant. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: February 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_021108.asp
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Nearly three years ago, Hartford enacted a historic preservation ordinance to maintain the city's disappearing architectural heritage. The gist of this first-in-the-state law is that before owners of properties in local, state or national historic districts can change the exterior of a building or demolish it, the work must be approved by a preservation commission. To see how well it's worked, let's look at a project that moved ahead just before the law was passed, and one of the first that was covered by the preservation ordinance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_110109.asp
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Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts grew up in Hartford and has a good feel for how the streets work. Mr. Roberts subtly redefined the role of his officers, asking them to be social workers, educators and community helpers as well as crime-fighters. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_092411_1.asp
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The Rev. Henry Brown has visited hundreds of homes around the city over the past several years to console grieving families who have lost loved ones to violence. Recently, Brown's tone switched from comforting to adversarial as he stood at the steps of city hall and publicly called for Mayor Eddie A. Perez, Gov. M. Jodi Rell and other officials to take action to end a wave of violence that has resulted in 30 homicides in the city this year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_102009.asp
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Transportation planners would do well not to ignore the needs of Hartford’s bicycle community. Recently, cycling enthusiasts packed the Aetna Theater in the Wadsworth Atheneum to watch Reveal the Path. All seats were sold out. Within the Millennial/Generation Y group, bicycling has increased 24%, and 45% want to replace driving with some other mode of transportation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_020613.asp
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An analysis of the changing geographic distribution of low-income workers and their families, measured by receipt of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit in tax years 1999 and 2005, nationwide and in 58 major metropolitan areas across the country reveals that the number of tax filers nationwide living in areas with high rates of working poverty increased by 40 percent. (PDF document, 28 pages) Published by
The Brookings Institution
; Publication Date: August 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/concentrated_poverty.pdf
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A comparison of the Hartford Public Library's operations to six other library systems has found that it has the largest budget, costs the most per capita and has the second largest staff. The Hartford city council commissioned the review in July 2008 following a difficult budget season that saw the layoff of 40 employees and the closure of two neighborhood branches for several months to help close an $870,000 funding gap. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_111808.asp
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The Hartford Housing Authority (HHA) and The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB), recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking completion of the first phase of the five-year, $73 million redevelopment of the former Dutch Point Colony public housing site in Hartford’s Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 24 - 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_012407.asp
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Richard A. Weaver-Bey, 63, departed this life suddenly on Saturday May 17, 2008, as the result of heart failure while bike-riding near his home in Simsbury. He was President as well as CEO of both Greater Hartford Realty Management Corporation, and WKND Radio, and served on numerous boards of community organizations. He founded the Greater Hartford Initiative, which has awarded numerous scholarships. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_052108.asp
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Stan Simpson remembers Richard Weaver-Bey, who died recently. He was an enormous presence in Greater Hartford. A tall, charming, handsome guy, he dedicated his life to uplifting Hartford's African American community. He ran a real estate management company, owned small local urban radio stations, served on the state oversight board after the Hartford public schools imploded, chaired community boards, spearheaded fundraisers and personally established scholarship funds for Greater Hartford youths. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052108.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that parents and teachers have ample reason to be upset about the bullying at Rawson Elementary School in the Blue Hills neighborhood of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_051210.asp
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The public Keney Park can be used as a private equestrian center, "so long as uses are recreational in keeping with the definition of a public park and for the benefit of all the public," according to a legal opinion from the city's attorneys. So the question now is this: Will the $65 million, at least 60-acre equestrian center that the Ebony Horsewomen want to put in Keney Park "benefit all of the public"? "Yes," says Patricia Kelly, of the Ebony Horsewomen. Maybe, say councilmen Luis Cotto and Matt Ritter. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/cityline_041609.asp
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The show: "Riding the Turnpike" at Hartford's HartBeat Ensemble First impressions: HartBeat Ensemble premieres a new work at its new home: a fine, intimate fit in the 80-seat theater that previously housed Hartford Children's Theatre. But this work is not for kids. "Riding the Turnpike" is an ambitious and adult project: the sex trade on the Berlin Turnpike in Connecticut. Though it is well-staged and played, the story line is tired though true. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_043013.asp
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In June 2012, Hartford's HartBeat Ensemble faced a devastating loss. Gregory R. Tate, one of the three founding artistic directors, died at the age of 60 from lung cancer. But the small, community-centric company is resilient and after grieving it regrouped and is facing its 12th anniversary year with a new focus, home and a provocative premiere that taps into the theater's commitment to original and socially relevant work. HartBeat recently premiered in its new home: "Riding the Turnpike: Myth, Secrecy and Sex Along the Berlin Turnpike." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_042113.asp
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Hartford City Councilman Matthew Ritter has had a change of heart in his views on the proccess for allocating funds from the City's Civic and Cultural Affairs. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_080509.asp
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The commotion over digging up the Park River is missing a larger opportunity. The rampant and sometimes counterproductive debate over the past few months has focused on whether to bring back part of the long-buried river as a water feature in downtown Hartford. Like that idea or not, it isn't the river's highest and best use. What should be in the spotlight is the river's old corridor. It could become what Hartford has long needed: a multi-use trail coming into downtown from the west. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_050706_b.asp
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The city is in the planning stages of a major project to improve road safety on Albany Avenue, officials said recently. The $12 million to $15 million project includes traffic and pedestrian safety improvements, lane reconfigurations, roadway resurfacing and drainage improvement from Homestead Avenue and Westbourne Parkway to Garden Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030906.asp
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State Representative Hector Robles recently testified before the Connecticut General Assembly's Transportation Committee in support of legislation that will help curb the serious problem of illegal street racing. The legislation was introduced by Robles, who is also a Hartford police officer, is being considered by the Transportation Committee. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_news_031909.asp
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The Connect, an initiative of the Greater Hartford African American Alliance and the Neighborhood Enforcement and Stabilization Team is helping male students of color with a mentoring program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021905.asp
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West of the city's downtown and east of West Hartford, Hartford's Parkville neighborhood survived even after its factories died. But the neighborhood, once the birthplace of rubber, telephones, typewriters, springs, aerospace parts, bathing suits and more, is now seeing those old spaces redone and refilled. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120505_b.asp
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Helen Ubiñas suggests that the case of a white woman who claimed to be raped by a black man in Bushnell Park may be a case that had inflamed racial passions in the city might, in the end, boil down to a young woman who'd long ago lost her way. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012507_a.asp
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For about a decade, there has been a small but vocal constituency in Hartford advocating the replacement of signalized intersections with modern roundabouts — or at least to try a pilot project at one intersection. It began with the first conceptual plan for Farmington Avenue in 2000, which showed roundabouts at the intersections of Farmington with Sigourney, Woodland and Sisson — all bottlenecks with very poor levels of service and poor safety records. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 05, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_090510.asp
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Sharon Lewis and her group, Hartford Citizens in Action, have voiced frustration with disruptive late-night noise and vandalism on Tower Avenue created, Lewis says, by nightclubs. The club owners argue that they are not responsible for the actions of patrons and provide a valuable service for the community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052705.asp
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Stan Simpson, comments on the recent assault on Nick Carbone, a prominent public servant turned notable gadfly. Mr. Carbone has spent his adult life advocating and agitating for Hartford. Now, he's a conspicuous reminder that arbitrary crime indeed occurs in his hometown. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 04, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060408.asp
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Unlike parking or access to grocery stores, the groans elicited by travel on arterial streets are actually well-deserved. For example, improvements to Albany Avenue would not be about attracting potential visitors or enticing young professionals to move in; these are changes needed for actual folks, already here. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_012113.asp
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Financing is in place and demolition is well on its way on the former Sage-Allen building on Hartford's Main Street. The building's developer and the University of Hartford have agreed to house 136 students there by September 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_021505.asp
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Archbishop Henry J. Mansell will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 140 Farmington Ave. in Hartford, on May 20th at 3 p.m. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_news_051712.asp
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Julio Mendoza, Director of the Spanish American Merchants Association (SAMA) recently announced that $4.7 million dollars will be available for major physical improvements to several properties on “Calle Park” from Main Street to Park Terrace. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_022113.asp
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The Parkville neighborhood of Hartford was home to samba on recently. The annual Brazilian Day parade and festival on Park Street included 10 motorcyclists, a Portuguese accordion band, a handful of Latin American studies students from Central Connecticut State University, two beauty queens from the Miss Brasil USA pageant, and, gleefully, nine male and female samba dancers in platform high heels. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_091707.asp
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The second annual Hartford Brazilian Independence Day parade recently celebrated Brazilian Independence Day. About 50 people marched in the parade, along a three block stretch of Park Street. The parade ended with small children releasing balloons into the air as the Brazilian national anthem was loudly played from the speaker of a car trunk. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2006
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Kerri Provost writes about a police shooting in her neighborhood in this piece. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 02, 2012
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A new Save-A-Lot supermarket will fill one of the two anchor store spaces at the new Metro Center shopping plaza at Main and Pavilion streets in Hartford. The announcement comes three months after word surfaced that the intended supermarket, Midland Farms, had pulled out of the project because of internal company problems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 30, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_093005.asp
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From 7 p.m. to past 10 p.m., four days a week, a summer basketball league keeps about 30 young people occupied in the Upper Albany neighborhood. The league is the work of Reverend Patrice Smith. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_071305.asp
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Stan Simpson writes in appreciation of Hartford's own Jackie McLean, saxophone jazz legend, who died recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_040106.asp
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Since the early ‘70s, Mozzicato-De Pasquale Bakery and Pastry Shop in Hartford has made a national name baking and selling sumptuous Italian breads and pastries at its South End facility. Six miles away, in the city’s North End, cheesemaker Sam Maulucci & Sons slowly built its reputation, starting in 1960, distributing its distinctive ricotta and mozzarella to area restaurants and supermarkets, later expanding into markets along the East Coast. Along the way, Mozzicato Bakery signed on as a major customer. Now, cheese has united the two cross-town family businesses. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: February 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_020909.asp
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While police looked for the man who shot and critically wounded a mother during a carjacking outside a Hartford school, counselors worked to help children at the school deal with their fear. Jewel Cooper was attacked on November 17 as she picked up her daughter at the Hartford Area Seventh Day Adventist School on Woodland Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 19, 2005
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Just hours after the state's attorney general said the city could not build a school on a controversial patch of land in Hartford, state legislators discovered an obscure bill that - if approved - would allow the school on the site. The bill would have lifted restrictions the state Department of Transportation put on the land when the department gave it to the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_020307.asp
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Dee Cole, principal of Hartford's Simpson-Waverly Classical Magnet School, has requested a transfer after a year of conflicts arising over racial issues. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2005
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This Hartford Courant editorial expresses the opinion that In pushing ahead to build the Pathways to Technology Magnet School at the intersection of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue in Hartford, Mayor Eddie Perez is taking a chance. He is betting that he can make one of the worst pedestrian intersections in the city safe enough for hundreds of high school kids. It's too great a risk. For safety and other reasons, the school shouldn't be built there. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 15, 2006
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The Hartford school system is working to develop a public safety academy at the request of the city and Mayor Pedro Segarra, who envisions an early entry point for youngsters who want to join the city's fire and law enforcement ranks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2011
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Weaver High School opened today with extra security after five teenagers were shot in two incidents within a half-hour of each other on November 19. Mayor Eddie Perez said extra police patrols were on the street, and said he would be reaching out to any troubled young people who may need help. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 21, 2005
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Helen Ubiñas writes that it's easy to see the flaws of the Monument to the Puerto Rican Family. Critics have slammed the sculpture, unveiled at the Learning Corridor recently, as conservative and stereotypical. But the statue reminds us to pause for a moment and appreciate how far a community, a people, have come. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2009
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The corner of Albany Avenue and Vine Street in Hartford has been ground zero for one of the city's more violent gangs, and over the past two years, the corner has been quieter. But as WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports in the second in a series on gangs in the city, that quiet was broken recently. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 29, 2010
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The city’s sex shop district, such as it is, is on a stretch of West Service Road in the North Meadows, amid car dealerships, vacant buildings, motels and the constant low roar of I-91 across the street. The sex businesses include the city’s one strip joint and two retail shops selling toys and DVDs. But, the Hartford ordinance limiting the location of such businesses is being challenged by the owner of a property on Weston Street and a businessman who wants to open an “adult cabaret” there. They say that the argument is based on false premises. The two have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 21, 2006
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Not always as public as the actual parks, community gardens provide an equally relaxing environment, yet they might seem “hidden” to those who rely on private transportation to move about the city. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 27, 2011
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At Trinity College recently, two campus safety cars, two city patrol cars and a campus safety shuttle could be seen on Summit Street during a 30 minute period. Elsewhere were campus safety staff members on bikes and Hartford officers on horseback. Some of the safety measures were part of an effort to make the campus safer after an increase in crimes committed against students in the past year, including a well-publicized attack on a student in March 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_083112.asp
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A lifelong North End resident, Sharon Patterson-Stallings had long been involved in grass-roots organizing in Hartford. She recently lobbied Connecticut legislators in Washington, urging them to pass legislation that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to workers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 16, 2007
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A week and a half after a violent weekend , Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra says police investigators are making inroads. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 19, 2012
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Two years ago, the Hartford Food System recruited six local grocers who agreed to shift 5 percent of their inventory a year away from junk food and into groceries that can include anything from cans of soup to fresh bananas. Among the items they promised to stock: wheat bread, low-fat milk, vegetables and 100 percent fruit juice. The project is a grass-roots public health experiment aimed at stemming the urban epidemics of obesity, diabetes and heart disease by focusing on small neighborhood markets and offering residents an alternative to the high-fat, high-sugar and high-salt foods that contribute to those conditions. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2008
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Superintendent Robert Henry congratulated members of the Hartford Public High School class of 2006 for their hard work, and many of them for continuing to pursue an education after graduation. Henry also thanked the parents and guardians who helped their children get this far. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2006
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A recent bus tour titled "Back of the Old Neighborhoods" sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford was an outgrowth of a book the society published last year, "Remembering the Old Neighborhood: Stories of Hartford's North End," a comprehensive collection of essays and oral histories from people, mostly Jews, who grew up in the North End in the mid-20th century. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_101712.asp
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Hartford native and local basketball legend, Bobby Knight, died on May 23, 2008 at the age of 79. At the celebration of his life, many spoke glowingly of the man who, despite all he did for others, was adamant about not being in the spotlight. He was well-known basketball player, first at Weaver in the 1940s, then for the Harlem Globetrotters and the Knicks in the '40s and '50s, and finally in the industrial/semipro leagues, and was elected to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2008
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For National Youth Service Day numerous youths and organizations like ASPIRA, Our Piece of Pie, and GROW Hartford joined others from across the country for a day of gardening, yard work, donation, and various other community activities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2005
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The price of a proposed billion-dollar upgrade to the sewer system in Hartford and its surrounding towns has nearly doubled, with the average household expected to see its sewer costs almost quadruple over the next 10 years, according to estimates by the Metropolitan District Commission. MDC officials have revamped their estimates, saying the 15-year project will cost $1.6 billion. The increase takes into account higher fuel costs, the skyrocketing price of construction and, most significantly, a leakage problem that has proven larger than expected, officials said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_080806.asp
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Proposals to open two new adult venues - a cabaret in the north and a retail store in the south - have sparked discussions about just how much of the sex industry is too much in a city trying to remake itself and remarket its image. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_121006.asp
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There are approximately four times as many registered sex offenders living on Laurel Street in Hartford as there are in the entire city of Greenwich. Laurel has 19 offenders on one block. Greenwich has five, total. At the McKinney Shelter on Huyshope Avenue, records show there are 29 registered sex offenders. Madison Avenue has 17 registered offenders. Park Street has 26. There are similar, smaller concentrations of sex offenders on streets throughout the city, from Albany Avenue to Wethersfield Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2009
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Stan Simpson suggests that Sgt. Allan's history with the Hartford community, specifically the fatal shooting of a teenager six years ago, hurts efforts to strengthen ties with residents and advance neighborhood policing. Sgt. Allan was recently promoted to sergeant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2005
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Chances are that you shop for groceries in a big chain supermarket with a quarter-acre of fresh produce and piles of obscure cheeses. Many Hartford residents don't have this option. They end up at a tiny corner market or bodega, where good food is at a premium. It's not a healthy situation. The reason many city dwellers rely on smaller stores is that Hartford has only one full-size supermarket, located on the city's western edge, along with a handful of medium-size grocery stores, and many bodegas, or corner grocery stores. Now, there is a new collaboration in which store owners agree to reduce their snack food inventories to make more room for regular groceries. Advocates such as the Hartford Food System will support these stores and direct them to wholesalers who can provide healthy food. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 2, 2006
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Susan Campbell writes that it's rare to hear a woman in a homeless shelter speak freely about her violent past. Traditionally, homeless shelters have shied away from accepting women who are fleeing domestic violence, for fear their abusers will follow and harm staff or residents. Shelters - domestic violence and homeless - have security systems, but staff members are stretched, already. Domestic violence permeates both shelter systems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2009
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In 1990, Susannah Israel was a ballerina with the former Hartford Ballet, and Frank Marchese was a photographer with his own commercial advertising business when they met at his studio on Arbor Street during a shoot with the ballet. They married on the anniversary of their first date, Oct. 10, 1998, in the shooting area of Frank's studio. She became a Pilates instructor, massage therapist and personal trainer and opened her own studio, PHIT Pilates in Frank's former space. The building is part of their romance. They've made a real commitment to each other, to their kids, to the building and to Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 08, 2009
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With Mayor Pedro Segarra having won election in his own right and a new-look city council, the Hartford Courant asked local leaders and observers what the city's priorities should be. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_111311.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez's office sent out a news release recently rightly praising "incredible community support" for helping to pass a much stronger anti-blight ordinance for Hartford. Community groups worked collaboratively to get the mayor and council to strengthen the anti-blight ordinance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_071909.asp
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Ramonita Maldonado could teach us all a little something about overcoming adversity, according to columnist Stan Simpson. She was recently awarded the Urban League's Youth Achievement Award. She is attending the University of Connecticut on a full scholarship in the Pharmacy program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_112305.asp
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With all the improvements along Park Street designed to turn the strip into a Latino retail center, at a cost of $6 million, shopkeepers would do well to turn the lights on at night. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091504.asp
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The Coalition to Strengthen the Sheldon/Charter Oak Neighborhood, one of Hartford's most effective and imaginative neighborhood organizations, is in danger of folding. Faced with a recession-driven decline in corporate and foundation support, the CSS/CON board has laid off its staff. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_061509_1.asp
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Threatened with closure due to a lack of funding, a five-month shelter program in Hartford for older, homeless men, Immaculate Conception Shelter & Housing Corporation, will remain open, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: May 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/northend_agents_052709.asp
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Every day, Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor says, he pictures himself standing at the corner of Main and Sanford streets in the city's North End, and replays the events that led him to shoot and kill a teenager more than a year ago. Lawlor, 42, is facing possible criminal charges in the shooting death of Jashon Bryant, 18, who was killed after Lawlor fired five shots into the car Bryant was riding in the night of May 7, 2005. Lawlor has said he thought he saw Bryant reaching for a gun. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_052406.asp
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A former Hartford resident writes about seeing a recent video on the Hartford Courant website which showed his grandparents’ house, which had been the scene of a gun crime. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_050111.asp
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Ezekiel Roberts, 21, died recently — the oldest of seven people shot at the end of the city's annual West Indian parade, the only one of the bloody weekend's 11 shooting victims to die. The city has said it believes the parade shootings were gang-related, chalking them up not to the old-school, highly organized gangs of the 1990s, but rather to fluid groups of young, armed teenagers. Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts announced "tough new measures" to secure the city. Some of the measures — like its "most watched list" of people who pose a safety risk — were already in motion. Another was a curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for all people 18 and under. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081208.asp
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Vine Street residents have rituals which they follow after a shooting in their neighborhood. They check in with family to assure them they are fine, but they are worried. Shooting follows shooting in the urban tableau of retaliation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121105.asp
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Located at 40 Woodland St. in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood, Clothes Makes the Man is a 17-month-old program of Positive Momentum, a Hartford-based nonprofit charitable organization. Its mission is to help low-income men re-enter the workforce by providing free clothing to wear on interviews or to work. Along with clothes, clients receive a packet with tips on grooming, hygiene and etiquette as well as job seeking advice and career development counseling. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022205.asp
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The key for the three Colombian twenty-somethings who opened Modern Silver in August was to innovate, to bring something to Park Street that Park Street didn't already have. That meant silver jewelry, Colombian-made lingerie, a few handbags and, while it lasts, vintage stuff. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_011107.asp
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Three men were shot, one killed on Hartford's North End this week. The murder is the 13th in Hartford so far this year. The man believed to have been the gunman is widely known to be a drug dealer who sells regularly in the area. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_061105_AB.asp
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Asylum Hill, the neighborhood that Mark Twain and Katharine Hepburn called home, was on display on May 19 and 20. The Hartford Preservation Alliance (HPA), the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA) and the Hartford Children’s Theatre hosted two tours featuring Asylum Hill’s abundant architectural splendor and rich heritage. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 9 - 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_050907.asp
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Not long ago, some people in the arts and heritage worlds realized that they would be more effective — in attracting patrons and dollars — if they worked together. The latest child from that union is a series of street signs that will start to go up around Hartford, courtesy of Greater Hartford Arts Council, among other organizations, to mark events and people, both ridiculous and sublime. The point is to mark as many interesting spots as possible, and to remind people that Hartford had it going on once, and it could again. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_010608.asp
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Three years ago, Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity announced its most ambitious project to date. Instead of the infill strategy the organization had pursued — a few houses on this street, two on that one — Habitat leaders decided to build 30 units in 25 buildings in a three-block section of Hartford — in essence, to remake a whole neighborhood. Now 23 of the single and duplex homes have been finished, sold and occupied, and the last two buildings are nearly complete. And if all goes as planned, a neighborhood school will also be established. Trinity Preparatory School of Hartford, part of a nationwide network of some 65 private, Jesuit-inspired, tuition-free middle schools for youngsters from low-income families may be built in a closed factory building being donated by the owners. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122307.asp
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In this commentary, the author suggests that Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to ban new contracts for outdoor advertising on state-owned property and put a stop to digital billboards is a bold first step in reclaiming the visual quality of Connecticut's roadways and communities. She has correctly identified billboards as one of the most egregious contributors to visual blight and a threat to the economic health of the state. Deliberate ugliness is not an effective business development strategy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_030908.asp
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Of all the projects that have been completed in Hartford in the past decade, one of the biggest and most important was also one of the first: The Learning Corridor. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_021810.asp
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Sister Sue Ann Shay — most people just called her Sue Ann — was a tireless fighter for social justice who never stopped working for peace and equal opportunity for all. Shay began her career representing poor children who were entangled in the legal system because they were accused of delinquency or because their parents were charged with neglect and abuse. She died on October 15, 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_110809.asp
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A new sign at Broad Street and Farmington Avenue announces that the triangle of land there will be the site of Pathways to Technology Magnet School. The state owns the land and is willing to let the city build on it - but not a school. The new, inter-district magnet school would be eligible for 95 percent reimbursement from the state because it helps satisfy the state's settlement in the lawsuit to desegregate Hartford's schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_012607.asp
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Hartford's mayor plans to build a magnet school on a lonely strip of land at the corner of Farmington Avenue and Broad Street, but critics say that the site, hemmed in by office buildings, I-84 ramps and nightmarish traffic snarls, is no place for a school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_121705.asp
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In the six weeks since Trinity College student Chris Kenny was severely beaten on the edge of campus, the original premise that the attackers were thugs from the Barry Square neighborhood has faded. But little else has been resolved in the case, and the Hartford interim police chief said Wednesday that with no witnesses coming forward, the case "is progressing very slowly.'' Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_041812.asp
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The new owners of the historic Connecticut Mutual headquarters in Asylum Hill will pump as much as $30 million into the now vacant complex and plan to lease space to several office tenants, possibly signing the first deal early in 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_111706_a.asp
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Lancelot Gordon was recently named as Hartford Housing Authority's permanent executive director. Gordon, a former resident of the Stowe Village housing project who holds a master's degree in city planning, said the authority needs to act more like a business. Vacancies should be filled, and residents treated as partners. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_102805.asp
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This fact sheet is a brief summary of a translation paper on smart growth, part of a series produced by the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Published by
CenterEdge Project
; Publication Date: 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/SmartGrowth/SmartGrowthandSeniorCitizens.pdf
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The preservation of a 130-year-old Italianate style house at 53 Wadsworth St. in Hartford's South Green neighborhood is a lesson in effective community intervention. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_121406.asp
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Connecticut's Statewide Firearms Trafficking Task Force was created to deal with this exact problem, but it's become another victim of Connecticut's budget crisis. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_111009.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about a Hartford resident who feels the biggest issue is persistent crime and a deteriorating quality of life that's chasing people out of the city every day. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060211.asp
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Julie Beman — a co-author of Live in Hartford – is now working to expand Hartford’s music scene with the creation of So Many Stars. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/realhtfd_021912.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that everything seems to be coming together to save the remaining portion of the historic Lyric Theater. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071110_1.asp
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A familiar pre-summer pattern in the state's capital city took shape recently, as a string of random and brutal crimes sparked the promised presence of the state police and stepped-up vigilance. And there are many who agree that a stronger police presence, as well as the city's focus on education and economic development, are good ways to help make Hartford safer and more livable. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060708.asp
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Limiting convenience store hours in residential areas might be a way to quell violence in Hartford. The idea is slated to be discussed by the City Council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070505.asp
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Stan Simpson comments on the recent visit by the Urban Land Institute to Hartford. The institute, composed of land use experts, goes around the world, at the invitation of municipalities, and lives in the designated city for a week. Members of the group immerse themselves in the community and then give an unfettered assessment. The consultants encourage community involvement and leadership in crafting a long-term vision for development. And, with a fresh set of eyes they usually have a better appreciation for amenities than the folks who invited them. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_092907.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about problems at the grandparents housing development which Broad-Park Development Corp, manages. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_030809.asp
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Helen Ubiñas advocates for second chances and against "zero tolerance." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_012206_a.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes abour Eleanore Davila, a woman who worked hard to protect her sons from the dangers of the street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120708.asp
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Construction on the long-awaited South End Senior and Wellness Center on Maple Avenue is scheduled to start in July 2007. The project will go out to bid in June 2007, and the new center is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 2 - 9, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_050207.asp
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A group of South Hartford residents reviewed plans for the new South End Wellness Center on Maple Ave. recently and the most important news at the meeting was that the facility, which will be located in the old Hartford Christian School building at 830 Maple Avenue, is still on track for a grand opening in the summer of 2007, according to Ramon Rojano, City of Hartford Director of Human Services. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 6 - 13, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_news_120606.asp
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Like many people, Donna Swarr used to complain about the litter in Hartford. Now, unlike many people, she’s doing something about it. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_071510.asp
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A group charged with revitalizing the South Green area is fighting plans to build a new headquarters for the Institute for the Hispanic Family, saying the design would harm the neighborhood. Allan Ambrose, the chairman of the South Downtown Neighborhood Revitalization Zone, sent a letter to Mayor Eddie A. Perez and the city council asking them to withhold $355,000 in Community Development Block Grant Money that Perez wants to give to the institute to purchase land along Wadsworth and Cedar streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062206_a.asp
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This web page shows maps of blighted properties in the south end of Hartford. It is a result of a collaboration between Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART), faculty and students at Trinity College, and the Trinfo.Cafe. Currently, HART is working with city officials from the Mayor's Office, Department of Development Services, and Licenses & Inspections to enforce the new blight ordinance, which enforces fines on landlords who fail to properly maintain their property. While detracting from the aesthetic value of Hartford, blighted and abandoned buildings also decrease property values, lure drug dealers and crime, and leave the city without crucial tax income. The purpose of these maps is to link blighted buildings in the south end of Hartford directly to their owners. There are four maps of the four neighborhoods in the south end Hartford: Frog Hollow, Barry Square, Behind the Rocks and South End. Published by
Hartford Area Rallys Together
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/HART_problem_properties.asp
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Over the last two years, crime has generally been on a downward track in Hartford, though homicides spiked in 2005 and flare-ups, such as a wave of shootings in the North End last spring, tend to spark close scrutiny. But neighborhood activists and merchants in the city's southern half are looking at some statistics with alarm. In the southeast section of the city, which includes Barry Square, the South End and downtown Hartford, robberies have shot up, increasing more than 50 percent over last year. Aggravated assaults are up as well. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_091806.asp
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Sowing Prosperity: Low-Income Working Families and Connecticut’s Economic Future presents information about low-income workers, highlights the successful policies that are already in place to help them, and describes how we can complete the work that needs to be done. (PDF file, 62 pages). Published by
Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS)
; Publication Date: December 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/sowingprosperity.pdf
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In Hartford, fire and housing violations go hand in hand at an alarming rate, fueling the blight that burdens many of the city's neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_043011.asp
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The Trinity College campus endured a spike in crime this academic year that has the place on edge. The crimes have mostly been smash-and-grab car break-ins, but four robberies also were reported, including one of a female student in mid-afternoon in the fall. Students and parents have called for action, and the administration is responding. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_013112.asp
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It has been reported that a sharp increase in crime is the reason for the controversial discussions about possible security measures at Trinity College . Statistics provided by the Hartford Police Department suggest a slight increase — rather than spike — in crime for the district this campus is in. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/realhtfd_020112.asp
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In this commentary, the author expresses his opinion that there's reason to expect that downtowns will continue reviving, as more people move into them and business improvement districts help assure a basic level of cleanliness and order. Let's hope it happens quickly. The downtown substitutes that developers have been delivering are really not sufficient. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_122307_1.asp
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Sam Colt will soon be getting a new neighbor. A brand new building for the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy (SMSA) magnet school is currently being built in the shadow of the famous blue onion dome that sits atop the former Colt factory. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 15 - 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_news_111506.asp
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Tom Condon writes that if violent crime has spread more around the city in the past decade there is a troubling explanation - that the demolition of large public housing projects has spread violent crime to what had been safe areas. In Hartford, the demolition of large housing projects reduced poverty rates in those areas, but was to some degree responsible for increases in poverty — and crime — in other city neighborhoods. The problem with this analysis is that it doesn't lead to a solution. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 29, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_062908_1.asp
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The house cleaning that happened at the Burns School last spring was more than metaphorical. Besides the change in leadership, there have been renewed efforts to get the community involved. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: August 25, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_082512.asp
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At Trinity College's Ferris Athletic Center squash players represent at least nine countries. On a given day, a member of the Trinity Squash Club might play someone from Pakistan or Egypt or Norway or New Zealand or Argentina, and the list goes on. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Immigrants/htfd_courant_121706.asp
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When someone broke into the St. Augustine School the weekend before classes started in August 2009, and stole computers and tuition money, school officials hoped an angel would help them replace what they'd lost. Their hopes have been realized, and then some. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/educationfunding/htfd_courant_100209.asp
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To further eliminate health inequities of the city's African American population, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center has created a partnership with the Urban League of Greater Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_011513.asp
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Cornell Lewis writes in this op-ed that the violence in Hartford has reached unacceptable levels. He suggests that part of the reason is that Hartford residents have condoned and ignored violent crime. The solution is jobs, adequate schooling, but also support of the Hartford Police Department. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061106.asp
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A special master has been appointed by federal Judge Ellen Bree Burns to facilitate a resolution to the continuing conflict in the Cintron vs. Vaughn lawsuit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_032305.asp
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The developer hoping to turn the historic Colt Firearms factory into apartments and commercial space says he will be forced to put the site up for sale if he doesn't get $9.6 million from the state soon. But state officials say they won't put any more money into Colt Gateway until its developer gets his financial house in order. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_042408.asp
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Young people ages10 to 14 hear positive messages from the adults in their community when they attend a basketball clinic sponsored by the Blue Hills Civic Association. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfdcourant_072805.asp
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The Hartford Police Department's latest plan to make the city safer includes a group of officers walking the streets of the Northeast district and identifying eyesores. They will be forwarding their findings to city hall and the Department of Public Works for removal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 9, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070905.asp
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In this op ed piece, Michael Bailey, a police detective with the Enfield Police, suggests that what people need to do to stop the violence in our communities is to start snitching. He proposes that cooperation is the key and until the citizens are willing to tell the police what they saw, what they heard and what they know, the cycle of violence is doomed to continue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060706.asp
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Two branches of the Hartford Public Library recently reopened after Hartford state legislators shook loose enough money to fill a $200,000 hole in the libraries' budget. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_091008_1.asp
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The President's fiscal 2006 budget includes cuts in popular community and social service programs One of the most obvious victims is expected to be the Community Development Block Grant program, an important way of paying for neighborhood improvements. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_020705.asp
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As the legislative session enters its final weeks, nonprofit organizations say the governor and state legislators have little time left to provide a fair increase in the budget to cover the valuable services the nonprofits provide for those most in need. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_052007_a.asp
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The state will buy two Harford office buildings -- one in downtown, one in Asylum Hill -- with space for thousands of state employees as it consolidates work sites to save money, sources familiar with the transaction said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_030613.asp
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Tom Condon writes that the Connecticut Capitol, the wonderfully ornate structure designed by Richard Upjohn and opened in 1879, is surrounded by other stately buildings; the Legislative and State office buildings, the State Library and Supreme Court, the State Armory, the Bushnell and a couple of churches, among others. If these buildings worked together as a coherent, walkable campus or district, with some retail and more residential thrown in, this would be a destination, a point of pride, a generator of commerce and excitement. But they don't, and it isn't. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021311.asp
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Developers of the historic Colt Firearms complex welcomed their second major commercial tenant recently, as the governor announced a $500,000 grant to help outfit space for a Glastonbury company that will bring 110 jobs to the city and has plans to hire more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_121312.asp
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A tax foreclosure auction on the former Hartford Office Supply Co. building in Hartford was put off until September 2013, allowing the owners to negotiate with two interested buyers, one of them the state of Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_061913.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez addresses the City Council, reviewing progress of efforts in five areas: neighborhood and economic development, workforce development, education, homeownership, and community policing. Published by
Office of the Mayor
; Publication Date: March 8, 2004
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/stateofthecity04rev.pdf
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Mayor Eddie Perez addresses the City Council, reviewing progress and outlining plans for the coming year, in areas that include education, employment, housing, the digital divide, 3-1-1 and more. Published by
Office of the Mayor
; Publication Date: March 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/state_of_city_05.htm
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Mayor Pedro Segarra addresses the City Council, reviewing progress of efforts to develop the City's neighborhoods, safeguard the well-being of residents, create jobs and improve education, and expand local businesses. (PDF document, 4 pages) Published by
Office of the Mayor, City of Hartford
; Publication Date: March 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/State_of_the_city_2012.pdf
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The State Bond Commission is expected to approve $1 million in funding for Park Street rehabilitation. More than half of that will be used for building facade improvements, but the first order of business will be buying about 50 video surveillance cameras, officials said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_120705.asp
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State troopers will boost patrols of the city's North End neighborhoods beginning July 1 in an effort to fight crime and violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 24, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_062405.asp
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State Rep. Kenneth Green said he was surprised when Democrats in Hartford and Bloomfield shifted their support to a young Hartford city councilman at the party's nominating convention recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061010.asp
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In this statement, State Representative Kelvin Roldan and Senator John Fonfara express their opposition to a proposal for a new waste transfer facility on Murphy Road. Published by
Connecticut Representative Kelvin Roldan
; Publication Date: April 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/RoldanWasteTransferStatement.pdf
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The Blue Hills and Mark Twain Branches of the Hartford Public Library are scheduled to finally re-open thanks to a one-time allocation of $200,000 from the State of Connecticut and an additional $50,000 approved by Hartford City Council. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_091108.asp
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Connecticut locks up fewer children than it did just a decade ago. But are we safer? The provocative answer is that not only is juvenile crime down, but we're saving money. A new analysis by the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance reveals that efforts to help young offenders without incarcerating them may be making a significant difference. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_121710.asp
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State lawmakers in the Black and Latino Caucus announced plans to hold public forums with residents in Connecticut cities long beleaguered with gun violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_022113.asp
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In the quarter-century that Hamilton has been in charge at the Hartford Economic Development Corp. (HEDCo), the agency has done its job, keeping thousands of tiny businesses afloat with small loans they couldn't get from banks. Neighborhoods are better for it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030210.asp
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The revitalization of Connecticut's more than 500 contaminated sites that are underutilized or vacant kicked into high gear in 2011 when the state unleashed millions in redevelopment cash. The focus of the push is to return these brownfields to positive use. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 16, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/hbj_071612.asp
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Once a state with one of the fastest-growing prison populations, Connecticut is now one of three states projected to maintain the same number of inmates through 2011, according to a study released recently by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021507.asp
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In this opinion piece, the author suggests that The Hartford Financial Services Group is deliberately and methodically — and they had hoped, quietly — proceeding with the largest demolition to take place in Hartford since the urban renewal era of the mid-20th century. The Hartford is now in the midst of destroying some 450,000 square feet of structurally sound, substantially built, readily adaptive office space, which formerly served Connecticut Mutual and then MassMutual quite well. To add insult to injury, The Hartford has already or will soon cut down more than 30 mature trees on this site. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_032909_1.asp
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The story of crime in Hartford last year is in many ways a tale of contrasts. Year-end crime statistics show the city is safer overall, but there are those who remain unconvinced. The statistics for 2005 were a slam-dunk of sorts for Hartford Police Chief Patrick Harnett and his policing by the numbers. They show a 12.5 percent reduction in serious crime, with huge dips in the incidents that affect more people day to day: robberies, burglaries, and automobile thefts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_011706.asp
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Recent developments in Hartford may give the little town some competition for the title of the only Bicycle Friendly Community in Connecticut– maybe not this year or next, but soon. Improvements to bike infrastructure were written into One City, One Plan — Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development. These improvements include providing of parking facilities; connection of neighborhoods to parks, shopping, and employment; and investment in “bike lanes, wide shoulders, wide outside lanes, and multi-use trails.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 21, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/realhtfd_052112.asp
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The Stereo Shop has been at 505 Farmington Ave. in Hartford since Joseph Perfito moved the business into the stately three-story house in 1970. But, he says that Hartford’s reputation and some changes in the neighborhood have made doing business in that location more difficult. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071610.asp
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The Elizabeth Park gazebo has been rebuilt on the original stone foundation into an exact replica of the original over the past two months. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052905.asp
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Hartford street racers were shut down on Wawarme Avenue, so they've taken their show to another road. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_042109.asp
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Connecticut is not boring. It is revolutionary. Still. But tourism websites and ad agencies never capture this for a multitude of reasons. One reason these don’t work: they are too slick. We know someone is trying to sell us on a trip here or there. The realness is removed through photography and videography that is just too polished. Contrast that with two homegrown sites that exist primarily for the authors’ own amusement: “Connecticut Museum Quest” and “The Size of Connecticut.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 24, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/region/realhtfd_052412.asp
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In crime as elsewhere, statistics have the power to mislead. This week, the city put out a press release saying Hartford was No. 1 in the state in the seizure of illegal weapons. But, the numbers don't tell people what they really want to know, which is whether or not the city is safer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061512.asp
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This year the Nelton Court Basketball League (NCBL) took on a new name, the Northeast Community Basketball League (NCBL). The initials may be the same, but the league now offers a lot more than basketball. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 25 - November 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_news_102506.asp
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For several months, one of Asylum Hill’s most beautiful thoroughfares, Imlay Street, has been left hanging, stuck between what it used to be and what developer David Nyberg was planning to make it. In the spring of 2007, Nyberg’s company, Farmington-Imlay Associates (FIA), bought over a dozen buildings on Imlay and around the corner on Hawthorn Street and began renovation work on them. They are in legal limbo because of zoning considerations. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 16, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_041609.asp
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Traffic-calming measures Around Hartford have cut accidents, Speeds in several neighborhoods. Striping, raised and planted medians, left hand turn lanes and bicycle lanes are some of the techniques that transportation engineers have used to slow down traffic and make Hartford streets safer for everyone. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 8, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050805.asp
Related Link(s):
Traffic Calming, State of the Practice" by Reid Ewing
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Institute of Transportation Engineers
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant states that long-time North End political boss Abraham L. Giles, who died a year ago, is making news — and stirring up controversy — once again. Hartford city councilwoman Cynthia Jennings has proposed that the city honor him by designating the corner of Main and Windsor streets as "Abraham Giles Way." A public hearing will be held April 16 at city hall. Mr. Giles' generosity and commitment to his constituents should be fondly recalled. But it would be bizarre and inappropriate to name a public street corner after him. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_033012.asp
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Park Street in Hartford, the city's and the region's Hispanic retail corridor, has not been known in recent years as a late-night hub of activity. But thanks in large part to a string of period streetlamps that have been installed on both sides of the commercial strip from Park Terrace to Main Street, Park has become so much more inviting to stroll through that businesses, mostly restaurants, are once again operating late into the evening. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041706.asp
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Following multiple years of advocacy, State Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford), Governor Dannel P. Malloy, and the South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone announced recently that streetscape improvements will soon be made along Hartford’s Wethersfield Avenue, between Eaton Street and Victoria Road. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_083012.asp
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This draft document, issued in July, 2004, is a consultant's report on neighborhood organizing in Hartford. The draft report includes information on the Comprehensive Communities Partnership (CCP), Problem Solving Committees (PSCs), Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs), Hartford 2000, and other topics related to community organizing in Hartford. The report was commissioned by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. (PDF Document - 111 Pages) The draft was revised in September of 2004. See Related Link. Published by
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
; Publication Date: July 2004
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/CO_HFPG.pdf
Related Link(s):
Revision of Original Draft
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This report is a revised version of the earlier report (dated July 12, 2004 - see Related Link), based in part on comments received by various stakeholders. This version of the report has been edited for length, with several sections moved to supplemental appendices.
The report includes information on the Comprehensive Communities Partnership (CCP), Problem Solving Committees (PSCs), Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs), Hartford 2000, and other topics related to community organizing in Hartford. The report was commissioned by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. (PDF Document - 26 Pages) Published by
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
; Publication Date: September 2004
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Link: /issues/wsd/neighborhoods/CO_HFPG_Revised_0904.pdf
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Original Draft
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Purchasers of city-owned property could now face fees or the loss of their land if they fail to develop the property within an allotted amount of time. That's according to a new resolution passed by the Hartford City Council. Councilman Jim Boucher, who introduced the plan in the spring, said it's another strategy in the city's efforts to fight blight. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081111.asp
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About 250 residents of the Upper Albany neighborhood joined police and firefighters recently for a National Night Out Against Crime event at the Wilson-Gray YMCA. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080311.asp
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A property owner in Hartford’s North Meadows has stepped back at the last minute from an effort to change city zoning laws to allow a new strip club in the neighborhood. Attorney Saundra Kee Borges, the former city manager of Hartford, said that her client Joseph Sullo was withdrawing a request that the Planning and Zoning Board modify the city’s ban on adult businesses within 1,000 feet of homes, schools, churches, parks and other adult establishments. The adult entertainment tycoon Daniel Quinn last year proposed opening an “adult cabaret” and restaurant on Sullo’s property at 275 Weston St. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_advocate_113006.asp
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Despite the fact that the recent attack of Trinity College student Chris Kenny happened off campus, some students are planning to rally to “try to persuade [Trinity] to close our campus with gates,” according to a Facebook group intended to support the victim. They are calling on the school to change its priorities so that students can “start feeling safe again,” writes Carlito Barreto. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_030612.asp
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About 200 students, faculty and staff clustered into small groups in the elegant reading room of the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford recently to talk frankly about racism during a rare roundtable meeting about a controversial "Bullets & Bubbly" party. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_012607_a.asp
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Fourth-graders from SS. Cyril & Methodius School attended a recent community planting event at Hartford's city's South Green Park, located between Main Street and Wethersfield Avenue. The project, which included the planting of several trees, juniper and rose bushes and 400 daffodils, was a collaborative effort of the Garden Club of Hartford, the Knox Parks Foundation, the South Green NRZ, the Greater Hartford Green Team of Leadership Greater Hartford and Hartford Hospital. The bulbs were donated by White Flower Farm in Litchfield and the garden club. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfdcourant_102805.asp
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An exhibit at the University of Hartford called "Now and Then: Albany Avenue" will show the transition of Albany Avenue as a neighborhood of predominantly Jewish immigrants and businesses in the early 20th century, to today's community of African American, West Indian and Hispanic residents and businesses. The exhibit will run between February and August at the George J. Sherman and Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization, in the university's Mortensen Library, and features historical photos, videos and oral histories from the archives of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, and students' photos. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/courant_122804.asp
Related Link(s):
University of Hartford
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Over the past year, housing prices in Connecticut have started to creep back up. But the median state income has gone down by 3.5 percent. According to the Partnership For Strong Communities, the combination of rising home prices and falling incomes means that half of the state's residents can't afford to buy a home in two thirds of its towns and cities. The study also points out an interesting dynamic about the state's bigger cities. In Hartford, housing prices in the city are among the lowest in the state. But so is Hartford's median income of just $26,000. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/jcohen_080311.asp
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Working poor families are becoming more concentrated in extremely poor neighborhoods in most U.S. metro areas, a new study shows — but Greater Hartford appears to be bucking the trend. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081208.asp
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With a captive audience and an array of razor-sharp cutting instruments always at the ready, Ophni Davis could use his barber chair as a bully pulpit. But the Blue Hills Avenue barber's style of proselytizing is more like gentle persuasion. When a man who appears to be around 40 settles into the chair for a haircut or a shave, Davis might casually mention that he recently had a test for prostate cancer. Davis is a local leader in "Going to the Barbershop to Fight Prostate Cancer," a program that seeks to save African American men from prostate cancer by educating them on comfortable turf. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_052706.asp
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A march aimed at getting suburban peace activists concerned about violence in Hartford drew about 70 people, which organizers said was an encouraging start for an effort to bring city and suburban residents together to address poverty and violence. Most of the participants in the march through neighborhoods in the city's North End were white and from suburban Hartford towns. Organizers said that was the intent of the march. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_040306.asp
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Mike McGarry comments on a recent garden tour and art show in Hartford’s west end. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 02, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_050213.asp
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House by house, the old Sigourney Square neighborhood is regaining its traditional role as a solid neighborhood with a growing core of homeowners who care about their investment and are real assets to Asylum Hill and the city. Northside Institute Neighborhood Alliance (NINA) has buying houses, fixing them up, and selling them to stable families of all types and stripes. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_051012.asp
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A summary of the discussion at the first public workshop on the future of the Aetna viaduct, held on November 19, 2009. (PDF document, 9 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/Summary_I84_Wrkshop1.pdf
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People who know the swimming pool at Goodwin Park alternately call Hartford's summer swim program a jewel, a treasure and an island in a city sorely in need of some magic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_082207.asp
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A presentation by Hartford Chief of Police, Daryl K. Roberts at the community program, HartfordInfo Today: Summer in the City (PDF document, 23 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/QofLPanel_7_8_10.pdf
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Susan Campbell expresses the opinion that the residents of Hartford don't have to run a patchwork of privately-run summer programs for kids on shoestring budgets. There is money aplenty for everything the city needs to get their children off on the right foot. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_060307.asp
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A state Department of Transportation hearing officer recently dealt a startling setback to the politically powerful CTfastrak project, ruling that busway engineers cannot simply close off part of Hartford's Flower Street to pedestrian traffic. The state transportation department must either leave Flower open or build a $4 million set of switchback ramps to carry pedestrians and bicyclists over the busway. Neighborhood activists and merchants praised the decision, saying that a Flower Street shutdown would have damaged nearby small businesses and split the city's Frog Hollow and Asylum Hill sections. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_052113.asp
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The American Civil Liberties Union responds to an effort to put surveillance cameras on Hartford's streets. The opinion suggests that community policing is more successful than cameras. A British study is cited. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_072205.asp
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Racism still plays a major role in schools and in the news media, according to research conducted by Hartford teens this summer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_081407.asp
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Hispanics in the US are overwhelmingly opposed to increased enforcement of immigration laws while non-Hispanics generally support it, according to a survey released recently by the Pew Hispanic Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_121407.asp
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The Livable and Sustainable Neigh¬borhoods Initiative (LSNI) is Mayor Pedro Segarra’s collaborative, methodical approach to stabilizing and improving Hartford neighborhoods through blight reduction and community development. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_020212.asp
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On Monday, September 21, 2009, Roseanne Haggerty, Executive Director of Common Ground made the following PowerPoint presentation to Hartford's North East NRZ. Common Ground is an organization based in New York City which renovates neglected buildings into mixed use spaces, often including affordable housing, green buildings, and neighborhood gathering areas. Common Ground was called to Hartford to examine the Swift Factory on Love Lane and Garden Street, and to brainstorm possible future uses for the building. (PDF document, 20 pages) Published by
Common Ground
; Publication Date: September 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_swift_building.asp
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The Swift factory building on Love Lane, where gold leaf applied to medals, may again take its place at the center of the community. The Swift family has donated the old factory to the nonprofit organization Common Ground, which plans to renovate the space for artisans, small business incubators and perhaps even business co-ops. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041211.asp
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Syd Barnett was a mechanic, a musician and a businessman, but most of all he was a community activist who worked hard to improve his neighborhood. Barnett died on June 19, 2012 at age 96. He was living in Bloomfield. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_080612.asp
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Kenneth Thompson as seen too many people walk away from the city's obvious problems. So he's at it again, struggling to scrape together cash, this time to get 22 kids to Springfield for a basketball tournament at the end of July, and to attract money and volunteers for his annual B-Ball Classic at Weaver High in August. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_071608.asp
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Hartford Police Chief, Daryl K. Roberts, expresses the opinion that the challenge for us today is to never forget lessons of the past, and to live each day as caring individuals, respectful of each other as we travel through life together — not because we have to, but because it is the right thing to do and the right way to behave. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_092009.asp
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Sallie Toussaint, a beauty queen, model, actress and singer, has lived for the past year in the Niles-Laurel street area, where she has painstakingly restored what had been an abandoned brick Victorian home. She has become a leader in a strong neighborhood partnership with the Hartford police department to get the streetwalkers out. The effort is succeeding, Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_092009_1.asp
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State Senator John Fonfara is currently working to secure funding for “Operation Spotless City,” a program that backers say will be “the first full-scale attempt ever to completely wipe Hartford of its graffiti blight.” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_120910.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about the revitalization of Babcock Street, which is happening because of people like Pamela Melusky, of ATERA Enterprises, who has restored a “perfect-six,” a multi-family building housing six units. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062407.asp
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The Aetna Viaduct is an elevated stretch of Interstate 84 that runs over Hartford for about 3/5 of a mile, dividing the north and south ends of Hartford. Recently, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced a $100 million rehabilitation of the viaduct. However, a group of Hartford community groups have joined together under the banner of the Aetna Viaduct Alternatives Committee and they’ve asked the DOT to use the chance to not only make repairs, but to incorporate a public process in its planning for the long term. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_advocate_060707.asp
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Data released recently showed a police pilot program during the second half of the last school year reduced unexcused absences by more than 40 percent among 73 habitual truants whose attendance was monitored for the program. Troubled by studies linking truancy to crime and by the staggering absentee rate in city schools, Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts made reducing truancy one of his top priorities in the fall of 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 26, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_072607_a.asp
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Just beyond the doors of the Hartford Advocate office exists a Twilight Zone of trash. Hereabouts one finds arguably the largest thicket of litter and illegally dumped trash in the city. This coral reef of blight is unbroken for blocks, a monument to human sloth. Bringing it to the city’s attention sometimes results in a visit by a Public Works crew, but the cleared area is filled by the following week by more of the same. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_advocate_050410.asp
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The Hartford has applied for a permit to demolish the former MassMutual headquarters on Asylum Hill, but the insurer will soon seek development proposals for the 16-acre site that could save all or part of the historic structure. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_011208.asp
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Tom Condon writes that officials in a few cities have begun to look at "tridents" or "pinch points," the circles or intersections where older arterial streets meet as they feed into a downtown. These are traditional strong points of a vibrant city. In Hartford over the past half-century, they've become "underperforming." A team headed by Toronto planner Ken Greenberg is looking at Hartford's tridents, so-called because of the shape of the intersection, to see how they can be strengthened Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_101506.asp
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Mug shots of some of the city's most violent criminals line the walls of an old classroom in a vacant North End school. Personal details are scrawled next to the images, and arrows connect some suspects with two or more crimes. Chief Inspector Jim Rovella, leading a group of law enforcement officials from various departments and jurisdictions, are working as a shooting task force that has made at least 25 arrests. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_090511.asp
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Efforts to draft a historic preservation ordinance in Hartford are hindered by a low homeownership rate, low income homeowners, and the number of buildings that would be effected. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_032805.asp
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State and local law enforcement officials are working together to quell gun violence in the city, which has had 17 homicides so far this year. They have formed a task force to investigate recent shooting cases in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070211.asp
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Tastease, the Parkville shop whose mini-doughnut gems have made fans of politicians, blue-collar workers, children and suburban moms alike, is closing June 30. That's when its city permit expires. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050112.asp
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Hartford's small businesses are facing ruinous tax increases of up to 90 percent, but a fix may be in the works. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Taxes/htfd_advocate_060707.asp
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Rick Green comments on the crippling property tax bills that face dozens of small businesses in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Taxes/htfd_courant_060107.asp
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Mary J. Cromwell, 85, of Hartford, died March 18, 2007. She was a teacher with a sense of adventure that took her to Korea, India, China and Africa. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 1, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_070107.asp
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Rich Green comments on The Hartford's plan to demolish the old Connecticut Mutual building and put up a parking lot. With Hartford's long, sorry history of knocking down buildings and neighborhoods, you would think somebody — especially the top officers at a Fortune 100 corporation and their historic "preservation" consultant Bill Faude — might have learned a lesson. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_122107.asp
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Since 2003, 38 people under 21 have died in Hartford - 30 by gunfire. Six are already dead this year. Many believe that education is the way to stop the gun violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061805.asp
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For the past six weeks, 35 teens working at the Institute for Community Research's Summer Youth Research Institute have been busy studying the neighborhood conditions of the city. The teens, ages 14 to 17, studied neighborhood conditions such as fighting, unsafe parks, litter, deaths and abandoned buildings. They worked in one of three groups: interviewing, surveying and visual/mapping. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_081205.asp
Related Link(s):
Why Hartford Teens Hustle
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Institute for Community Research (ICR)
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Helen Ubiñas writes that the truth slipped out in an internal police memo obtained by The Courant and that painted a frightening picture of what's really going on with gangs in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_101809.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments on the street code against calling the cops. Her example demonstrates how this pathological phenomenon of silence paralyzes Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_101908.asp
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Instead of celebrating Angel Arce Torres' birthday recently, his family attended the sentencing for Luis Negron, the man accused in the hit and run incident that took Torres’ life, and spoke for nearly two hours about the kind of man Torres was before his death. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_050410.asp
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A video recording of the November 1, 2005 community program, Tenants & Landlords: Can't We All Just Get Along?, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_11_01_2005.asp
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The governor's plan to borrow more than $300 million over the next decade for public and subsidized housing raised hopes recently that rundown complexes such as Bowles Park in Hartford might get a second chance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 03, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_020312.asp
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Scores of volunteers from Phillips Metropolitan C.M.E. Church in Hartford, spent the day preparing and delivering some 350 meals for guests, seniors and Hartford firefighters on duty. "Thanksgiving on wheels," as the church's pastor, the Rev. James Walker calls it, got its start a few years back, inspired by the police officers in the congregation who worked on the holiday. While many churches host their own dinners, Phillips Metropolitan found another niche to fill: bringing food to those who might not otherwise make it to a meal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FaithCommunity/htfd_courant_112406.asp
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When a neighborhood really starts to turn itself around, a blighted building becomes a 400-pound gorilla. Progress abounds in Hartford's Frog Hollow - from lovely rehabs to the Pope Park entrance to dramatic improvements to the Park Street streetscape, making the abandoned four-story apartment building at 900-902 Broad St. exactly the kind of hairy ape no neighborhood needs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_102906.asp
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Over several days, blogger Kerri Provost looked at what active 311 cases tell us about Hartford. In other words, what is it that Hartfordites worry about? Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_112210.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about Haitian immigrants in Hartford who were waiting to hear from friends and family after the earthquake. The uncertainty about their status brought fear, that a country's catastrophe would become intimately personal. But also sadness that a nation already so broken had been dealt another disastrous blow. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_011410_1.asp
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As of a couple weeks ago, CT Transit buses no longer enter the Bowles Park housing project in Hartford after 7 p.m. on weeknights and Saturdays. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Transportation/htfd_courant_121406.asp
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This 2-month-old store has an extensive selection of the latest, hard-to-find "streetwear" apparel, including limited-edition shoes, new trends in jackets, denim and other clothing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_041907.asp
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Hartford’s population is becoming more and more diverse every year, and indications are that this trend will continue. Information provided by the Hartford Public School System shows that approximately 2,500 new immigrants from 93 countries have enrolled in city schools in the past three years. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 11, 2007
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Link: /Issues/Documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_071107.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that the more enthusiasm Connecticut can show for having a national park in Coltsville, the better its chances of being approved. That fact has not been lost on the many scholars, historians, planners and politicians who have been working for years toward a national park designation. Some of them, along with the Hartford Preservation Alliance, have collaborated on an entertaining series of lectures and tours to enlighten the public about the fascinating Colt legacy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 14, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_051408.asp
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The Hartford Courant has honored a Hartford leadership program and the director of a mentoring group for gay and lesbian teenagers with the newspaper's Tapestry Award. The 11th annual Tapestry Award goes to Robin McHaelen of Manchester, the executive director and founder of True Colors Inc., and Leadership Greater Hartford, a nonprofit organization. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110909.asp
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If there's been one symbol of the blight, frustration and false hopes that have plagued the North End of Hartford, it's been the beheaded statue of a deer that's stood for years on a stone pedestal at Deerfield and Albany avenues. But it's a new day, and with it will come a new deer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_100906_a.asp
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The definition of art may be more precisely determined soon by a proposed new city ordinance addressing the issue of graffiti. The city council's Quality of Life and Public Safety Committee has called for an ordinance that will define the urban artwork and prohibit its unsanctioned application or possession of tools of the trade in public parks and facilities and within 50 feet of public infrastructure. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/cityline_031010.asp
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This report presents ideas and concepts for a variety of traffic calming and traffic management strategies developed through community meetings. The aim is to improve safety, access, mobility, quality of life and livability. Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: July 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/wsd_102306.asp
Related Link(s):
Urban Engineers
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Awards are well and good, but fighting poverty is a full-time job. Despite Connecticut's highest per capita income in the nation, poverty in the state doesn't quit, so neither has Patricia Wrice, now in her 10th year as executive director of Operation Fuel Inc. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042207.asp
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This report describes how Connecticut's current vision that all children enter kindergarten ready for school success, and the related new investments in early care and education, are being more than offset by insufficient funding, and in some cases funding cuts for related programs -- specifically for State Funded Centers, School Readiness and Care4Kids. Cuts in funding to the Care4Kids program (reduced by nearly 40% from FY02 to FY05) coupled with unequal payment rates across state agencies for similar services ($5,500 from DSS as compared to $7,500 from SDE per child) and no cost of living increases for State Funded Centers have actually driven programs into deficit, requiring them to borrow money just to make payroll. (PDF file, 18 pages). Published by
Connecticut Voices for Children
; Publication Date: December 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/familiesandchildren/Erosion_Childcare_Funding.pdf
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Mike McGarry comments on the new plan for “traffic calming” on Farmington Avenue. He suggests that a long hard look should be taken at such an extensive, expensive plan. In particular, he is concerned about access of emergency vehicles. He suggests that the plan should be tested before being instituted. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_062106.asp
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Three Bulkeley High School students were among a group of students and adults who recently received awards for their exceptional achievements and community efforts. The accolades were presented at the First Annual SINA REACH Awards event held at Hartford Hospital to honor individuals committed to community service and academic excellence. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: July 3-11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_070307.asp
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In the continuing battle against an outbreak of violence in Hartford's North End, the mayor gave a pep talk to police. The governor announced that state troopers were on the way. And students at the Hartford Transitional Learning Academy watched a short film about gun violence, and pondered what should be done. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060306_c.asp
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A local couple is doing their part to transform Hartford into a magnet for treehuggers and granola eaters. Imani and John Zito have created an oasis of green businesses on New Britain Avenue across from Trinity College. Think of it as an urban homestead, where their six home-schooled children play and study and circulate freely among the back rooms and floor spaces of the new Growing Green Co-op, the Green Vibration Eco Boutique and the Alchemy Juice Bar Café, where you can stop in for an organic smoothie or a portabella burger. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_110608.asp
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The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., announced in this press release from December 2007 that it intends to purchase the property of 140 Garden Street and parcels of Fraser Place in Hartford. The 16 acres of property are adjacent to The Hartford's current headquarters on Asylum Avenue. The property purchase will expand the company's footprint in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. The Hartford does not plan to use all of the property for its own purposes: the company announced that it will donate a parcel of the land for a potential future new home for the Pathways to Technology Magnet School. Due to the current state of the existing building on the Garden Street property and the view of architects and engineers that it is unusable for The Hartford as office space, the company plans to file for a demolition permit with the City of Hartford. (PDF document, 2 pages) Published by
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
; Publication Date: December 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Garden_St_PR.pdf
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Excavating machines started clawing at the former MassMutual building on Hartford's Garden Street recently as work begins on splitting the nearly 500,000-square-foot structure in two. The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. bought the 16-acre property in July for $9.1 million. The insurance company said it intends to preserve the oldest part of the building, about 40,000 square feet that is just across the street from its headquarters. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_012709.asp
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The Hartford is leaving Simsbury. The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. — scaling back to focus on its more profitable businesses — will shutter the 33-acre campus in Simsbury, one of three main locations, over the next two years and relocate 1,500 employees to offices in Hartford and Windsor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_022713.asp
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When Liam McGee first took over the job as The Hartford's chief executive a year ago, he drove by the long-vacant Capitol West building every morning on his way to his Asylum Hill office from his downtown apartment. McGee's strong personal impressions propelled a recent announcement by The Hartford Financial Services Group that it will commit $2 million to help the city buy Capitol West, tear it down and redevelop the property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_111710_1.asp
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Toni Gold writes about The Hartford’s plan to acquire the 16-acre MassMutual site and to demolition of the 1926 Colonial Revival headquarters of the former Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris. She argues that the plan displays stunning irresponsibility because it aids and abets carbon emissions and thus global warming, and therefore works against our national security by increasing our dependence on foreign oil. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_123007_1.asp
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As Hartford Stage opens a show dedicated to the life of Chick Austin, the museum he memorably directed is also touching base with its past. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art plans a four-month exhibit focusing on Austin's legendary Scarborough Street house, as well as his cultural significance in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_101407_4.asp
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Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that former Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor was found not guilty recently in a manslaughter case that is every city's nightmare. There's much peacemaking to do in Hartford before some — perhaps many — in the city trust the police and the criminal justice system. But the system didn't fail. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120909_1.asp
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The next time you stop to smell the flowers in Hartford, thank Knox Parks and their host of volunteers for planting them. For over 40 years, this lone champion of Hartford’s environment has been transforming the city’s landscape one abandoned lot, city block, and neighborhood at a time. Whether through the 12 community gardens they organize, the hundreds of Hartford Blooms Pots they decorate the city with, or the many tree planting initiatives they plan with Hartford neighborhood groups, the Knox Parks Foundation strives to make your city beautiful. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_news_021810.asp
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As evidence that "Chick" Austin still a strong part of the city's consciousness, two of our leading arts organizations - independent of each other, it turns out - have planned Austin celebrations that opened in October 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_101407.asp
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A new website: thecleanwaterproject.com, provided by the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), designed to provide up-to-date information on all aspects of the Clean Water Project. The website will help MDC customers in the eight district towns get information on all aspects of this initiative, a more than $1 billion project that will improve the area’s water quality and help protect residents’ health and safety. The website offers a useful town by town directory of activities, construction-related traffic advisories, the historic conditions that led to the development of the Clean Water Project, as well as detailed information on the multitude of projects that will comprise this undertaking. Published by
Metropolitan District Commission
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Region/mdc_clean_water_project.asp
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More and more, blogger Kerri Provost turns to sources like The Hartford News because they at least cover the spectrum of experience in the city. The articles encourage civic and community participation. They represent the diversity of experience. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: October 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_102710.asp
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The city of Hartford struggles to deal with abandoned buildings. Hartford 2000, representing neighborhood groups throughout the city, says Hartford is required by law to compile a list of vacant buildings, but hasn’t done it for years. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_050410.asp
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The authors critique the MDC statistics on minority contracting. They say that the poor information provided by the MDC is more of the same and proves that the MDC is incapable of fixing the institutional racism itself. They call for an outside agency to come in to address the problems. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: September 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_092111.asp
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The MDC was recently recognized for its participation and creation of innovative approaches to local and minority hiring. The minority spending was almost nine percent, far in excess of any state, national or local goal. This article documents that spending. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: June 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_062311.asp
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Sister Maureen Faenza and Sister Theresa Fonti are the toast of the town. They found each other 25 years ago, and together they founded the House of Bread. Its purpose was to feed the hungry people of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120505.asp
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Economists can now tell us why neighborhoods go through dramatic transitions from dangerous to safe or rich to poor; they have established a clear link between urban architecture and crime. Recently, economists have discovered that the residents of high-rise apartments are much more likely to be crime victims, specifically street crime. The effect remains similar after adjusting for poverty, demographics and public housing: It's the height of the building itself that matters. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030208.asp
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The refurbished apartments on Mortson Street were supposed to be a showcase of urban renewal. Owners of the “perfect six” apartments have complained about problems they’ve had with their homes, and the ways that the contractors have failed to fulfill their obligations. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/HomeOwnership/htfd_advocate_040507.asp
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This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and cultures of the Somali Bantu. It is designed primarily for service providers and others assisting Somali Bantu refugees in their new communities in the United States. The number of Somali Bantu refugees in Hartford is increasing. Published by
The Center for Applied Linguistics
; Publication Date: 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/immigrants/somali_bantu.pdf
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Angel Arce, a 47-year-old grandfather and Hartford Housing Authority commissioner, is the underdog in the August 8 race to succeed 4th district state Rep. Evelyn Mantilla, who is leaving office. Mantilla´s anointed heir is 27-year-old Kelvin Roldan, an aide to Mayor Eddie Perez. Roldan has the party endorsement and the support of his boss and of Mantilla, who is running his campaign. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_advocate_080306.asp
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Now that writers have lost Borders as their place to work outside of the home, area freelancers and novelists may be looking for new venues in which to earn their bread. Here are a few suggestions. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 05, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_090511.asp
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When John Nelson attended an information session to find out more about Leadership Greater Hartford’s Third Age Initiative, he declared that his goal was to become as involved in the community as his wife! A recently retired teacher, he was inspired by his wife’s active involvement to seek out ways he could affect community development in Greater Hartford. “Hartford is in the early stages of a renaissance,” he said, “and I would like to be a part of nurturing it.” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 24 - 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_052406.asp
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Irene McHugh always liked cemeteries. As the executive assistant to the executive director of Hartford's venerable Cedar Hill Cemetery, she launched the popular Tea and Sympathy program on Victorian mourning etiquette, along with many other programs. She retired at the end of May 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_052108.asp
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Poverty and crime are two words that, unfortunately, have often defined Albany Avenue in Hartford's Clay-Arsenal neighborhood in recent years. Residents have dreamed of a day when the east-west artery would experience a renaissance. Today change is increasingly evident, and the latest example is the opening of the fancy new $10.9 million Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth and Family Center at Albany Avenue and Brook Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_100209.asp
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Hartford's employment opportunities, youth activities, and educational support are some of the reasons refugees are being settled here from war torn countries. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 26, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/courant_122604.asp
Related Link(s):
Hartford Catholic Charities
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South Park Inn is not some cozy bed-and-breakfast with fluffy down comforters and real maple syrup at breakfast. It is an inn of last resort, the kind of place where you'd be challenged to find two chairs that match, where sheets, pillowcases and blankets are whatever was donated lately. And every night, the South Park Inn, on Main Street in Hartford, fills up with homeless men, women and children, fair weather and foul, Christmas Day or any other day. They are happy enough that the South Park Inn is there. There is nowhere else. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121905.asp
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A recent flare-up of retaliatory gunfire between "loosely knit" neighborhood gangs claimed the life of a 15-year-old bystander and wounded a 14-year-old boy on Clark Street recently. Police said the boys were on the front porch of the 15-year-old boy's home at Clark and Elmer streets when they were shot about 11:30 p.m. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_053006.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments on thefts at the old Spaghetti Warehouse building that Ray Morant is helping turn into Hartford's newest music venue. Morant insists that the multiple thefts at the site weren't that big a deal. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_082408.asp
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Because the poor needed to be fed, in 1980 two Sisters of St. Joseph brought a 12-cup coffee pot and a toaster to Hartford's North End. Simple, yes? Yes, but working with the poor is never simple, and over time, the coffee pot grew to become the House of Bread, with job training, a homeless shelter, transitional housing and supportive housing, among other programs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_101109.asp
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Hartford was in its heyday when most of the homes in Asylum Hill were built. Much of the magnificent architecture in Asylum Hill remains. Many have been restored to their original splendor, with much of that restoration work has been done by NINA, the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_090811_1.asp
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When you walk into Burns Latino Studies Academy, you cannot miss the large wall covered with the school’s CMT scores. On the left side of this hallway there is a dental clinic. In between sits the desk that Principal Timothy Sullivan is calling his office. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_020912.asp
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The recession has hit the region’s nonprofits hard, with nearly a third concerned that they may shutter their operations in the coming year, according to the annual survey conducted by the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut of the nonprofits in its 40-town service area. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/hbj_101909.asp
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Hartford public safety and Hartford neighborhoods Hartford families and children Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 29, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_092911_1.asp
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A recent landlord-tenant dispute in Hartford Housing Court shines a light on a simmering problem of rental housing. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_042710.asp
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Not too long ago, the streets of downtown Hartford were largely empty after business hours. But things slowly are a'changing. There are now people out walking dogs and going for coffee. Downtown is waking from the dead. It's not Times Square, but it is better than it was. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_050212.asp
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The new mixed-income community about to be built in Hartford's Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood will be a huge improvement on what used to be there. The housing, for which ground was broken recently, is on the site of the former Dutch Point Colony public housing project. The city could not have replaced Dutch Point on its own. It took a $20 million grant from a federal program called Hope VI. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_101705.asp
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Susan Campbell writes that we need new leadership in Hartford, because the business-as-usual/I-got-mine mentality just isn't working. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_020109.asp
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Helen Ubiñas attempts to understand what makes Garden Street home to more homicides than any other street in the city. After spending a week there, she details her experiences with police, children and families in the neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_080909.asp
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Community activists say many of subprime home mortgage loans are predatory loans, made by fee-seeking sharks who either lied about conditions of the loan or did not care whether borrowers understood what they meant or whether they could ever pay them back. In Connecticut, where thousands of variable-rate subprime loans are scheduled to jump to higher interest rates in coming months, the anticipated defaults will disrupt local housing markets for the next few years, experts say. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homeownership/htfd_courant_091007.asp
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Lovers of Italian food – and Italian music, dance and culture – got their fill at the three-day Italian Festival on Franklin Avenue. The climax of the weekend was the annual Columbus Day Parade. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: October 09, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_100908.asp
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The key to Billings Forge, a self-contained complex with 98 apartments, artists' studios, a community center, an upscale restaurant, community gardens and a bakery, is a model of philanthropy that could emerge as a force in the search for workable housing answers. Billings Forge, a mixed-income development, was purchased by The Melville Charitable Trust in 2005. Melville works with a nonprofit agency, Billings Forge Community Works, to operate the complex. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_052710_1.asp
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This past week a young child died after he was struck by a vehicle. The news reports have been inconsistent and inaccurate by misreporting the child’s age. Also, the area is incorrectly described as a road. It is more accurately, a driveway leading into a parking lot. The inability to accurately describe a place shows a disconnect with that area. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/realhtfd_051411.asp
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The transformation of a vacant Cadillac dealership in north Hartford into an expansive performance arts center for the University of Hartford was 10 years in the making. The Hartt School Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center opened recently. It will raise the profile of U of H as one of the country's top-flight performing arts universities — and will serve as a $22 million bookend to the sparkling Artists Collective cultural arts center a half-mile away on Albany Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_091708.asp
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Timothy's Restaurant, an institution where Trinity college students and faculty, neighborhood residents, union workers and legislators have dined for over 30 years, will be closing in February. The building has been sold, and Timothy Otte will be moving on. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_012407.asp
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Beset with mismanagement by Executive Director Frederick Smith's predecessor and lax oversight by a previous board of directors, ONE/CHANE has lost its credibility, viability and ability to advocate for the poorest neighborhood in one of the country's poorest cities. Time to dissolve it and start anew. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_111205.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that of the more than 200 tickets for property neglect and health problems issued by the health and human services and licensing and inspection departments since they rolled out a new system about two years ago, only 11 have actually been paid. Without enforcement, there's no deterrence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_060709.asp
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"Stop Snitchin' " T-shirts, named after a DVD that features a stream of rants against people who cooperate with police, are showing up on kids in Hartford. Hartford police have made it known that as clever as the punks wearing the shirts think they are being, they are actually just making themselves targets for police. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_083005.asp
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Susan Campbell argues that citizens need to speak out now about the war. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022008.asp
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Few are aware that there is a curfew prohibiting kids under 18 from being on the streets of Hartford after 9 p.m. Amidst the pointing of fingers and grasping for ways to stop the illegal activity and gun violence, police say they don't have the manpower to enforce the law. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_070605.asp
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Timothy Otte’s last day as the owner of Timothy’s Restaurant was Friday, March 2, 2007. He said he remains convinced that now is the perfect time to leave the restaurant, and its stuff, behind. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_030307.asp
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Susan Campbell expresses her opinion that in the face of the hit-and run accident on Park Street which injured Angel Arce Torres, it is easy to judge the city of Hartford. But, to the naysayers she declares: Please don't pretend to understand a city by standing at the property line or by driving through it with your windows rolled up. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061108_2.asp
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For over fifteen years in the 1950s and 60s, “Tom’s Service Station,” in the Hartford Clay Arsenal neighborhood, was a place where many of Tom Parrish’s friends, customers and people from all walks of life, tended to congregate. People went to “Tom’s” for news, comradeship, support and guidance, and to discuss current events among themselves. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_040108.asp
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Louise Blalock writes about the value of libraries, the Hartford Public library in particular. Libraries are part of the larger urban environment and a crucial player in the education of the city's youth — closing them should never again be an option. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091508.asp
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Helen Ubiñas discusses what she sees as a missed opportunity for newly-appointed Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts to build trust within the community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_070606.asp
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Recently, Sport and Medical Science Academy held a “topping off” ceremony at its new facility in Hartford’s Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood. The final beam of the structure was raised and put into place by construction workers at the site of the new school off Huyshope Avenue near Dillon Stadium. The school is currently located in Downtown Hartford at the corner of Ann and Asylum Streets. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 30 - June 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_news_053007.asp
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Celebrating his 10th anniversary as the pastor of the Citadel of Love, Rev. Marichal Monts felt called and returned to his home town. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_112705.asp
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There might be no better way to show off Hartford than to take people around the city on a walk or bike ride. That's what the Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance was betting when it started the Discover Hartford Bicycling and Walking Tour in 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 17, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_091708.asp
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The description of a tour of the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood developed for one of the Neighborhood Teams of the Hartford Public Library. The document includes photographs, a map, and discussion of the key architectural features of the neighborhood. The tour was developed/written by Lynn Ferrari, neighborhood resident and president of the Hartford Preservation Alliance. (PDF document, 10 pages) Published by
Lynn Ferrari
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/Sheldon_Charter Oak Tour_2007.pdf
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A recent report highlights some of the state's enviromental lowlights. The report, Toxics in Connecticut: A Town-by-Town Profile, provides an overview of toxic hazards in the state, then provides a breakdown of toxic sites in towns and cities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_advocate_052407.asp
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Holidays are always big affairs at the North End Senior Center in Hartford, but Black History Month is a special tradition. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022712.asp
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All that stands between a new sex shop and Hartford's South Meadows is, well, trash. Thwarting an effort to expand the sex industry in the capital city, planners have turned back a proposal for a new adult retail store because - they say - it is too close to an educational facility: the Visitors Center and Trash Museum at the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 7, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_020707.asp
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A spokesman for Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, the quasi-public agency that controls the fate of much of Connecticut’s waste products, seemed puzzled at the response to the proposed change to Hartford recycling facilities. Currently, CRRA owns two recycling centers in the south of Hartford. They have applied for a license from the state Department of Environmental Protection to merge the two facilities, which would increase the amount of materials they are able to recycle, and reportedly increase the overall daily recycling capacity. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Landfill/htfd_advocate_011107.asp
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The family and friends of Jashon Bryant, a Hartford teenager who was shot and killed by a Hartford police officer, gathered outside his family's home on Bellevue Street recently to plant a tree in his memory one day before the first anniversary of his death. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_050706.asp
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The recent removal of trees in two neighborhoods has upset some residents, who have raised questions about the city's commitment to preserving its trees. At Hartford Public High School last month, a giant European beech estimated to be more than 150 years old was cut down after officials expressed concern about student safety. Residents are also upset by another tree removal that occurred Monday on Hubbard Road at Goodwin Park, where the city hired a contractor to remove more than a dozen trees and prune scores of others. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_091311.asp
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The decision by Knox Parks, some years ago, to rebuild Hartford's traditional tree cover was a good one. Also, by encouraging cooperation of land owners to group enough trees in a neighborhood to really make a difference is a good tactic. However, Hartford needs to step up its efforts in the forestry field. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_news_092211.asp
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The Bellevue Square gym where Johnny Duke trained hundreds of boxers, and mentored hundreds more, is gone. And Duke is gone, too, having died in 2006 at age 81. But a group of his former students and others whose lives he affected gathered recently to dedicate a plaque in his honor and make sure his memory lives on. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 24, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_102409.asp
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After a brutal assault of a young man at Trinity there's fresh talk of limiting access to Summit Street and other neighborhood streets near the school to protect students. But, as the author suggests, we need be careful about the conclusions we jump to about the safety of the city as a whole. The truth here is we don't know who committed the attack. And for Trinity to survive, it can't shut out the neighborhood that surrounds it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_030612.asp
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Trinity College, looking for more student housing, is moving to evict several longtime tenants of college-owned housing on Crescent Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_070210.asp
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More than a month after a Trinity College student was assaulted just off campus, the school hosted a meeting with community stakeholders. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: April 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_041212.asp
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Trinity College has issued a statement concerning the assault of a student in March 2012. The assault occurred on public property, and the investigation is the jurisdiction of the Hartford Police Department, but there are few results to report from the investigation. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: May 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/jcohen_052212.asp
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A new course requiring students to immerse themselves in the city's Hispanic culture by exploring neighborhoods, meeting business owners and talking with residents is being offered at Trinity College. The "Hispanic Hartford" course, a requirement for students majoring in Hispanic studies, is another part of the effort by Trinity to establish closer ties with the surrounding community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_121905.asp
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Trinity College will trim its administrative staff, lay off some part-time professors and even close a faculty lunchroom to fix a financial squeeze caused by years of overspending, President James F. "Jimmy" Jones Jr. said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_042106.asp
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A building which Trinity College employees say had been slated for academic use has been turned into a police substation. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: May 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/realhtfd_051913.asp
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A Trinity College sophomore was badly beaten and severely injured by a group of unknown assailants as he walked along Allen Place on the school's northern border in the early morning hours recently. Although authorities have yet to determine where the assailants were from, this incident has become the tipping point regarding the growing concern for safety on campus by students and whether to limit access to campus. A public forum should be held to discuss the nature of the Trinity-neighborhood relationship. Without the community's input, decisions will be made from within the gates, directly and unfairly imposing consequences on those outside of the gates. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031112.asp
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About forty students and a few staff allies at Trinity have drafted an open letter dealing with safety issues on campus. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_031112.asp
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Every speaker at the recent emotionally-driven rally at Trinity College began by expressing support for Chris Kenny, but then each commented on safety, with the overwhelming message from those allowed to speak being “we must fight for our safety.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_030912.asp
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A bicyclist loitered on the Trinity College campus for two hours before he robbed sophomore Maria Young at knifepoint last month, Young told hundreds of students at a rally recently. Young, who wasn't injured in the hold-up, told her story to illustrate what she and others say is a need for tighter security at Trinity, where a student was badly beaten. The rally was organized to support the injured student, Chris Kenny, and suggest way to prevent such attacks. Kenny, also a sophomore, suffered a broken jaw, rib and cheekbone. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 08, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_030812.asp
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The Park Street commercial district has inaugurated an old-fashioned trolley car offering free transportation up and down the street. Although Hartford's Park Street is still a few pieces short of becoming the Latino wonderland that merchants and property owners envisioned it would be six years ago when they proposed converting it into New England's Hispanic main street, the commercial strip is light years ahead of what it was then. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 01, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_100107_1.asp
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The Hartford Police Department announced recently that Operation True North, a program in which state police will help city officers quell a wave of violence in the city’s North End, is getting underway. The plan includes the deployment of a state police supervisor and six troopers. The troopers will join Hartford patrol officers and federal agents already working in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060806.asp
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Less than a month has passed since concerned parents at Rawson Elementary School publicly voiced concerns about violence, gang activity, drug and alcohol use and sexual activity inside their children's school. But in that short span of time, much has changed at the Blue Hills neighborhood school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_052610.asp
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Steve and Kathy Arnold are Salvation Army troubleshooters, experienced urban missionaries known as "envoys" in the iconic, faith-based charity's military-like organization. They have come from the West to revive the moribund thrift stores in Bloomfield, Brooklyn, Bristol, Manchester, Mansfield, New Britain, Rockville, Torrington and West Hartford, and save the woefully underused drug and alcohol rehab center on Hartford's Homestead Avenue that the stores support. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041209_1.asp
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This Courant editorial urges Hartford Chief of Police, Daryl K. Roberts, to keep up the pressure on truant students. Controlling truancy prevents crime because unsupervised students are likely to make mischief. It also improves the students' chances of completing their education. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_050807_a.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that depending on the day, she is either a self-loathing Puerto Rican, a puppet manipulated by The Man or she’s harboring some personal vendetta against the mayor. But, the idea that if you happen to share the same ethnicity as someone it's "hands off" is not only insulting, it's racist. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_041810.asp
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In response to requests for a more visible police presence in dangerous neighborhoods, Mayor Perez and Chief of Police Harnett hope to rely less on police and more on schools, social services groups and residents themselves to identify problems before they are allowed to escalate into bloodshed. They believe the police department's new approach will bring the kind of long-term solution that other, temporary measures have failed to produce in the past. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 4, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_030405.asp
Related Link(s):
City of Hartford Police Department Neighborhood Policing Plan (PDF document)
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Forgotten Victim
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Chief Makes Business Presentation
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Helen Ubiñas writes that it was the day of closing arguments in former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor's manslaughter trial, so Lawlor and his family's waiting outside the courthouse recently was nothing unusual. What was unusual was the man amicably chatting with the family before shaking Lawlor's hand and calmly walking away. It was Keith Thomas, father of the young man Lawlor killed and one of Lawlor's harshest and most vocal critics. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120609.asp
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Teachers at Milner/Jumoke, one of the schools absorbed into the Commissioner’s Network, did not ratify the Memorandum of Understanding — a move that has stirred the Superintendent to threaten holding the Hartford Federation of Teachers union accountable and taking the matter to arbitration. This summer, Jumoke — a charter school — took over Milner, a public school in the North East neighborhood. Hiring decisions were made in the weeks before school began, with little time remaining for the adequate training of new staff. The takeover has been given a mixed reception by parents of students at Milner. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: September 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_091812.asp
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Rosanne Haggerty’s organization, Common Ground, recently acquired the former M. Swift & Sons gold-leaf factory in the North End. The model of redevelopment that they are using is termed “social innovation” or “social entrepreneurship,” which are variations on the business incubator concept. This concept involves businesses that share space and equipment, an education or training component, a focus on local and sustainable jobs as well as supportive housing. Haggerty is moving in the general direction of green jobs and craft-based businesses, including hydroponic agriculture. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041012.asp
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Hartford's Robin Hussain took time off from raising her three grandchildren recently to tell the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families some things she figured it should know. Namely, the home-heating assistance that members talk about from a 30,000-foot perspective in Washington is about the only thing standing between her family and disaster. So she became the day's regular-person witness, putting the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program into perspective. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_030608.asp
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The Mark Twain Branch of the Hartford Public Library on Farmington Avenue shut down until September 2011, as workers prepared for its move to Hartford Public High School on nearby Forest Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_081211.asp
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Trinity College and a New York-based development firm are planning a multi-million-dollar student housing project that would reshape the Hartford neighborhood surrounding the liberal arts college and provide the school a major boost in its efforts to attract students. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: September 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/hbj_091012.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that if it wasn't so frustrating, it might have been comical that nearly a month after a North End mom called me to complain about the 24-hour store near her house, she was still scrambling for answers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101109.asp
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For the second straight year, Hartford has made a list of the 25 most dangerous cities in the United States. The city ranks 24th on the list compiled by Morgan Quinto Press. Last year, it ranked 7th, showing the third most improvement. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112205.asp
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Jose Lopez Sr. came to the Hartford Police Department 22 years ago. He was among more than a dozen officers recently promoted. Lopez was appointed Assistant Chief of the department. He was one of the department's first community services officers, working out of the Frog Hollow neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_courant_111006.asp
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Developer J. Martin Hennessey, who has tried unsuccessfully to develop Hartford's Capewell factory into a community of gated homes and a hotel, recently announced that he is moving forward with the hotel, adding an additional hotel and a restaurant. The Capewell factory is located in the Sheldon Charter Oak neighborhood, just south of the Adriaen's Landing site. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 15, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_011505.asp
Related Link(s):
Life at Dutch Point Slowly Fades Away
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Sheldon Charter Oak Neighborhood Profile
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Capital City Economic Development Authority (CCEDA)
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The irony of the fatal shooting of two men in Hartford was not lost on the Rev. Henry Brown. "Less than five hours before we marched on the state Capitol, two more men got shot dead in the street," said Brown, who led about 100 protesters fed up with the gun violence from Main Street and Albany Avenue to the Capitol later that day, Monday, August 25, 2008. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_082608.asp
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Two multimillion dollar plans to turn 2 acres of city-owned land into a thriving gateway to Hartford's Hispanic community have been submitted to the city for approval. The city's review provides for staff to make a recommendation to the city's redevelopment agency. If that agency approves a plan, it moves to the city council for approval. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_071205.asp
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There are two men in Hartford on the same quest. Angel Arce and Kelvin Roldan will go head to head in the Democratic primary, both seeking the nomination for State Representative from the 4th Assembly District. With no Republican opposition in sight, that’s the race to win. Published by
The Hartford Guardian
; Publication Date: June 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/htfd_guardian_summer_2006.asp
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The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to open a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jashon Bryant, an African American city resident, by a white Hartford police detective in 2005, Bryant's family said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_031310.asp
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A new University of Connecticut report measures risk factors that could hinder city children's learning and identifies specific neighborhoods that might benefit from more social services and programs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 26, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042613.asp
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Although Hartford’s once large Ukrainian community has mostly dispersed to the suburbs, it still calls Wethersfield Avenue home. At the northern end of the avenue is St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church; at the southern end, just north of the Wethersfield town line, is the Ukrainian National Home (UNH), built in 1964. Officials from the UNH recently unveiled their plan to build a four-story residential/meeting facility adjacent to the organization’s current building. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 10 - 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_011007.asp
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Recently, the Department of Transportation held a reconsideration hearing for the ruling on Flower Street. Unfortunately, only few of the stakeholders were notified of the new hearing date. Opponents learned of the hearing as a result of a FOIA request. Because the DOT did not provide sufficient advance notice about the nature of evidence to be presented at the reconsideration hearing, stakeholders are being permitted to submit written testimony. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 25, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_012513.asp
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“Something really fantastic needs to happen here” was the sentiment expressed during the “Greening America’s Capitals” workshops that took place this week. The recent workshops went beyond this, allowing residents and stakeholders to provide ideas about how to improve the area of Capitol Avenue from approximately Sigourney Street to the State Capitol area. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: February 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/realhtfd_021711.asp
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This club doesn't recruit, and the membership dues are steep. In fact, most of its members would pay anything not to belong. The club is called Mothers United Against Violence and, as its name suggests, it's made up largely of moms. But these women share a bond on the opposite end of the spectrum from the joy of childbirth. Many know the unfathomable sorrow of burying their children, taken by the all-too-common gun violence on Hartford's streets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 02, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_010209.asp
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In this opinion piece, Nicholas Caruso suggests that were several initiatives coordinated, Hartford could pull off a phenomenal, comprehensive urban project that would include highway revision, greenway development, neighborhood rehabilitation, transit development and green design. The city would essentially replace a transportation system that has ripped apart the city with a multifaceted green corridor that would tie it back together. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 8, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_060808.asp
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The University of Hartford’s Office of University Relations and the Information Technology Services Department teamed up to donate six refurbished computers to the Blue Hills Merchant Association and the Upper Albany Neighborhood Collaborative. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_052108_1.asp
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A little over a week ago, thieves broke into the Blue Hills branch of the Hartford Public Library and stole four computers. Library officials hoped someone would help out. Their pleas were answered by the University of Hartford, which donated five "gently used" computers to the branch. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110709.asp
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Two University of Hartford Master of Architecture students, Michael Varisio and Gilbert Ramirez, recently took on the challenge of creating a hypothetical urban design for remaking the north Hartford downtown area. The area was obliterated decades ago by the construction of I-84. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_012708.asp
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After thieves broke into the Blue Hills branch of the Hartford Public Library recently and stole four computers, a neighborhood good Samaritan came to the rescue. The University of Hartford donated five "gently used" computers to the library to replace the heavily used stolen ones. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_111009.asp
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The Hartford Courant writes that it took a campaign of shame by Courant columnist Helen Ubiñas to get a federal housing official to finally pay nearly $800 in penalties and make her decaying house in Hartford look slightly less disheveled. What will it take for all the other rotting properties around the state? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092709_2.asp
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This report uses the data to analyze patterns and trends in the relationship between renter incomes and rents at the state, county and city level. It finds that in 2003 renter incomes are not keeping up with housing costs throughout much of the country, forcing an even greater share of renter households into unaffordable housing. These data confirm that affordability was a significant problem among renters in 2003 and that it is worsening. The report is based on the findings of National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) analysis of the American Community Survey (ACS) supplementary survey. The ACS is a new comprehensive survey of Americans being launched by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide national and local housing and income data on an annual basis. (PDF Document; 36 pages) Published by
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
; Publication Date: November 2004
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_11_2004.asp
Related Link(s):
American Community Survey
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Horace Hicks wore out the rubber soles of his black work shoes in just five months, walking the city's downtown streets each day, looking for trash. Hicks has done some work as a school bus driver, but he has been cleaning city streets since 1996. One of several people on a cleaning team, Hicks' latest employer is the Hartford Business Improvement District, an organization run and financed by the city's downtown property owners. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_121009.asp
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A newsletter from the Upper Albany - Clay Arsenal (UCAC) Weed and Seed program, spotlighting safe communities programs for Hartford youth. Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: January 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Crime/Weed and Seed Newsletter Jan 08.pdf
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The 2008 annual advertising supplement to the Hartford Courant, put together by Upper Albany Main Street (UAMS), which spotlights the growth and success of a variety of development projects and neighborhood businesses in Upper Albany. (PDF file, 5 pages, 5.5 MB) Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/UpperAlbany_HtfdCourant_Insert_2008.pdf
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Susan Campbell suggests that we stop looking at Hartford as a city that is dying on the vine and see it instead as one that is in constant — and expected and healthy — transition? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_021208.asp
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On Burton Street in Hartford, the gardens of six houses in a row are now unobstructed by fences. Nicola and Aldwin Allen have persuaded many of her neighbors to take their fences down and they've planted or allowed her to plant gardens. Nicola has planted 20 gardens on Burton and Sigourney streets and helped more than 20 homeowners in other city neighborhoods and at her children's school. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_042310.asp
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The Hot Spot Bike Shop is run by six Hartford teens as part of the Urban League's Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program. In a day care room-turned-repair shop, Collin Browne and Odingo Quinn, both 17, put new tubing in a donated bike's tires, while Trivon Markland, 17, inspects another bike. After donated bikes are fixed, the teens sell them to passersby or people who respond to ads they've placed at Trinity College and on Craigslist. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081009_1.asp
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Stan Simpson comments that two things he knows for sure about the so-called "resignation" of James Willingham Sr. as president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Hartford: Several key players on the 52-member board were unaware that he was being forced out. And they are not happy about it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070409.asp
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A month after James Willingham resigned as head of the Urban League of Greater Hartford, the organization says it is moving forward with a months-long search for his replacement. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_081309.asp
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For more than a decade, big-ticket redevelopment efforts in Hartford have focused largely on downtown — the idea being the success of a strong city center would ripple out into Hartford’s neighborhoods. But recently, another neighborhood — along Albany Avenue — grabbed some of the spotlight, as urban planners and land use experts brainstormed ideas for revitalizing the mile-plus long corridor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 01, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_020113.asp
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In a closed-door meeting held recently at the Capitol with more than a dozen mayors, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she was open to revising her proposed budget and address mayoral concerns about how best to curb urban violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_021506.asp
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There are few corporations in our community that do as much for it as United Technologies Corp. The company was recently chosen to receive The Hartford Courant's 2008 Tapestry Award, an award celebrating organizations that excel at building bridges of understanding that strengthen our community. UTC is so much more than Connecticut's largest private employer. The company's employees, at all levels, are an active and engaged part of communities around our state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041209.asp
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With the blighted Capitol West building targeted for a fast track to demolition, another prominent eyesore less than a mile away in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood is set for a top-to-bottom makeover. The Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Inc. announced recently that it has purchased the apartment building with street-level storefronts at the corner of Garden and Ashley streets — and plans to spend as much as $1.2 million on renovations over the next two years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_111810.asp
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Aetna Center for Families a community focal point that has attracted residents may close. The center has run out of money, and will probably shut its doors at the end of the year, though a community effort is in the works to salvage the program's services. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121505.asp
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Twelve hours after two young men were killed just blocks from their homes, scores of elected leaders, clergy, social workers and activists joined with young people in pleading for a cease-fire in Hartford's North End. As state and city leaders made a broad appeal for peace and proactive community support, and Christian and Islamic clergy prayed for an end to the violence, some of the most passionate voices came from family members of those slain in what the families characterize as "random" and "senseless violence." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060606.asp
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After former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor was found not guilty of manslaughter, the sister of the young man he killed in 2005 confronted him. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_120909_2.asp
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Henrietta Beckman will have mixed feelings Sunday when she attends the 7th annual Day of Remembrance at city hall. The difficult part will be reliving the pain and anguish associated with son Randy's death in 2002. But she will also be celebrating her son's life and helping others cope with the loss of a family member to violence. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062311.asp
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Attorney Carmine Giuliano was doing his best to create a little leverage for client Luis Negron, accused of the horrific hit-and-run that maimed and eventually killed Angel Arce Torres. If a judge determines that Negron's alleged confession was coerced, as Giuliano strongly suggested last week, it would certainly complicate matters for the Hartford Police Department. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_052009.asp
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Within shouting distance of the scene of a recent attack on a lesbian couple in Hartford, people raised their voices at a rally against the silence they believe encourages hate crimes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 21, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_112105.asp
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Ten shootings left two men dead and eight others injured in an ugly weekend of gun violence that erupted suddenly across the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_061112.asp
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Rabbi Stephen Fuchs comments on the violence portrayed in the media, video games and the number of violent crimes that occur in Hartford and the nation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_081208.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about the realities of violence in the city of Hartford, and the sources for solutions to quelling it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_071810.asp
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Overall violent crimes, including murder, rapes and serious assaults, were reported down by 15.6 percent. Property crimes increased 11 percent. Overall, crime was up 7.3 percent in 2004.
The latest statistics are good news for Hartford, ranked the seventh most dangerous in America last year by a national research firm. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 8, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_01_08_05.asp
Related Link(s):
America's Safest and Most Dangerous Cities
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Tom Condon writes that to the extent that The Greater Hartford Process is remembered today, and the memory is fading, it is for the failed effort to build a new community of 20,000 people, mostly in the town of Coventry. That doesn't do it justice — it was more than that. Hartford Process was a remarkable burst of energy and leadership, the likes of which has not been seen since, aimed at rebuilding and recreating all of Greater Hartford. This entailed vast changes in education, social services, policing, child care, economic development, transportation and housing. It remains a fascinating exercise, a study in, among other things, how difficult it is to effect change on a broad scale, especially in the Land of Steady Habits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_031311.asp
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This report is a reflection of the ideas and hard work of a range of experts — practitioners, political leaders, and scholars — who have dedicated their time and energy to making older small cities better places to live. (PDF document, 56 pages) Published by
Policy Link
; Publication Date: 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Voices_from_Forgotten_Cities.pdf
Related Link(s):
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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CHAPA
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The Knox Parks Foundation and other groups revealed plans on June 1st to renovate the lot at the intersection of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_060205.asp
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It can be hard to make time for charititable work between your regular job, driving kids to soccer practice and spending time with friends and family. But Hands on Hartford and one of its programs, Manna Community Meals, have a solution: volunteering during your lunch break. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_042211.asp
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Hartford’s Foodshare, recently welcomed 4,000 walkers to Bushnell Park for their largest fundraiser aiming to raise approximately $600,000 to feed local families. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_050312.asp
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Spring brings walks for charity, walks for fun and, in many cities across the world, including Hartford and Norwich, walks to honor one of the great advocates for cities. Jane Jacobs Walks, to be held May 5 and 6, honor the author and urbanist. In Hartford, three walks will be held May 5, each exploring different parts of the West End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 30, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_043012.asp
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Hartford's Walter Wick, the author of the internationally acclaimed "Do You See What I See" search-and-solve children's-book series that has just grown by one. Titled "Out of This World", the ninth in Wick's clever puzzle books has an element not seen in his others: a pair of new stars, a nameless princess and an anonymous robot. Their worlds collide in the imagination of a child sitting on a playroom floor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_050313.asp
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In this Commentary piece, Mike McGarry suggests using the intersection of Farmington Avenue and Broad Street (the rejected site of the Pathways to Technology magnet school) for a monument to the veterans of Hartford, especially those who fought in World War II and Korea? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_031807.asp
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John D. Wardlaw, executive director of the Hartford Housing Authority for 27 years, retired in March. In locations like Charter Oak Terrace, Stowe Village, and Bellevue Square, Wardlaw razed the city's federally funded subsidized housing projects to replace them with duplexes and single- family homes. He has changed the living conditions for thousands below the poverty line in Hartford, but his transformations have ultimately lowered the amount of affordable housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_032205.asp
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Add State Rep. Kelvin Roldan and state Sen. John Fonfara to the list of folks who don't want a new waste transfer station at Murphy Road in Hartford. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/cityline_042109.asp
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In this opinion piece, the author suggests that the 90 seconds of videotape of the hit-and-run accident of 78-year-old Angel Arce Torres on Park Street in Hartford is remarkable primarily because it forces us to watch the chronic indifference that permeates life in general these days. At least two things went right after Mr. Torres was hit. Someone called 911, and the police showed up in less than a minute. Watching through the safety of a surveillance camera, it is easy to judge those who did nothing at the scene of the Park Street accident. It is harder to admit we all played a role. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: June 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/hbj_061608.asp
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Two recent reports offer a bad-news, good-news incentive for prison reform. The first says prisons cost way more than we think they do. The second says we shouldn't put as many people in them as we do. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/prisonerre-entry/htfd_courant_020212.asp
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Music auditions and police raids usually have very little in common, but now they are both being employed in response to the recent outbreak of violence in Hartford’s North End. Stamford-based entertainment lawyer James Walker recently announced the launching of his “Stop the Violence: Embrace the Music” campaign. The centerpiece of Walker’s campaign is a competition to win a $100,000 recording contract. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: June 14, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_news_061406_a.asp
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Stan Simpson expresses the opinion that if the city of Hartford wants to get a handle on why teens are out late on the streets, it has to get a grasp on the home lives. What people will find, for the most part, is the absence of a father — almost 70 percent of Hartford households with children are headed by single parents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_081308.asp
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The delayed proposal to renovate Weaver High School will soon come before the board of education after recommendations from one community task force, school officials said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_112511.asp
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There is now an online tool designed to link volunteer groups in Hartford with those who are in need of their services. Hands on Hartford, formerly known as Center City Churches, launched a website this week intending to trigger a new approach to community service. The website allows teams of volunteers to seek out and connect with opportunities offered through service organizations in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_021508.asp
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Much of the West End had recently turned out to debate the expansion of a school. Despite arguments against it — complaints about traffic, zoning, and bus pollution, to Superintendent Kishimoto’s statement that this competition from CREC would hurt Hartford Public Schools — the West End Civic Association’s Executive Board voted to endorse the school proposal recently. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: March 21, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/realhtfd_032112.asp
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This monthly report from the Weed and Seed Project provides statistics about crime in the Weed and Seed focus area (parts of Upper Albany and Clay Arsenal neighborhoods) of Hartford during December 2006, and for the 2006 calendar year. (PDF file, 4 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: January 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/WS_Dec_06.pdf
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A narrative from the successful 2005 grant application which secured a Weed and Seed grant from the federal government. (PDF document, 24 pages) Published by
Hartford Police Department
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/crime/Hartford_WS_Narrative_2005.pdf
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Franklin Ave. has changed – but don’t worry. The Italian restaurants, markets and bakeries which made the Avenue famous as Hartford’s “Little Italy” are still turning out the best pizza, Italian cookies and veal scallopini in the region. But in recent years, the Avenue has taken on an increasingly diverse look, based in part on the many Hispanic and Eastern European people who have moved into Hartford’s South End. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 17 - 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_051706.asp
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Freshly planted garden beds filled with hosta, lily and viburnum plants surround the new brick and granite entryway to Hartford's historic Pope Park. The changes are part of the first phase of the Pope Park Master Plan, a $13.6 million project aimed at making the century-old park safer and more accessible. The plan, a collaborative effort of the Friends of Pope Park, the Pope Hartford Designated Fund and the Knox Parks Foundation, was prepared in response to the Hartford Parks Master Plan, which made recommendations for improvements to 32 of the city's parks. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/htfd_courant_061706.asp
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The revival of the Farmington Avenue corridor has had unfortunate consequences. Several excellent new restaurants have moved in, but they are drawing more customers than they have parking for. Unsuspecting customers leave their cars in private parking areas, and the cars are towed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 14, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_101407.asp
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The West Indian Social Club of Hartford, Inc celebrated their 60th Anniversary with a Gala and Awards Banquet Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, Connecticut. The West Indian Social Club is the oldest running organization of its kind in the United States. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 15, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_041510.asp
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In this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that although it will lengthen the process, the Hartford Housing Authority was right to pull the plug on talks with a developer over the renewal of the Westbrook Village and Bowles Park housing projects. The project is too important to start without a meeting of the minds. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_051909.asp
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Sigourney Street is named for Lydia Huntley Sigourney, known as "the sweet singer of Hartford." She was among the first American women to succeed at a literary career and was an important force in feminine sentimental fiction in the second quarter of the 19th century. Her sentimentality endeared her to Hartford residents and thousands others who asked her to write poetic obituaries for loved ones and even pets. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_011007.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about what Hartford residents and visitors want from police: respect and good customer service. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110809_1.asp
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In 1941, Hartford Mayor Thomas Spellacy asked residents of each neighborhood in the city to form a committee to accomplish three things: They were to gather the names of all men and women from their neighborhood serving in World War II (and keep the list up to date), design an honor roll to those serving and raise money for the construction of their neighborhood honor roll. But, the today North West Honor Roll no longer exists. All that remains is the pedestal on which the honor roll stood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_110109.asp
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Concerned Hartford residents and other interested parties recently gathered at the Hartford Public Library for Life After Landfill, a workshop regarding the North Meadows landfill’s closure and post-closure issues. The landfill is set to close by the end of 2008, but it’s still unclear who will foot the bill for the closing, what will be become of the land and just what lies at the bottom of the dump. Life After Landfill was a brainstorming session: We have this giant pile of waste; after we cover it up, what do we want to do with it? Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 2, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Landfill/htfd_advocate_110206.asp
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On April 28, 2011 the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was named 2010 Local Corporation of the Year by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC). However, two community leasers contest the numbers of women and minorities who have been employed by the MDC or its subcontractors. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: June 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_060111.asp
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A description of survey and focus group participants’ financial status, including information on employment, taxes, renting/owning home, banking, savings/debt, and credit history, is presented. (PDF file, 27 pages) Published by
Annie E. Casey Foundation
; Publication Date: September 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/financialservices.pdf
Related Link(s):
Hartford Making Connections
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Jane Jacobs, the great thinker on the subject of urban life and advocate for the hustle and bustle of busy city streets, died on April 25, 2006, and it was interesting to read the many eulogies praising her work. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 7, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_050706_a.asp
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Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor has been charged with manslaughter and assault in a 2005 shooting. His life may be ruined, his freedom taken, because of a finding by prosecutors and a grand jury that neither he nor his partner were in imminent danger when he fired his gun. But that finding is apparently contradicted by what his partner said to his supervisor the night of the shooting. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 08, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_060808.asp
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Hartford’s streets are named after their destinations have survived, such as Wethersfield, Blue Hills, Albany and Windsor Avenues, or after Connecticut towns. Another way to name streets was after a developer or large property holder in the area or after people to honor their contributions to the city. For history buffs, the most interesting streets are those named after landmarks, either natural or man-made, because many of these landmarks have since disappeared or moved. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: January 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_news_011912_1.asp
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After hearing numerous complaints from community organizations and individuals over the years, City Councilmen Calixto Torres and Jim Boucher have drawn up an ordinance that would require convenience stores, mini-marts and other small shops to get a permit if they want to remain open between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 9 - 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Crime/htfd_news_050907.asp
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Reporters for the Courant studied the pedestrian walk-lights in downtown Hartford. They found consistently that it didn't matter if they pressed the walk signal button or not. The City engineer confirmed: Downtown Main Street buttons don't work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The walk signals work on a programmed schedule. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 03, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_090307.asp
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Colin McEnroe, a columnist for the Hartford Courant, writes about a neighbor whose home was burglarized, as well as other public safety problems in Hartford. He says the city feels like it's coming apart. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_072708.asp
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Imagine a restaurant where the (vegetarian) food is free and you dine with strangers who just may be the most important people you'll ever meet. Douglas Dix, a University of Hartford biology and medical technology professor, is imagining it and looking for investors. Dix, a popular college lecturer who has been teaching the course "Hunger: Problems of Scarcity and Choice" since 1986, wants to create a restaurant for the family of Greater Hartford. Each evening will involve one seating, and meals are by invitation only. Guests will run the socioeconomic gamut because Dix thinks it's going to take all of us to figure out a solution to poverty, and where better to do it than over a healthy meal in a venue that would bring in local jazz and display local art on its walls. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_092808.asp
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Officials of the Bristol-based sports media giant say they continue to review their options at Front Street, the housing, retail, and entertainment district of Adriaen’s Landing. However, their tone has clearly changed. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: October 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/hbj_102008.asp
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Violent crime in the city of Hartford is down. But other crimes -- like robbery, larceny, and car theft -- are up over last year. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 21, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_062112.asp
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The former Hartford College for Women campus is in a leafy, 13-acre oasis in the West End of the city. It has some lovely Georgian buildings that were once grand homes, along with some more modern buildings. It's been part of the University of Hartford for the past several years, but the university isn't sure it still needs the campus. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_061409.asp
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Colt developer, Lance Robbins, insists a $29 million judgment won't affect the historic factory's chances of becoming a national park. Robbins now controls the fate of the Colt complex in Hartford, and along with it the city's dreams of creating a national park at the historic factory that would draw visitors from around the country. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_120809.asp
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Enforcing the underutilized anti-loitering ordinance could help reduce dangerous situations at late-night convenience stores. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 7, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070705.asp
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The plan to bring a new $65 million equestrian center to at least 60 acres of Keney Park appears to be in limbo. The Friends of Keney Park organization doesn't like it. The North East NRZ doesn't like it. People on the city's parks and recreation commission don't like it. And word is that folks in Blue Hills don't like it much, either. Patricia Kelly, who heads the Ebony Horsewomen and is spearheading the push for an equestrian center, is undeterred. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/parks/cityline_021809.asp
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That wariness of being sucked up by labor or left-wing activist groups such as MoveOn.org hasn't stopped the Connecticut Occupiers from reaching out to all those organizations for general support and cooperation. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_advocate_121411.asp
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IIn this editorial, the Courant expresses the opinion that Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez's venture into establishing a citywide wireless network that could allow residents limited free access to the Web looks good on paper and might indeed function as he describes it. Wi-fi is clearly the wave of the future. It frees people and businesses to use the technology in remarkably new ways, even chat with friends across the world, without being tied to desks. But there are still potential drawbacks to overcome. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110606.asp
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For years, one of the reasons trotted out to explain the abysmal failure of Connecticut's anti-racial-profiling law was the lack of money to pay for collecting data about who cops are stopping and why. The trouble with that excuse is that $1.2 million in federal money for Connecticut anti-racial-profiling data collection has been sitting untouched since 2006. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_advocate_122111.asp
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The city council staked its ground recently in the immigration debate, unanimously approving an ordinance that bars police from inquiring about immigration status. The ordinance, if signed by Mayor Eddie Perez, would prevent police from arresting or detaining anyone solely because immigration authorities had issued an administrative warrant for them, which is a civil matter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_081308.asp
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Serafin Mendez is a Hartford resident, a community leader and a professor in the Department of Communications at Central Connecticut State University, writes about Mayor Pedro Segarra’s first year as mayor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_061911.asp
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Since it first opened in 1922, Weaver High School has been a mirror and a source of pride for Hartford’s North End. But Weaver is now divided into the Culinary Arts Academy and the Journalism and Media Academy (JMA), and enrollment has declined to just 500 students. The current Weaver High School is slated for a $100 million renovation, scheduled to start in May, 2015. The conversion of JMA into a magnet school, which draws from the region rather than a specific area of the city, was a catalyst in raising concerns among city residents that all of Weaver might become a magnet school and thereby lose its unique character and identity. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_news_042513.asp
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The Rev. William McGrath, a classical scholar who became an admired parish priest in Hartford's North End during the urban riots of the late 1960s, has died at 86. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Neighborhoods/htfd_courant_062307.asp
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City police Officer Steve Kessler, speaking to a community group recently, said that gang violence was a problem around the brand-new, $10.9 million, Wilson-Gray YMCA building in the city's North End. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2010
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Kerri Provost writes about the ongoing fight for transparency and respect from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: April 18, 2013
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Christine Palm provides her annual tally of wins and losses in the department of urban Eyesores and, conversely, Sites for Sore Eyes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 31, 2006
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Hartford's big wireless project has stalled. Nearly two and a half years ago, in November 2005, Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez announced the city would set up a free wireless network downtown and in Blue Hills as a pilot for what would eventually be citywide wireless access to the Internet. Perez wanted to close the “digital divide” that was disadvantaging city residents in a world that increasingly relies on Internet access for everything from finding a job to registering your children for school. The network did launch in October 2006, a few months late, but has never gotten out of its pilot phase and has never reached beyond parts of downtown and Blue Hills. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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To help close Hartford's digital divide, Mayor Eddie Perez announced an initiative earlier this year to provide Web access, computer equipment and training to Hartford families. The goal is to build a free wireless network across the city, provide low-cost computer equipment to residents, and train them in the basics of computer and Web usage. The effort is unlike those of municipalities trying to compete with private-sector companies who provide high-speed Internet access. Instead, the city is looking to partner with private-sector companies to expand access to the two-thirds of Hartford families that are not being served by the private market. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 9, 2006
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Mi Casa Family Service and Educational Center has renovated the building at 590-596 Park Street. Built in the 1930s, this three-story limestone beauty is one of Hartford's few remaining Art Deco-style structures. The renovation is as enlightened as its mission, which is to provide health, employment, housing and social services to Puerto Rican and Latino families in the South End and Frog Hollow neighborhoods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/ArtsandCulture/htfd_courant_091805_a.asp
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One of Hartford's landmark diners, Rajun Cajun, recently closed for business — maybe for good. When Chef Thomas Armstrong took over the vacant Hal's five years ago, the place was a dump. Though Armstrong fixed up the bar and did some cosmetic work in the dining area, the place is still in dire need of major rehab and TLC. That should be phase one of a more comprehensive redevelopment plan to remake that Terry Square area. The area, located off I-91 and Windsor Street, has potential which should make it a developer's dream. Armstrong has been holding out, hoping that the city would make the redevelopment of Terry Square a high priority. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 17, 2009
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A petition to the Hartford Planning and Zoning Board for an exemption to the rule that prevents any new adult business opening within 1,000 feet of homes, schools, parks and other adult businesses has been withdrawn. A local purveyor of X-rated material has withdrawn his application for another adult entertainment facility in the northeast part of the North Meadows. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 29 - December 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_news_112906.asp
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A friend to witnesses to a murder that occurred in February was shot and killed May 6th in an intimidation campaign to prevent the witnesses from testifying. Their family has asked police to be placed on the witness protection program. The witnesses still plan to testify. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2005
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Even while scrambling to save her son, her pets and herself from a fast-moving blaze that consumed her apartment building and killed her upstairs neighbor, Christine Pasquarelli said she noticed an obvious void. Fire officials and neighbors have said that Desiree Harrison left the burning building, but then returned. Pasquarelli remembered that she thought it strange that she didn't hear Harrison, who had lived in the building for about five years and cared for those around her. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2011
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The city of Hartford says that gun crimes are down, as is the homicide rate. But a recent weekend was a violent one in Hartford - with two shooting deaths, nine other shooting victims, and two stabbings. One of the dead is 24-year-old Michael Bailey, Jr. -- a cousin of City Council President Shawn Wooden. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/jcohen_061512.asp
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Helen Ubiñas suggests that there is a problem with youth gangs in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_032606.asp
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For more than a decade, officials at Hartford Public Library have envisioned building a new branch on Albany Avenue that could meet the growing demand by city residents. The existing branch at 1250 Albany Ave. is filled to capacity by 3 or 4 p.m. on most days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2010
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There was, let us recall, some good news in the past year, and near the top of the list was the decline in teen pregnancy. Connecticut's numbers are among the lowest in the country, with 18.9 births per 1,000, according to the CDC. But though the numbers are improving, teen pregnancy remains a stubborn problem in our cities. Though it is lower than it was, Hartford's rate of 55 births per 1,000 teens is way above the state and national averages, with the problem particularly acute in the Latino community. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_011813.asp
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Trinity College in Hartford is deemed to have the worst relationship between students and neighbors, according to the Princeton Review's guidebook Best 366 Colleges. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_advocate_083007.asp
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Rick Green comments on the use of cameras to monitor public spaces. Increasingly — and notably since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the federal Department of Homeland Security opened the funding spigot — the government is filming and recording people. It's all to make us feel more secure, but there's not much research that suggests cameras reduce crime. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/crime/htfd_courant_012208.asp
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In late October, the YMCA of Greater Hartford announced it was selling its building on the corner of Jewell and Pearl streets to Northland Investment Corp., who would build a $117 million, 18-story condominium/apartment tower on the site. The Y said it would keep a presence in downtown by leasing space on the second floor of Northland's Hartford 21 tower. But, it would not have a pool, racquetball courts, or a basketball gym. Now, a group of Y members is fighting the closure. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 5, 2006
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The Greater Hartford YMCA has begun final countdown toward completion of its newest community center in the city in 35 years. When it opens in September, the $10 million, 44,000-square-foot facility at 444 Albany Ave. in the city’s North End will officially restore the YMCA’s permanent base for community fitness and services disrupted with the closing of its former downtown Jewell Street facility three years ago. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 13, 2009
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Helen Ubiñas writes that the new YMCA on Albany Avenue is impressive. The Greater Hartford YMCA made the move from downtown into the neighborhood to bring programs and services families that need them the most. As commendable as the Y's plans are, it's hard not to wonder if once again the reality will somehow eclipse the vision. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092709.asp
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When the Greater Hartford YMCA closed its branch downtown at Bushnell Park, it said its plan was to move back into city neighborhoods to serve people where they lived. More than three years later, the YMCA's new, $10.9 million, 43,000-square-foot, Wilson-Gray Youth and Family Center opened. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_092709_1.asp
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Hartford City Council recently considered an ordinance concerning City trees. The highlights of the proposed ordinance include: Defining the role of the city forester; Establishing a tree advisory council; Enabling the forester to conduct a tree inventory; Creating a tree master plan; Establishing a tree legacy program; Prohibiting damage to trees in the right of way or in public places and the removal of large trees in the right of way without the forester's permission; and more. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 21, 2010
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A panel of experts on the state’s parole system came to speak recently at a meeting of the Maple Avenue Revitalization Group (MARG), but most of the interesting ideas came from local residents who spoke out at the discussion. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: November 15 - 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/PrisonerRe-entry/htfd_news_111506.asp
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With classes over for the semester and with the holidays around the corner, teachers and students at the Artists Collective threw a party for themselves and others in the community. To show what they learned, students put on music and dance shows. Organizers also had readings on Kwanzaa, the traditional African American celebration based on African traditions. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_121805.asp
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For three weeks this summer, about 25 Hartford youths, mostly boys, picked up brooms, rakes and shovels and swept away the empty bottles and trash discarded on Albany Avenue. Their involvement in the Saving Our Kids from The Streets program was by many accounts a positive experience for the youths. Some community leaders and local police say it might even have helped keep violent crime at bay by engaging teenagers who had the potential to get into trouble. But, while they expected to be paid, there is no money to do so. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_081206.asp
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A grand, if little-known achievement in Hartford history, was the founding of the Boys & Girls Clubs. The 1860 after-school program, originally called the Dashaway Club, evolved into an organization that now has more than 4.5 million members around the world. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_031310.asp
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Thanks to $500,000 given by CL&P toward the rehab project, the three-story, blond-brick building at the corner of Ashley and Garden Street (207-213 Garden) is now moving closer to completion. The rehab project, sponsored by the Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, INC. (NINA), was acquired in 2010 from what NINA is calling an “absentee investor.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 08, 2012
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