|
What’s New on HartfordInfo is a periodic update announcing additions to HartfordInfo (www.hartfordinfo.org), a gateway to information and data about Hartford and the region. Please feel free to forward this message to others. To be added to the distribution list send an email message through our feedback page.
Here are some of the recent new additions to HartfordInfo:
- A full explanation of the differences between the City defined boundaries of Hartford neighborhoods and the boundaries of Hartford’s Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs), including maps and a breakdown of census tracts, prepared by HartfordInfo staff. Go to the following page and click on the links in the box titled “Special Notes on Neighborhoods and NRZs”:
http://www.hartfordinfo.org/community_data.asp
- Strengthening Neighborhood Organizing in Hartford, a draft report based on a study commissioned by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving that examines community organizing in Hartford as well as the Comprehensive Communities Partnership (CCP), Problem Solving Committees (PSCs), and the Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs). Both the July, 2004, and the September, 2004, drafts may be found by going to the HartfordInfo home page (www.hartfordinfo.org) and either typing “organizing” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then clicking “Search,” or clicking on “Neighborhoods” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
- HartfordInfo has reached an agreement with The Hartford Courant that will allow the permanent inclusion of selected Courant articles on HartfordInfo. Some examples include:
- “Life at Dutch Point Slowly Fades Away,” a September 26 story on life in Dutch Point. Go to www.hartfordinfo.org and type “dutch” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then click “Search,” or click on “Families & Children” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
- “Employed and Poor,” an August 8 article on life for low-wage workers in Hartford. Go to www.hartfordinfo.org and type “employed” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then click “Search,” or click on “Economic Development” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
- Full coverage of the Connecticut Center for Science development. Go to www.hartfordinfo.org and type “science” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then click “Search,” or click on “Downtown Development” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
- Report of the State of Connecticut Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: In 2003 the Commission undertook four studies concerning how actions taken in the pre-arrest, pre-trial, trial and sentencing phases contribute to the disproportionate number of African-Americans and Latinos involved in Connecticut’s criminal justice system. Go to www.hartfordinfo.org and type “disparity” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then click “Search,” or click on “Legal Issues” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
- Changing Demographics of Connecticut: Two reports from the University of Connecticut Center for Population Research examining changes in Connecticut between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. Go to www.hartfordinfo.org and type “changing” in the white search box towards the upper left corner and then click “Search,” or click on “People & Demographics” from the list of categories on the left of the home page.
Go to Top
|