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Connecticut's hospitality and tourism budget needs to be higher, says local businesses
HARTFORD, Conn. — Hospitality officials and small business owners in Connecticut are pushing for more spending on tourism and hospitality. “It was [...] at a high water mark the last couple of years; it was 12 million now it’s going back to four and a half next year unless the legislature and governor decide to put more money back into it,” said Scott Dolch, president and CEO of the CT Restaurant Association.
Hartford mayor speaks on long-term housing plan for apartment tenants displaced by August fire
HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford's mayor provided some answers Wednesday for the roughly 100 people in the city who were displaced by a fire at the Concord Hills Apartments on Sherbrooke Avenue last month. The city has started moving tenants into new hotels after they said the motels they were...
Environmental groups rally in Hartford against pipeline expansion plans
HARTFORD, Conn. — Environmental activists gathered outside the Connecticut State Capitol Tuesday to stop the expansion of a natural gas pipeline. They are protesting what’s called “Project Maple,” an effort to upgrade an 1,100-mile pipeline system that runs through New England, including here in Connecticut. The...
New plan for downtown West Hartford includes ‘flexible’ public spaces, keeps ‘charm’
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — West Hartford plans to widen sidewalks, add landscaping and allow street closures for special events as part of a downtown revitalization plan. The plan, unveiled on Tuesday, aims to enhance pedestrian safety, make it easier to ride bicycles downtown, preserve “neighborhood charm” and add “flexible” public space by closing roads […]
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