Legislative leaders say they’re ready to up their efforts to get suburban towns to open their doors to city students.
Inclusive Economic Recovery
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What do we get for the billions spent on job training? Connecticut wants to know.
Connecticut doesn’t precisely know what it is getting for the money. Neither does the federal government.
Posted inCities & Towns, Economic Development
Can opportunity zones revive struggling neighborhoods?
The federal tax incentive draws private investment to distressed neighborhoods, but there are problems with the program.
Posted inEconomic Development
Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
Tia Woods had been the coordinator of a dance program. It closed but left her with space in East Hartford. She had a business idea: Woods, who is Black, knew many minority artisans needed space to show and sell their products. So in February 2019, she created what she called a “modern consignment boutique” called […]
Posted inEconomic Development, Money
Transportation infrastructure could be key to inclusive economic recovery, but investment has languished
Advocates say Connecticut must rebuild its aging transportation network and expand public transit to provide economic opportunity for all.
Posted inCities & Towns
Inclusive Growth: Is regional activity the state’s last option?
Regionalizing services could bring big cost savings, but Connecticut has historically maintained obstacles to greater cooperation between municipalities.
Posted inHousing
In recovering urban areas, homeownership makes all the difference
Five years ago, the neighborhood was largely blighted. Now, a playground sits on a cleaned-up lot.
Posted inMoney
CT’s extreme inequality poses major obstacle to sustainable ‘inclusive’ growth
Connecticut’s extreme disparities in income and wealth will block sustainable, inclusive growth until officials overhaul its regressive tax system.
Posted inCities & Towns
Innovative program helps Lawrence, MA, get off the mat
A program that helps connect parents with jobs and skill-building is helping revitalize a historic mill town.
Posted inEconomic Development
How infrastructure improvements can aid inclusive revival
Inclusive infrastructure is an economic and quality-of-life win for everyone.
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COVID presents fresh challenges for prisoners re-entering society, but also new opportunities
With thousands of Connecticut inmates re-entering society during the coronavirus pandemic, organizations are finding new ways to provide aid.
Posted inCities & Towns
Cities need ‘a better deal’ as Connecticut digs out of pandemic slump
COVID-19 has worsened already stark racial disparities in Connecticut. Inclusive growth could help ease them.
Posted inCities & Towns
Reviving cities must include the excluded
Inclusive growth calls on cities to revive themselves so that all residents benefit, which has been challenging here in Connecticut and elsewhere.