Champlin Packrite Co News Today

Hartford and seven other towns and cities awarded $36.5 million in grants to spur revitalization and job growth.

Connecticut’s Communities Challenge Grant program will award eight grants to communities across the state to help fund revitalization projects in an effort to spur job growth. Half of the funds will go to “distressed” communities.

A 500-plus page proposal seeking nearly $50 million from the state’s innovation corridor program details plans for a dozen properties for the Parkville Arts & Innovation District.