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Dec. 20, 2020 10:00 am ET
About one in three small businesses have closed their doors in Connecticut since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a setback for a state that never fully recovered from the last recession.
That number puts Connecticut behind New York, New Jersey and the nation as a whole, where about one in four small businesses have closed, according to Opportunity Insights, a research and policy institute based at Harvard University that is tracking the economic damage caused by the pandemic.
The arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine has brought hope that the worst of the pandemic will end in 2021. But before that happens, hundreds of Connecticut small-business owners will struggle to make it through the winter and spring.
Today s Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts Written by Office of the Governor.
Latest Data as of 7:00PM on Tuesday, November 24, 2020
As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2020:
Data updates on testing in Connecticut
The following is a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases, deaths, and tests in Connecticut. It is important to note that these newly reported updates include data that occurred over the last several days to a week. All data in this report are preliminary, and data for previous dates will be updated as new reports are received and data errors are corrected.
The $532,100 state grant that Goodspeed Musicals is receiving is immensely helpful while its stages in East Haddam and Chester are dark due to the pandemic. But neither Goodspeed nor other theaters are out of the woods yet.
That was the message from government and theater officials during a virtual news conference Thursday to highlight the grant that Goodspeed got through the state’s COVID Relief Fund for the Arts. Goodspeed was one of 154 nonprofit arts organizations in the state to receive funds through this program. A total of $9 million was awarded, with grants of more than $500,000 going to three venues: Goodspeed, Hartford Stage and Long Wharf Theatre. The list of organizations and grants were announced in November.
By Richard Kaufman
On Thursday morning, Greenwich’s delegation to Hartford State Representative-elect Kimberly Fiorello (R-149), and State Reps. Stephen Meskers (D-150) and Harry Arora (R-151), as well as First Selectman Fred Camillo, gathered virtually for the annual Greenwich United Way Legislative Breakfast to discuss topics related to the state and local level. State Sen. Alex Kasser (D-36) could not attend because of a scheduling conflict.
The COVID-19 pandemic dominated the hour-long dialogue, as it’s the most pressing issue. The delegation agreed that containing the virus is priority number one heading into the next legislative session.
“We’re in a crisis,” said Arora, who would like to see increased testing among the population. “I’m not going to say anything other than the fact that the first thing is to contain COVID. No COVID containment, no policy relevance.”