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If there was ever a time the city of Hartford needed a big vision to chase it would be now. And that’s precisely what a new plan to remake the city’s highway system offers. The 15-year, $17-billion plan is big and part of a regional planning effort called Hartford 400, backed by the iQuilt project in Hartford. Image Greg Bordonaro It essentially would remove significant stretches of highway — including the I-84/I-91 and “mixmaster” interchanges — that carve up the city and separate downtown and its neighborhoods, freeing up more than 150 acres of land for potential redevelopment i...

They represent various industries from bioscience and technology to software and advanced manufacturing. The companies were chosen with the help of Connecticut Innovations, the state’s quasi-public venture investor, which has a stake in many of the tech firms on our list.  The special section is meant to introduce readers and the broader business community to some of the tech companies that could make waves in the years ahead.  Will all of them become unicorns? Most likely, not. But if just a handful catch fire with customers and investors they could serve as significant future job creato...

Connecticut’s red hot housing market ended 2020 on a high note. In December alone, Greater Hartford home sales were up 51%, while home prices increased 16%, according to the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors. Image Greg Bordonaro For all of 2020, sales volume was up 13.7% (7,548 homes traded hands) and the median sales price rose 10.2%, to $270,000. The housing market has been a surprising bright spot in what’s been a tough last year. Up until 2020, Connecticut housing prices, along with the overall state economy, struggled for more than a decade to recover from the Great Recession...

The Hartford City Council Monday night indefinitely postponed a measure that would have imposed major fee hikes on downtown parking-lot operators, including major center-city investors who fervently opposed the proposal. Before the 6-2 vote -- with councilors Wildaliz Bermudez and John Gale opposing -- that put the fee increase on the backburner, some councilors acknowledged the municipal legislative body hadn't done enough outreach to downtown business owners and residents. "Going into this, the community voice was lost, and the community voice in this experience was the business [community]...

  The Cares Act and the PPP: Round 2! After the first $350 billion ran out in just 14 days, small businesses in Connecticut and around the country are getting a second shot at Paycheck Protection Program loans, as the COVID-19 crisis rages, impacting virtually every small business. The panelists and industry experts: David Lehman, Commissioner & Governor's Senior Economic Advisor Wendell G. Davis, SBA Regional Administrator, New England Tim Bergstrom, Regional President for Hartford CT Market, Webster Bank Taylor Shea, Partner, Robinson + Cole Drew Andrews, Managing Partner and CEO, Whittles...