Ground Broken On 100 College�& A Rebirth

Sen. Dick Blumenthal & Gov. Dannel Malloy talking with Dr. Leonard Bell

(6/17/2013) New Haven Independent - Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. brought out the shovels Monday morning to a shut-down stretch of the Route 34 Connector, marking the groundbreaking of a new, 11-story building called 100 College Street. The building marks the first phase of Downtown Crossing, the city�s effort to stitch back together neighborhoods torn apart by an urban-renewal-era highway to nowhere.Alexion will be the anchor tenant inside developer Carter Winstanley�s $100 million building, to be built ...

New Haven celebrates groundbreaking of Alexion construction project on Route 34

DeStefano, Blumenthal, Malloy, Bell, DeLauro & Alexander (l-r)

(6/17/2013) New Haven Register - In two years, an 11-story fully occupied medical-office complex will open in a portion of a shuttered Route 34 highway with Alexion Pharmeceuticals the major tenant.Local, state and federal officials were at the groundbreaking Monday to celebrate the beginning of construction of the $140 million development, which was proposed seven years ago by Carter Winstanley.Mayor John DeStefano Jr., said two decades ago the city was not as accommodating as it should have been for ...

New Haven now home to new MakeHaven

MakeHaven is at 266 State St. in the Ninth Square.

(6/11/2013) New Haven Register - A 3-D printer hummed in the background as city employees, residents and innovators celebrated the relaunch of MakeHaven, the city�s first �hacker space.�A �Hacker space� is a community-oriented area where creators and builders can convene, build and share ideas. These spaces have become increasingly popular in growing cities across the country, according to MakeHaven President Marcus Notz.Notz and other hackers began convening more than a year ago after they recognized ...

$250-$3500M Coliseum Site Project Gives Good First Impression In The Hill

The public square seen from Orange Street.

(6/7/2013) New Haven Independent - About 75 people from all around town gathered in the cafeteria of the Hill Central School Thursday night to hear the pitch of the Montreal-based LiveWorkLearnPlay team for how to turn the four and a half acre graveyard of the old New Haven Coliseum (now a parking lot) into a future �destination� as well as a �gateway.�The builders hope to construct 524 residences in five-to-six story mixed income buildings with retail all along the landscaped streets; a distinctive hotel ...

Big plans for New Haven's Coliseum site

Max Reim of Live Work Learn Play.

(6/6/2013) New Haven Register - Canadian developer Live Work Learn Play lived up to its name with a presentation about its ambitious plans for the old Coliseum site that � if actually built over the next several years � could make people forget the place where Elvis sang, families watched the circus and hockey players roamed.Backed by a lush mural of community gardens and picnicking on the cafeteria wall at Hill Central Music Academy, top company officials including Max Reim, his father, Bill Reim, and ...

Developer Has Grand Vision For New Haven Coliseum Site

Former Coliseum site.

(6/5/2013) The Hartford Courant - When the New Haven Coliseum was demolished in 2007, few felt much regret: many considered the building an eyesore, a failure of urban renewal. And besides, the venue hadn't been open in five years.Now, a Montreal-based developer hopes to bring people back to do more than park on the site with a $300 million-plus development of apartments, shops and restaurants, a hotel, offices and public gathering spaces.The developer, Live Work Learn Play, will unveil its plans for ...

New Haven Changes Direction

Rendering of 100 College Street over Rt 34

(5/1/2013) The magazine Planning, May/June 2013 issue, has a feature entitled "New Haven Changes Direction", about the Downtown Crossing Project. To read the article please click on the link below, or download a PDF of the article below.

New Haven: A getaway for brainiacs

Peabody Museum of Natural History

(4/29/2013) examiner.com - About 90 minutes outside of Manhattan, New Haven, CT is an easily accessible and affordable city full of history, culture and fine dining that has earned the title, "Cultural Capital of Connecticut."Brainiacs looking for a thought-provoking getaway should head to this charming New England city, with an early colonial history that rivals that of any New England destination. The vibrant city offers intellectually-stimulating and creative attractions for travelers, including a plethora ...

Hill-to-Downtown Planning Study Community Meeting

An aerial view of The Hill and Downtown

(4/15/2013) Hill-to-Downtown Planning StudyCOMMUNITY MEETINGMonday, April 22 at 6:30 - 8:00 pmHill Central Music Academy140 DeWitt StreetThe City of New Haven Economic Development Administration and Economic Development Corporation invite you to the next Hill-to-Downtown community meeting.This interactive event will include a community mapping session as well as a conversation about market conditions, community needs and opportunities for improvement in the district. This meeting is ...

Digital Surgeons & The Webby Awards

Digital Surgeons nominated for Webby for Gaga's Workshop campaign created for Barney's NY

(4/12/2013) Digital Surgeons, a marketing firm based on State Street in New Haven, was nominated for a Webby Award for work done for Lady Gaga and Barneys NY. A video by The Grid tells all about it: http://vimeo.com/63910158Vote for Digital Surgeons in The Webby Awards 'Social - Celebrity/Fan' category by signing in and voting for Gaga's ...

TED Talk on Innovation

(4/12/2013) Bioscience Clubhouse: "TED Talk on Innovation Followed by a Group Discussion" Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Time: 4:00-5:30 PM Location: The Grove 760 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT Please RSVP by email: BioscienceNHVN@gmail.com To learn more, visit: http://gridnewhaven.com/ or http://crm.ctnext.com/

Taste Of New Haven Goes On A Fox CT �Day Trip�

Colin Caplan of Taste of New Haven, screening the �Daytrippers� news segment last Thursday with friends & supporters.

(4/1/2013) New Haven Independent - Colin M. Caplan�s invitation read: �Join Taste of New Haven and friends for a fun and jovial night celebrating our first television appearance on Fox CT News.�Caplan, owner and chief tour guide of Taste of New Haven Food and Drink Tours, wanted to screen the appearance and celebrate his inclusion in a �Daytrippers� news segment airing on last Thursday�s Fox CT News broadcast. To his delight, a spirited group of around 40 friends and supporters gathered at Oaxaca Kitchen ...

New Haven Launches 1st Phase Of Downtown Crossing

A rendering of what 100 College Street will look like when completed

(3/25/2013) GlobeSt.com - Six decades after its downtown was bifurcated by the construction of Route 34, Connecticut�s second largest city is acting to undo it. Ground was broken Friday for the first phase of the Downtown Crossing project here, a plan to reclaim 10.5 acres of land�suited to transit-oriented development�from a network of expressway stubs and ramps.�This ditch we are now standing in will once again be turned into a thriving, vibrant neighborhood,� New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. said Friday ...

Reverse Outsourcing Deal Boosts Newhallville

Fitz Walker talks about his company Bartron Medical Imaging, which has just signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a hospital in India.

(3/15/2013) New Haven Independent - Women getting mammograms in Chennai, India, will have a better chance of their doctors spotting problems, thanks to a deal with Newhallville inventor Fitz Walker.Walker (pictured) Thursday announced that his company, Bartron Medical Imaging, has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a university hospital in Chennai.The contract allows for the first real-life application of NASA-inspired medical imaging technology Walker has been developing for over a decade. He started ...

SAVE THE DATE - APRIL DIALOGUES

(3/12/2013) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will host April Dialogues, a series of informal public workshops to continue the discussion of alternatives for NEC FUTURE, the rail investment plan for the Northeast Corridor (NEC). These workshops, similar to those held in December 2012, will provide an opportunity for the public to help inform the analysis and development of rail alternatives. Northern Region: Monday, April 8 - New Haven, CT, 5-7 p.m. A public webcast is also planned ...

New Haven eyeing way to connect Orange Street, Route 34

(3/9/2013) New Haven Register - ... The issue for the city, engineers and the site�s developer is the changes in grade throughout the area, according to Economic Development Administrator Kelly Murphy, and how to manage traffic.�The challenge is, if you walk down Orange Street ... you want to reconnect over toward the train station,� Murphy said. �So we�re working on the hard engineering of it. How do we get the highway to come over?�Or, ideally, how do you get Orange Street to �meet� the curtailed ...

Innovative startups blossom at The Grove in New Haven

(2/25/2013) New Haven Register - ...Entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, the media and city and state officials gathered in freshly painted offices Monday in the increasingly vibrant confines of the still-reviving old Ninth Square.The co-working space at 71 Orange St. called The Grove officially expanded to a new space called The Grove 2.0 in a building behind it at 95 Orange and held a �ribbon-cutting� Monday on innovation-hub programs there called The Grid.Derek Koch, manager of The Grid, said it�s ...

LIVE from The Grove, New Haven: Looking into New Haven's Innovation Ecosystem

(2/21/2013) A few years ago, we broadcast from "The Grove" in New Haven's Ninth Square, when it was part of "Project Storefront" - an attempt to breath life into a neighborhood that needed help.Now, this co-working space, which draws entrepreneurs from all over, is part of a state-sponsored innovation "hub" - as well as a center of activity for a thriving neighborhood.It's not just tech startups that are thriving in these few blocks - it's restaurants, bars and coffee shops, all madde possible by a ...