New Haven construction firm launches sports division |
Alumni Stadium at Boston College, being updated by Shawmut Design and Construction
| (1/24/2012) Hartford Business Journal - Shawmut Design and Construction, with offices in New Haven, created a dedicated sports venue division on Tuesday, specializing in projects at stadiums, arenas and other athletic facilities.The new division was created after the firm completed more than two dozen projects at national stadiums including Fenway Park in Boston, Yankee Stadium in New York, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, TD Garden in Boston and Alumni Stadium at Boston College.The first tasks for the sports ...
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STEPHEN FRIES: Welcome to downtown's Elm City Market (and, yes, there's plenty of parking) |
A sampling of what Elm City Market has to offer
| (1/24/2012) New Haven Register - New Haven is a food town, yet the city that invented the hamburger, perfected the pizza, and is home to just about all cuisines had no full-service grocery store in the heart of downtown, that is, until recently.There has been lots of buzz about the recently opened Elm City Market, 777 Chapel St., at the corner of State and Chapel streets. What people don’t know is that you don’t have to be a member to shop there. And, if you come by car, park in the garage with an hour ...
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New Haven's Tweed Airport Had Best Year Since 2005 |
The entrance to the busy Tweed Airport
| (1/20/2012) The Hartford Courant - Tweed New Haven Regional Airport had more people flying in and out last year than any year since 2005.A total of 39,791 passengers departed Tweed on U.S. Airways Express flights last year, the second best year since 1999, the airport said.Tweed serves connecting flights via Philadelphia, which is a hub for U.S. Airways' national and international flights.The airport's traffic was an 11 percent increase last year over 2010, said airport manager Lori Hoffman-Soares. ...
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CT puts $500K into New Haven’s BioRelix |
| (1/18/2012) Hartford Business Journal - New Haven startup BioRelix has gotten a $4.25 million investment, $500,000 of it from Connecticut taxpayers, for ongoing development of treatments against human pathogens, authorities say.Connecticut Innovations Inc. in Rocky Hill, the state's quasi-public agency overseeing technology-based economic development, announced Wednesday its BioRelix infusion through its Eli Whitney Fund.The rest was from a consortium of investors that, along with CI, includes CHL Medical ...
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New Haven unemployment rate falls |
| (1/10/2012) Yale Daily News - In the darkening days of winter, things may be brightening up for the New Haven economy.The latest jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department released Jan. 6 said that employers across the country added 200,000 jobs in December, pushing the national unemployment rate down from 8.7 percent to 8.5 percent by the end of 2011. In line with the national trend, recent data from the Connecticut Department of Labor shows that New Haven is experiencing job growth, signaling growing ...
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Heading into New Haven? Eat this |
One of the author's favorite New Haven eateries, Sahara Mediterranean Cuisine & Pizza
| (1/9/2012) The Day - Beyond all the great cultural outlets in town (free art galleries, Yale, Yale, Yale, and more) one of New Haven's greatest assets is its plethora of places to eat. Stand-ups, sit-downs, beer halls, and wine bars abound. We've got three Thai places within steps of each other; great Turkish fare (with a belly dancer on Fridays!); pizza, pizza, pizza; a superb Italian joint that offers wild boar entrees; Indian; diners; Barcelona!So, at a time when comfort food is particularly comforting... ...
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State alters arts funding, links business impact |
| (1/9/2012) Hartford Business Journal - Private cultural and arts programs in Connecticut must play a greater role in revitalizing communities and attracting new businesses to receive state funding under a pilot program.On July 1, the Connecticut Office of the Arts will consolidate four of its local arts funding programs into one initiative; double total funding to $3.1 million; hand out fewer but larger grants; and focus on recipients’ place-making.“Instead of the money going out with no strings attached, ...
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A Downtown Alive |
A look down Orange Street in the 9th Square
| (1/8/2012) Hartford Courant - Downtown New Haven has long possessed an enviable entertainment night life, but in recent years, the creative energy has bubbled over with the addition of hundreds of apartments, the opening of nearly a dozen of restaurants and bars in the past year alone, a thriving retail scene and remarkably low office vacancies — surprising in the face of a sluggish economic recovery.
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CMG Holdings Group, Inc. Launches UsaveCT, Inc. |
| (1/6/2012) The Wall Street Journal - CMG Holdings Group, Inc., a full service marketing communications holding company operating across the sectors of digital media, social media marketing, alternative advertising, event management and commercial rights, today announced the launch of their "UsaveCT" digital coupon initiative.UsaveCT, Inc. offers a new consumer savings solution allowing Connecticut small businesses to better connect and engage with its customers through digital coupons and interactive video ...
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