• Manchester Community College and Central Connecticut State University Small Business Development Center recently signed an agreement to offer a series of courses to support entrepreneurs and early stage business owners in Connecticut. The Entrepreneur Education Workshop Series gives Connecticut entrepreneurs the education, training, information and support needed to own and operate thriving successful businesses. Courses will range from fundamentals of writing a business plan, selecting business structure options and insurance and tax considerations to identifying market trends and setting financial goals.
• The People’s United Community Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the West Hartford -based American School for the Deaf’s (ASD) Early Childhood Intervention Program. This program provides the foundation for young deaf and hard-of-hearing children, from birth to three, to acquire language, develop cognition, and prepare for successful formal schooling. The program also assists parents in fulfilling their role as primary caregivers for a child with special needs. Services are primarily home-based and include physical, occupational, speech and language therapy; audiological services; cochlear implant services; and loaner hearing aids.
• The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HCC) is the first hospital in Greater Hartford to offer minimally invasive weight loss lap-banding surgery that uses only one small incision. This new technique offers patients reduced post-operative pain and less scarring. HCC bariatric surgeon Dr. Carlos Barba, medical director of bariatric surgery, makes a single one-inch incision in the belly button versus several small incisions throughout the upper abdomen for laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery.
• Allied Building Products Corp., a subsidiary of Oldcastle Inc., the North American arm of CRH plc and a distributor of residential and commercial roofing, siding, waterproofing and interior products, recently opened two new Connecticut branch locations. Located at 1730 Commerce Drive in Bridgeport and 1640 Route 5 in South Windsor, the new Allied Building Products Corp. branch locations will expand overall product distribution channels and give the company the capability to store 100 percent of its building materials indoors; ensuring its customers receive their products in excellent condition without worry of weather damage.
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