Six state residents have been honored with “2016 Bring It Home Awards” from the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau for their contributions to making the state a successful meetings, convention and major sports events venue.The award recipients included:• Hartford residents Africka S. Hinds and Carolyn M. Thomas of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, for bringing AKA’s […]
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Six state residents have been honored with “2016 Bring It Home Awards” from the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau for their contributions to making the state a successful meetings, convention and major sports events venue.
The award recipients included:
• Hartford residents Africka S. Hinds and Carolyn M. Thomas of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, for bringing AKA's 85th North Atlantic Regional Conference to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, March 30-April 3, 2016;
• Guilford resident Charles B. Beckman, president of the Connecticut Model A Restorers Club, for bringing the club's New England meet to the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton in Sept. 18-20, 2015;
• Old Lyme resident Walter E. Veselka and Enfield resident Tim Webb of the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association, for bringing the 2016 APWA North American Snow & Ice Conference to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, this coming May 22-25, 2016;
• Fairfield resident Eugene P. Doris, the athletic director for Fairfield University, for bringing the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Regional to the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, March 26-28, 2016.
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