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New Britain hand- and power-tool maker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. and a Colorado venture capital firm on Tuesday launched year two of an advanced manufacturing accelerator program in downtown Hartford.

Citing mounting headwinds from cost inflation and tariffs, New Britain hand- and power-tool maker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. says it has made an unspecified number of layoffs in Connecticut as part of a $250 million cost-cutting plan.

There's renewed energy behind a years-long effort to bring short-term car rental service Zipcar to downtown Hartford.

The Connecticut Data Collaborative, which advocates for open and accessible data, said it will serve as the state's official source for 2020 census reporting.

Trinity College has completed its sale of 200 Constitution Plaza for $2.6 million but still maintains its downtown Hartford presence, school officials confirmed.

When Jeff Ravetz, president of New York-based Girona Ventures, first acquired the former Sonesta Hotel on Constitution Plaza in 2011 — with the goal of converting the building into 190 upscale apartments — he did not have a plan for the building's 5,000 square feet of street-level space.

When classes begin in late August, hundreds of UConn graduate students in social work, public policy and education will be coming to downtown Hartford.

Mingling in Upward Hartford's expansive coworking, networking and incubator space downtown during a recent open house, Farmington angel investor and serial entrepreneur/inventor Eric Knight praised the new organization's mix of ingredients.

Michael Kolakowski said he was nicknamed “Rambo” by actor Paul Newman when Kolakowski oversaw construction of Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children, which opened in 1988.

Becoming an 18-hour city is a goal that Hartford can achieve. Significant progress has been made by the public and private sectors to revitalize Hartford's downtown scene and reposition districts that have untapped potential.