April 4, 2016 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Crowles see green in horticulture business

Atria Inc.’s roots go back 22 years, but its husband-wife owners have been firmly planted in Connecticut’s interior horticulture business about twice that long.

Bioscience

🔒Bioscience CT Milestones

A look at the recent milestones in Connecticut's bioscience initiatives.

Education

🔒Science Center expands amid choppy fiscal climate

The Connecticut Science Center has embarked on a long-planned expansion of exhibits and other improvements, marking the next phase of evolution for the young facility in its seventh year of operation.

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒CT ranks in top 10 for sin taxes

A new national survey ranks Connecticut 10th when it comes to the payment of sin taxes, including levies for tobacco and liquor.

Arts & Culture

🔒Nonprofit Profile CT Bar Foundation

A look at the finances and spending of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Education

🔒Municipal officials get dire warning to regionalize

Connecticut's fiscal crisis lends urgency to the need for cities, towns and boards of education to collaborate on more efficient ways to operate, state and local officials recently emphasized in sometimes-blunt terms.

Politics & Policy

🔒Seven tips for better hiring

For many companies finding, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding great employees is among their biggest challenges.

Economy & Labor

🔒Sustainability commission should be supported

The city of Hartford – and the state for that matter – can no longer be handcuffed by labor contracts that make it impossible to adjust to this new era of slow economic growth and stagnant wages.

News

🔒CBS Radio CT receives award from Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters

In honor of its 50th anniversary in the state, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters recently presented a...

Insurance

🔒All Mail Direct’s N. Britain facility on the block at $2.55M

All Mail Direct's leased 64,000-square-foot manufacturing warehouse in New Britain is for sale at $2.55 million, brokers say.

Politics & Policy

🔒State’s lockbox proposal may be unenforceable

The only reasonable inference to draw from the remarks of elected officials at the UConn forum (Richard Balducci and Attorney General George Jepsen) is that the constitutional cap was a well-camouflaged ruse.

Bioscience

🔒Emerging Sector: A deeper look into CT’s growing bioscience industry

Throughout 2016, HBJ published stories profiling the people, companies and industry trends shaping the current and future growth of Connecticut's burgeoning bioscience industry.

News

🔒Simsbury Bank sponsors Simsbury Land Trust Walkbook

Simsbury Bank will be lead sponsor of the Simsbury Land Trust's updated property trail map “Simsbury Walkbook:...

Energy

🔒Solving big problems in short time frames

When it comes to problem solving and evaluating opportunities, too many businesses waste too much time getting ready. Knapp, the creator of Google Ventures' sprint process, believes getting started trumps getting ready.

Banking & Finance

🔒CT credit unions’ auto-loan gamble

Credit unions nationwide for some time have been gaining in members, with deposits in these member-owned credit cooperatives cresting above $1 trillion in 2015, according to new federal data.

News

🔒Shipman & Goodwin celebrates Women’s History Month

Shipman & Goodwin LLP celebrated Women's History Month with a reception at its Hartford office featuring guest...

Economy & Labor

🔒2016 Connecticut Champion of Children Award Winners

The Center for Children's Advocacy has announced the 2016 recipients of its Connecticut Champion of Children award.The...

Economy & Labor

🔒Ideas for savings plentiful

It's time for Connecticut's Municipal Opportunities & Regional Efficiencies Commission to reach higher for savings, a town leader told colleagues at Hartford Business Journal's third annual Municipal Collaboration Summit.

Economy & Labor

🔒Numbers are ugly, status quo won’t cut it

House Speaker Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) shared alarming statistics from the state Office of Policy Management contributing to the state's fiscal crisis.

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