August 1, 2016 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Politics & Policy

🔒State’s nonprofit-contracting system broken

Anyone looking for proof that we need governmental reform will find plenty in an op-ed published June 17th by the CT Mirror, entitled “Georgie Porgie and the Connecticut Budget Cuts.”

Bioscience

🔒Duffy’s roots stretch to Melinta’s founding

Erin Duffy joined Melinta Therapeutics Inc. shortly after its founding, evolving into her current role as chief scientific officer as the company itself evolved from aspiring startup to the cusp of its first antibiotic approval and a pipeline that includes a new class of antibiotics targeting bacterial superbugs.

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Serial entrepreneur eyes next challenge in Hartford’s restaurant scene

There is arguably no more desirable location in a capital city than the corner of Capitol Avenue and Main Street.

News

🔒Tips for hiring, managing and keeping great employees

“75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop and Keep Great Employees” by Paul Falcone (AMACOM, $21.95).Recent studies...

News

🔒Notprofit Profile: New England Air Museum

The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center received a $3,500 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table...

News

🔒Annabella’s Angels donates blankets to Bristol Hospital

The Waterbury-based charity Annabella's Angels recently donated handmade blankets to Bristol Hospital's Families are First Maternity Unit....

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Southington’s Holiday Inn Express note in arrears

A $4.9 million, 10-year mortgage secured with Southington's Holiday Inn Express hotel has landed in default, according to a commercial loan tracker.

Accounting

🔒BlumShapiro ex-partner Johnson’s new groove

The kids are out of college. In his rearview mirror is a solid, 32 ½-year career as a certified public accountant who for nearly half that period led one of New England's largest — if not the biggest — independent accounting firm/business consultancies.

News

🔒Trinity College president honored at state NAACP education summit

Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney received the Mary White Ovington-Ella Baker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

🔒3 assumptions that get in the way of good PR

Since editorial coverage and advertisements appear next to each other in print, online and on the airwaves, public relations is often thought of as akin to advertising. But PR is more similar to branding. Your brand is the story you tell about yourself. PR is the story told about you.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒I-84 viaduct remake weighs heavily on businesses, motorists, DOT

Think of the construction project to replace the I-84 viaduct through downtown Hartford this way: You can peel the Band-Aid off slowly, or rip it off as quickly as possible.

News

🔒Sikorsky donates to act Spooner House

Stratford helicopter maker Sikorsky recently conducted food drives, which collected 1,346 food items, to benefit Spooner House,...

Energy

🔒Construction focuses on making CT greener, more efficient

Q&A talks about the construction industry's focus on energy efficiency and other trends with David Bobrowski, the new director of business development for Erland Construction.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒111 Founders Plaza leases to 97% full

A series of recent lease signings/renewals at East Hartford's 111 Founders Plaza has pushed that office tower to near full occupancy, brokers say.

Bioscience

🔒Melinta Therapeutics takes aim at deadly drug-resistant bacteria

Hartford Business Journal's year-long series on Connecticut bioscience industry returns this week with a look at one of the state's most promising companies, New Haven-based Melinta Therapeutics. Over the next six weeks, HBJ will profile a range of bioscience companies, execs and researchers.

Banking & Finance

🔒CT companies raise $89.1M in 2Q

Connecticut venture capital activity ticked up in the second quarter, but investment so far this year lags well behind 2015.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Employers must have key voice in I-84 viaduct redo

The planned remake of the I-84 viaduct poses many risks and rewards for the city of Hartford as well as the region as whole, and while all stakeholders should have a say in the process, the business community must be top of mind to urban and transportation planners as well as government officials.

News

🔒All Waste donates baseball tickets to local nonprofit

Brian Hedstrom and Russ Lallier of Hartford-based All Waste Inc., recently stopped by Community Mental Health Affiliates'...

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