August 11, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Arts & Culture

Arena decision weighs heavily on Hartford’s entertainment future

In 2024, Hartford will be an entertainment magnet.

News

State Treasurer, Camp Courant provide 1,700 backpacks to students

The State Treasurer's Office partnered with the State Department of Children and Families and Hartford's Camp Courant...

News

Rockville Bank Foundation supports Habitat for Humanity

The Rockville Bank Foundation has donated $15,000 to Hartford area Habitat for Humanity in support of Habitat's...

News

Tools to hosting more productive meetings

“Let's Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done” by Dick and Emily...

Arts & Culture

Arts, culture venues prep for Hartford’s resurgence

At Wadsworth Atheneum on Main Street, Executive Director Susan Talbott can finally see the finish line on a $33 million renovation that's taken years to complete and received $25 million in backing from two governors' administrations.

News

Would Sam Colt be considered a good businessman today?

With the recent celebration of Samuel Colt's 200th birthday, we should ask: How good a businessman would he be considered today?

Advertising, Media & Marketing

HBJ publisher Lebert to step down Sept. 1

After a career spanning 12 years, Hartford Business Journal publisher Gail Lebert will step down on Sept. 1, to explore new career opportunities.

Banking & Finance

Front Street’s Nixs is Hartford’s first EB-5 project

This Friday, when Nixs Hartford opens its first Connecticut restaurant and lounge on Front Street, it will be partly thanks to foreign investors from China and Vietnam who jointly anteed up at least $1 million to finance the project.

Politics & Policy

CT architects concerned with licensing changes

As adjustments are made to national architecture licensing requirements, Connecticut professionals say they are concerned with how the quality of aspiring architects will be affected.

News

Lebert leads HBJ through growth, change

One thing that is constant is change, even here in the Land of Steady Habits. A big change here at the Hartford Business Journal is that our longtime publisher Gail Lebert will be leaving us as of Sept. 1.

News

Pratt & Whitney employees honored by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

The Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation along with Honorary Chairman, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, recently...

News

Shipman & Goodwin’s Clemow named among top 20 U.S. employment attorneys

Shipman & Goodwin LLP partner Brian Clemow has been named one of the top 20 traditional labor...

Nonprofits

Hebrew Healthcare awarded funding for rehab care

West Hartford's Hebrew Health Care was awarded funding to provide care to residents through the “As Desired”...

Banking & Finance

Bitcoin’s growing popularity stirs new business, wary regulators

It takes some serious coin to underwrite the kind of growth Josh Garza is predicting for his four-month-old virtual currency computer software company, GAW Miners.

Politics & Policy

Republican nominee will need to be master negotiator

What better way to curry favor with a core constituency during an election year than to pitch...

Arts & Culture

HBJ Summer Series Week 3: XL Decision

The third installment of HBJ's summer series looks at the future of entertainment and sports in Hartford.

News

Tips to end 2014 with new business, higher revenues

The rush to the end of the year is almost here. You won't find Labor Day to...

Hospitality & Tourism

Personal chef caters to health-conscious customers

Paul Finney is in the “personal chef” business, which may seem odd because the bulk of his clients are senior citizens — some on fixed incomes.

Real Estate & Construction

For $1.4M, Express Kitchens blends with city’s N. Meadows

North End Hartford kitchen-cabinet maker/retailer Express Kitchens paid $1.35 million for a 120,000-square-foot industrial/distribution facility at 231 Weston...

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