December 23, 2019Edition

Manufacturing

🔒Former Proton OnSite CEO Friedland looks to lead Columbia Manufacturing to new heights

Back in 1996, Rob Friedland was a 30-something CEO of a newly founded startup Proton OnSite, ready to build the hydrogen-generation manufacturer into a force.
Nonprofits

🔒Nonprofits should adopt these private-sector practices

In my Oct. 14th column I discussed a new wave of thought called “stakeholder capitalism,” which injects some fundamentally new DNA into corporate America by requiring governing boards, for the first time, to consider social justice as they make their business decisions, even if doing so lessens shareholder profits.
News

🔒The liberal’s case for eliminating federal corporate income taxes

The fight for the Democratic nomination for president has included some wildly progressive policy prescriptions.
Economic Development

🔒Hartford needs action on taxes, not another committee

Hartford commercial taxpayers, don’t hold your breath — the city is launching a new committee to study ways to increase the grand list and lower taxes on businesses.
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Real Estate & Construction

🔒Brooklyn rabbi acquires ex-Stanley Black & Decker office building in New Britain

The new owner of a former Stanley Black & Decker office building in New Britain is hoping to leverage leasing profits from his new Connecticut investment to support an all-girls school in Brooklyn, New York.
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🔒Slowed by clean up, Ideanomics’ W. Hartford campus timetable uncertain

Ideanomics is making progress on its envisioned redevelopment of the former UConn campus in West Hartford, but things didn’t exactly go as planned in 2019.
Sports & Outdoors

🔒Mandell recounts lessons learned in Dillon overhaul, forming soccer franchise

The lights are back on at Hartford’s historic Dillon Stadium thanks in large part to Hartford Athletic co-founder and chief executive Bruce Mandell.
Health Care

🔒Lynch heals in 2019 as she guides Aetna through year of growth, change

Aetna President Karen Lynch literally limped into 2019 after a bicycle accident last year left her with a broken hip and hands and injured ribs.
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Politics & Policy

🔒Lamont’s first year takes a political toll

Gov. Ned Lamont had a bumpy first year in office scoring a few political victories but getting rebuffed on arguably his most significant policy push.
Advertising, Media & Marketing

🔒ESPN’s Pitaro takes on changing consumer habits in 2019

In 2019, Bristol sports media giant ESPN celebrated its 40th anniversary but it was only the first full year the company was led by President James Pitaro.
Health Care

🔒5 We Watched in 2019

At the start of 2019, HBJ identified and profiled five business and political leaders we thought would make headlines in 2019. Now that the year is over, we touched base with our picks to recap the year. Here are the five we watched in 2019.
Economic Development

🔒As five towns wait for Hartford Line train stations, transit-oriented developments move forward

Gov. Ned Lamont’s 10-year, $21-billion transportation plan announced in early November included funding for two new Hartford Line train stations in Windsor Locks and Enfield, which are seen as key to driving transit-oriented developments in those two northern Connecticut towns.
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Economy & Labor

🔒Here’s why these 3 CEOs joined Lamont’s workforce council

Fairfield-based Bigelow Tea CEO Cindi Bigelow said she’s struggling to find the right hires for approximately 15 current job openings in Connecticut, which require engineering and manufacturing skill sets.
Economy & Labor

🔒All-star CEO roster hopes to solve CT’s workforce-development puzzle

Here’s a Connecticut puzzle no one’s quite been able to solve: Companies in key industries, like manufacturing, struggle to find the right skill sets for open jobs, as the aging workforce heads toward retirement and the state’s population flatlines.
Economic Development

🔒Environmental, logistical concerns present challenges to developing Hartford’s waterfront

A New York developer's waterfront development plans in downtown Hartford face major environmental and logistical challenges.
Banking & Finance

🔒In credit union role, political insider Adams adopts entrepreneurial approach

It’s safe to say Bruce Adams, whose resume includes stints as a legal advisor to former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, and leadership roles within the state’s banking and tax departments, is politically connected.
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Economic Development

🔒The ‘godfather’ of implant dentistry eyes $20M-plus hotel-event center in Bristol

Dr. Gerald A. Niznick is considered a pioneer in the dental implant business, but he’s a relatively unknown name in Connecticut. That could soon change.
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