January 31, 2022 - Hartford Business Journal

Small Business

🔒Pandemic recovery can mean business opportunities for women entrepreneurs

Are we emerging from the pandemic at last, or are we just figuring out how to operate in a reality that’s been redefined by COVID?Either way, we’re living in a world that’s gone through a transformation over the last couple of years — one that is poised for permanent change.Change can often mean opportunity, though. […]

Health Care

🔒Bordonaro: State-backed public option won’t be the antidote to rising healthcare costs

Will state lawmakers rekindle efforts this legislative session to propose a public health insurance option in Connecticut?It’s...

Small Business

🔒Shark Tank appearance, pandemic-fueled demand breathe new life into Boost Oxygen

A businessperson once said an impulse purchase brand is a decent market, but a brand that needs...

Health Care

🔒Pet cancer vaccine maker Torigen Pharmaceuticals expanding with new lease, venture funding

A member of UConn’s Technology Incubation Program since 2017, Ashley Kalinauskas’ veterinary pharmaceutical startup Torigen Pharmaceuticals Inc....

Health Care

🔒Here’s why one of CT’s few remaining independent hospitals is seeking a larger affiliation partner

It’s no secret that Connecticut’s roster of independent hospitals has been shrinking over the past decade. While some...

Economic Development

🔒New $100M state grant program aiming to jump-start economic development gets strong response

The town of Windsor recently signed off on a $2.5 million state grant request, seeking support for...

Cannabis

🔒Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. pivots into CBD drinks

Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. has been diversifying its portfolio recently by making some non-beer drinks, like its...

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Craft beer industry growth slowing amid pandemic, new competition

Craft brewing has been one of the fastest-growing industries in the state over the past five-plus years,...

Arts & Culture

🔒From modest beginnings, Real Art Ways’ $14.7M expansion aims to create major center of contemporary art

While many Hartford arts organizations have come and gone over the years, Real Art Ways has had...

News

🔒After pandemic-induced delays, developers of $25M Bristol hotel/conference center hope to create a CT ‘destination’

Despite two years of a pandemic that has forced the cancellation or postponement of many in-person gatherings,...

Sports & Outdoors

🔒XL Center GM Weiss reflects on ownership change, pandemic, sports betting and future of Hartford events

Ben Weiss — general manager of the Hartford Wolf Pack, XL Center and Pratt & Whitney Stadium...

Manufacturing

🔒Lightning protection manufacturer buys Torrington building for expansion

Winsted-based East Coast Lightning Equipment recently paid $1.2 million for a Torrington industrial building for its growing...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Apartment developers, homebuilders feel global supply chain pains, but ‘good’ projects still move forward

Eric A. Santini, a principal in Vernon-based Santini Homes, hopes soaring building material costs moderate later this...

Sports & Outdoors

🔒Hartford-based entrepreneur Davey brings at-home tennis simulator to market

Before the Division I scholarship, back injury and transition to a 20-year Wall Street career, there was...

January 31, 2022Edition

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