January 7, 2013 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Youth Villages debuts Holiday Gift Drive

Youth Villages held its first Holiday Heroes Gift Drive in Hartford. The event at City Steam Brewery...

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Volunteers brighten holidays

A group of volunteers, led by Tim Cote and Tess and Quinn McCurdy of Berlin, hosted a...

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2013 is the year for reaching, retaining a multi-gen workforce

We've been so micro-focused on job numbers for the past four years now — for Hartford and...

Energy

CT wants to revamp waste-to-energy

Connecticut's top environmental officials want to overhaul the waste-to-energy industry by drastically reducing the amount of fuel fed into the incinerators, although still ultimately burning — rather than burying — the state's trash.

News

2013’s rocky start is a call to action

The new year has always been a time to take stock, to look back on where we’ve...

Economic Development

Freimuth leads CRDA’s redevelopment efforts

As the newly minted Connecticut Region Development Authority finally gets its bearings, 2013 is expected to be...

Energy

Powell sets course for expanding natural gas role

In 2013, Rodney Powell will develop and execute a plan to forever alter Connecticut's energy landscape. And...

Education

Sharkey pushing to regionalize Connecticut

The new speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives sees lower property taxes as a key to...

News

Washington and the states: Codependents in overspending

The Great Recession was the worst downturn of our lifetimes. The “recovery” that followed remains tepid and...

Retail

Solid business plan yields a Whopper of a success

It may have been a flame-broiled hamburger and salty fries that whetted Burger King franchisee John “Jack” Muirhead Jr.'s insatiable appetite for entrepreneurship.

News

Is it time for Zoloft in the water cooler?

We don't leave Attention Deficit Disorder, learning issues, social-emotional problems, depression and other personal or mental health...

Politics & Policy

Politics in 2013: 5 things to watch

The budget deficit, the debt ceiling, and tax reform are givens. We know that those battles will...

Banking & Finance

One bank cuts pension costs; another adds clawback

Community lender Farmington Bank, which went public a year and a half ago, is freezing its defined...

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Manufacturing

Dur-A-Flex thinks globally in 2013

Dur-A-Flex, founded in 1966 by Mitch and Betty Andreski, is now owned by Bob Smith, who purchased the company in 1986. The company focuses on seamless commercial and industrial flooring systems and polymer components such as epoxies, urethanes and methyl methacrylates.

Real Estate & Construction

Greenwich apartments sold for $4.75M; $190K per unit

A seven-building, 25-unit Greenwich apartment portfolio recently sold for $4.75 million, realty authorities say.New York buyer Greenwich...

Economic Development

Jones: Sending Bradley soaring

The primary goal and accomplishment for Mary Ellen Jones in 2012 was finding someone else to do her job.

Energy

5 we watched in 2012

Last January, the Hartford Business Journal identified five people we expected to make headlines during the year. In following up, it appears all five made big strides in 2012, but their efforts didn't always make headlines. Here are their stories.

News

Family visits Manchester doctor’s legacy

Members of the Charendoff family — including Elaine Charendoff, wife of the late Dr. Leo Charendoff, her...

Energy

Garcia: Financing clean energy

At the onset of 2012, Bryan Garcia set out to bring private financing to Connecticut's clean energy industry.

Bioscience

Callahan: On to the next task

Thomas Callahan started 2012 overseeing the Bioscience Connecticut initiative in Farmington, but he is ending the year in more familiar territory at UConn's main campus in Storrs.

News

Groton’s Chamberlain named Realtor of the Year

Debra Chamberlain of Groton has been named the Realtor of the Year by the Connecticut Association of...

News

Small Business Express faces funding decisions

Nearly three dozen Connecticut companies lined up last week to praise the state’s Small Business Express loan...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

New books look at trends, management, organizations

“New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives” by Sarwant Singh (Palgrave Macmillan, $30). Singh's takes us...

Economy & Labor

Cordani: A year of growth

Cigna Corp. CEO David Cordani said 2012 would be a year of expansion and innovation for his Bloomfield-based health insurer and his company certainly didn't shy away from either goal.

Insurance

Sandy Hook tragedy opens hearts, wallets

The tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School have brought an outpouring of support and donations. The...

Insurance

Counihan racing to create insurance exchange

Kevin Counihan is just one of a handful of dynamic individuals that the Hartford Business Journal and HartfordBusiness.com have singled out as the "Five to Watch" for 2013. The others: Rodney Powell, Mayra Esquilin, Michael Freimuth and Brendan Sharkey.

Agriculture

Serial entrepreneur finds fun, profit in brewing beer

You'd think a guy who runs his own brewery would be one of those people hooked on beer from the time it was legal to drink — and who spent most of his days cooking up homemade ale from his basement. Not Curt Cameron.

Advertising, Media & Marketing

There’s an art to reading business books

Mark Twain said, “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man...

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