May 18, 2015 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Legal & Courts

Feds seize gun parts from N. Britain gunmaker

Federal investigators have seized documents and assault rifle parts from Stag Arms as part of an ongoing investigation into possible illegal activity at the New Britain gunmaker, federal court records show.

News

State must rely more on private social service providers

Since the start of the 2015 legislative session, Connecticut lawmakers have been considering action on a wide...

Accounting

Filomeno focuses on developing culture, people

The football signed by UConn coach Bob Diaco displayed in accounting executive Thomas Filomeno's West Hartford office symbolizes his firm's culture more than his undying passion for UConn sports.

News

Pratt & Whitney hosts third annual CCSU scholarship breakfast

Pratt & Whitney recently hosted its third annual Central Connecticut State University scholarship breakfast, honoring current and...

Energy

CT marijuana grower seeks $13M for NY facilities

West Haven medical marijuana manufacturer Advanced Grow Labs is seeking $13.2 million from investors to start producing and selling the drug in New York.

News

Robinson+Cole lawyer elected to Hartford Preservation Alliance board

Goodwin College’s CT River Academy wins facility achievement awardThe Connecticut Chapter of the International Facilities Management Association...

News

ConnectiCare donation benefits Town of Farmington

Health insurer ConnectiCare Inc. made a $5,000 donation to the town of Farmington's Live Fire Training Facility....

News

McGarry: Reprise ‘Back To The City’ tour

Michael T. McGarry, a city resident and former Hartford councilman who sits on the city's Zoning Appeals Board and is one of its most outspoken advocates, is pitching a reprise of a tactic employed decades ago to get more outsiders to consider living in the parts of the city aside from downtown.

Real Estate & Construction

Locust St., Hartford, property pair draw $1.3M

Hartford commercial broker Colliers International brokered a half dozen commercial properties in recent months.

News

The panache of ‘Spectra’ vs. ‘Plaza’

A name has to carry and convey the right gravitas, especially when it's one of the biggest commercial building-to-apartment conversions to date in downtown Hartford.

Economic Development

Tourism drives Mystic’s economy

Tourism is considered one of Connecticut's top six industries by state economic development officials, but the bounty from visitors with disposable income isn't shared equally by all cities and towns.

News

Leveraging untapped ideas offers best shot at startup success

“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future” by Peter Thiel with Blake...

Energy

Sustainable travel, digital marketing latest tourism trends

Q&A talks with Randy Fiveash, director of the Connecticut Office of Tourism in advance of the summer tourism season.

News

Comcast employees, community partners take part in Comcast Cares Day

More than 650 local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends and community partners recently volunteered by...

News

Where are you going, Hartford?

Mary Ann Evans, better known by her nom de plume George Eliot, said, “It's never too late...

Foreign Trade

Congress should reauthorize Ex-Im Bank

There's a nasty political fight going on in Washington D.C. over the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank,...

News

Nonprofit notebook: Connecticut Food Bank

People's United Community Foundation awarded $100,000 to DonorsChoose.org for a “Uniting Cash for Classrooms” campaign to help...

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