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May 18, 2020Edition

Sports can help lead economic rebound from COVID-19 pandemic

Sports, thought by many to be trivial and the last thing we should be concentrating on during the pandemic, are truly important.

Trinity Health CEO Eadie: The unintended consequences of ‘stay at home’ campaigns

Hospitals across the country have responded quickly and appropriately to the demands of the coronavirus.

Now is still a great time to make a business continuity plan

As we begin the slow return to something resembling normal life over the next few months, there’s an opportunity to plan for the next disaster while this one is fresh in our minds.

Bordonaro: Here’s why I don’t plan to return to the office anytime soon

At the beginning of April I was ready to go back to the office. Handling both child care and work has been a challenge, but more importantly I think in-person collaboration and socialization adds to a company’s creativity and dynamics — even if you can’t put an exact value on it.
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🔒Virtual fundraisers click with nonprofit donors

Instead of donning tuxedos and fancy dresses to attend Ability Beyond’s fundraising gala this year, donors settled in for an evening on the couch to watch a live webstream.

Hartford apartment leasing slowed by COVID-19 crisis

A pair of long-awaited apartment conversion projects in downtown Hartford wrapped up in recent weeks, adding more...

CT’s top tourism destination readies for city travelers, shorter stays and social distancing during pandemic

Memorial Day typically signals the start of Mystic’s busy tourism season, but the coronavirus pandemic has quieted the tiny village of less than 5,000 residents as many local businesses wonder if there’s still time to recoup summer travel spending.

Growing popularity of telehealth casts uncertainty over CT’s stable medical office market

Like many hospital systems, Trinity Health Of New England has substantially grown its network of brick-and-mortar outpatient locations in recent years to bring its providers and services closer to patients’ homes.
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🔒Southington land owner re-ups waste-digester permit

A Pennsylvania food-recycling company that won approvals six years ago to build an anaerobic digester facility in Southington says it is no longer involved in the project.

🔒With CT’s trash future in flux, food-waste recycler hopes for bigger role

Processing facilities that convert food and other organic waste into energy and compost are a key piece of Connecticut’s strategy to reduce the amount of garbage it burns, but investment in those plants has fallen well short of what is needed to meet the state’s goals.

CT manufacturers’ hiring outlook uncertain, but new online training tools could boost skilled workforce

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Glastonbury aeroparts manufacturer HABCO Industries LLC was on a hiring spree.The company,...

🔒Vallieres plays key role shaping CT manufacturing’s workforce-development strategy

Whether it’s in her role as a manufacturing CEO or a key workforce-development strategist, Kelli-Marie Vallieres hasn’t been one to back down from seemingly difficult challenges.
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Freshman college president Katsouleas leads UConn through unprecedented challenges

In a wide-ranging interview with HBJ, UConn President Thomas Katsouleas reflected on how the school has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, its role as an economic and research driver and how the crisis changes the trajectory of his young university presidency.

🔒Tolland’s Gerber helps clients pivot production to much-needed pandemic protective gear

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, consumers aren’t shopping for clothing like they usually do, which has reduced order volumes for makers of garments and other textile products.
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