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🔒Jerome Home gala celebrates 85-year legacy

More than 100 people gathered at Jerome Home to celebrate the New Britain-based assisted-living facility’s 85th anniversary. The event included wine tasting presented by wine sponsor, Bottle Shop of Unionville. Jerome Home was established by Augustus S. Jerome in 1932.

🔒Q&A with Hartford Marathon Foundation CEO Beth Shluger

Beth Shluger, who founded the Hartford Marathon Foundation (HMF) in 1994 and served as race director for the Eversource Hartford Marathon and Half Marathon for the past 24 years, caught her breath to answer some questions on the heels of another successful event last month.

🔒NY realty developer Avner Krohn helps lead New Britain’s comeback

Visit downtown New Britain and you'll see a change. The city of 73,000, consigned to the New England rust belt after most of its factories closed and two highways split the city, is making a comeback.

🔒Interval House receives grant from Mary Kay Foundation

Throughout Domestic Violence Awareness month in October, The Mary Kay Foundation awarded $20,000 grants to 150 domestic...
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🔒Low-income health insurance funding could run dry

Federal funds that help provide health insurance to Connecticut children and pregnant women in low-to-moderate-income families who don't qualify for Medicaid are expected to run out by February or sooner, according to the state Department of Social Services.

🔒Time to rein in state aid to businesses

Among the government initiatives that will see less funding in the years ahead is the state's Small Business Express program, which was created in 2011 to provide capital to smaller companies in exchange for their commitments to retain or create jobs.

🔒MakerspaceCT hones in on potential home

The founders of a fledgling makerspace organization said they are close to announcing a new Hartford home on Main Street.

🔒Think your way to success

There are plenty of people in the workforce who do “something,” but not so many who do what needs to be done. And this is both a problem and an opportunity.
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🔒Kim wants to raise profile of N. Britain art museum

Min Jung Kim, director and CEO of the New Britain Museum of American Art, often hears people refer to the institution as a hidden gem.

🔒Hartford startup Ten Digit targets call-center market

Few people enjoy calling customer service, which can often involve getting put on hold and passed around to different departments.

🔒Simple steps to improve workplace conflict resolution

The Conflict Resolution Phrasebook: 2,000+ Phrases for Any HR Professional, Manager, Business Owner, or Anyone Who Has...

🔒Greater Hartford’s most innovative office spaces

If you haven't noticed, the office workspace is changing, in some cases in very dramatic ways.
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🔒UnitedHealth Group and United Way help stock local food pantry

Members of UnitedHealth Group and The United Way recently volunteered at Asnuntuck Community College to pack individual...

🔒Expanded rail line aims to broaden talent pool for regional employers

The new $769 million CTrail Hartford Line launching service next May between Springfield and New Haven is expected to broaden workers' employment reach and give employers in the Hartford and Elm City regions the ability to draw from a larger workforce pool, officials familiar with the project say.

🔒Show up and speak up for a stronger community

Being part of a strong community means showing up and speaking up. A community is so much more than just buildings. It's the connections and bonds between people. And the stronger those bonds and connections, the stronger the community is.
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