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Firebox, Hartford's farm-to-table restaurant with a community mission, to close after 13 years
HARTFORD, CT -- Firebox, the innovative farm-to-table restaurant in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood, will close after 13 years, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and “the uncertainty it has brought.” The Melville Charitable Trust launched Firebox on Broad Street in 2007, with a vision “to serve extraordinary food and to bring jobs, investment, and opportunity to the community." The restaurant became a destination for locally grown fare, crafting its daily menus with produce, meats and dairy from Connecticut farms.
Pandemic Child Care Relief Justification Briefing and Fact Sheet
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for low-income people, has developed a Justification Briefing and Fact Sheet with state-by-state estimates of public funds needed by the child care industry during the pandemic to sustain the viability of our providers.
Multiple CT Connections on New Panel Focused on Restarting Regional Economy
CHEFA Hosts First Nonprofit Education Forum
The Chelsea Groton Foundation Makes 2nd $100K Grant to Support Global City Norwich
NORWICH, CT -- The Chelsea Groton Foundation recently presented a grant donation of $100,000 to NCDC’s Global City Norwich program, to be used specifically for assisting multicultural entrepreneurs and small business owners who are interested in occupying storefront spaces in the Downtown area, or who currently own businesses and are looking to grow.
Hartford’s Riverfront Recapture Scores $200K grant
HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford nonprofit Riverfront Recapture has been awarded a $200,000 grant from Bank of America for leadership training and to boost its innovation fund. Bank of America on Thursday named the nonprofit its 2018 Neighborhood Builder grant recipient, which includes a two-year grant worth $200,000.
HFPG Impact! Greater Hartford Helping to Secure Community Use at Dillon Stadium and Colt Park
Hartford Foundation Announces New Community and Economic Development Initiative
Chelsea Groton Foundation Makes $100K Grant for Establishing a Global City Initiative — Supporting the Revitalization of Downtown Norwich
Regional Leaders to Craft Economic Strategy for the Hartford Metropolitan Region
Bank of America Awards Grant to KNOX, Helping Provide Green Job Opportunities, Revitalize Hartford Neighborhoods
Middlesex United Way hopes Working Cities Challenge Grant Can Help Cut Poverty Rates
Meeting Resource - Workforce Affinity Group - 3/7/2016
Resources for Further Reading - Giving in Connecticut 2015
Resources for further reading related to Giving in Connecticut, published December 2015.