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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.
Bank of America, Travelers and City of Hartford Contributions Will Enhance Hartford Small Business Emergency Grant Program
HARTFORD, CT -- In April, the City of Hartford, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, HEDCO, Inc., and Capital For Change launched a $1 million Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. The aim is to provide at least 100 small Hartford businesses with a grant of up to $10,000 to make lease or mortgage payments, pay salaries, make vendor payments, pay taxes, or make modifications to their physical space or technology to comply with social distancing guidelines. In an effort to support additional Hartford small businesses, Bank of America and Travelers have each made grants of $125,000 and the City of Hartford has allocated an additional $125,000 to the initiative.
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.
Hartford Launches $1 Million Small Business Grant Program, Plans Additional $300,000 Grant Program, and Awards $120,000 to Small Businesses
Multiple CT Connections on New Panel Focused on Restarting Regional Economy
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inner City Launches Second Round of Inner City Capital Connections Program
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, in collaboration with Boston-based nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), is launching the second round of the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program to the Hartford.
Regional Leaders Craft Economic Strategy for Metro Hartford
Economic Development Symposium: Building Resilient Communities: Leveraging Anchor Institutions
Learn how partnerships with anchor institutions can be viable strategies to strengthen communities, grow the local economy, create quality affordable housing, and improve public health outcomes.
Opportunity Zones: Choose Connecticut
Five Steps to Accelerate Economic Growth in Connecticut
CHEFA Hosts First Nonprofit Education Forum
HARTFORD, CT -- On June 26, 2019 The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) held its’ first Nonprofit Education Forum featuring Jeff Fuhrer, executive vice president and senior policy advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Hartford Area Inner City Capital Connections Launches Capacity-building Training Initiative for Over 60 Businesses
The Chelsea Groton Foundation Makes 2nd $100K Grant to Support Global City Norwich
Hartford’s Riverfront Recapture Scores $200K grant
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
NORWICH, CT -- The Chelsea Groton Foundation announced $100K in funding for a multi-year project of supporting the revitalization of Downtown Norwich through a Global City Initiative.