After just six years of the nation’s first statewide mattress recycling program, more than 1 million mattresses and box springs have been recycled in Connecticut. The impact has been tangible - resulting in the diversion of more than 18,000 tons of steel, foam, fibers and wood from landfill and incineration, according to program officials.
Read MoreAll Tech Is Human – a nonprofit organization launched just a few years ago in Greater Hartford - has announced that it has secured over $650,000 in funding to support projects related to building the responsible tech pipeline and better aligning tech with the public interest.
Read MoreThe Attorneys General of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey are pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten controls on air pollution emitted by heavy-duty trucks in the tri-state region.
Read MoreThe marketing of Pratt Street in downtown Hartford, a joint project of LAZ Investments, Lexington Partners LLC, and Shelbourne, the city’s largest downtown property owner, has seen a series of data points highlighted that even longtime city residents may not have recognized.
Read MoreDramatic changes in Connecticut’s gaming laws – the most comprehensive in decades - are not going unnoticed just across the border, as New Yorkers drive north on I-95, according to recent published reports, and stop to place bets.
Read MoreAs Connecticut announced a new partnership to train workers in building aerospace components to boost the state’s manufacturing industry, a new survey found that 9 in 10 Connecticut manufacturers are currently struggling to find and retain workers, which has become the sector’s biggest barrier to growth.
Read MoreSponsored by Google and hosted by the University of New Haven, on Tuesday the Fall 2021 Regional Cyber Security & Technology Virtual Career Expo is bringing together members, partner organizations, and students/alumni for an online career fair for the cyber security and tech industries.
Read MoreEconomic development remains front and center for Governor Ned Lamont, who has devoted time and attention in recent weeks rolling out an array of initiatives aimed at revitalizing Connecticut’s economic as it seeks to establish momentum as COVID-19 recedes.
Read MoreMarking International Day of the Girl on October 11, Connecticut-based non-profit Girls With Impact, which offers programming including the nation’s only live, online mini-MBA for young women, unveiled a new initiative calling on leaders in business and media to share their most important advice for success with the next generation.
Read MoreMore than 225 business leaders learned about limitless opportunities in the drone industry at the Annual Meeting of ManufactureCT held just days before the start of Manufacturing Month in October. The featured speaker launched a drone manufacturing business in Connecticut that has attracted attention well beyond the state’s borders.
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