MetroHartford Alliance Business Cost Analysis: Hartford Region a Prime Location for Insurance and Financial Services Firms

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HARTFORD, CONN. – September 13, 2023 – The MetroHartford Alliance (MHA) today released a new study which shows that the Greater Hartford Region offers competitive costs for insurance and financial services firms when compared with other metros across the country.  MHA engaged advisory and accounting firm CohnReznick to conduct the analysis.  The study compared a range of key business [...]

2023-09-18T09:12:17-04:00September 18, 2023|Uncategorized|

CEDAS Seeks Nominations for Two Annual Awards

CEDAS is currently seeking nominations for the two following annual awards: 2023 Kenneth L Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award – Do you know of an outstanding individual engaged in Economic Development? Don’t let the “lifetime achievement” throw you…some people will come to mind who have not lived a lifetime! Please nominate the STARS you know in Economic Development! We cannot wait [...]

2023-09-27T08:45:24-04:00September 15, 2023|Awards, Economic Development, Uncategorized|

CEDAS Awards Seventeen Connecticut Communities with the 2023 Best Practices Awards

Contact: Thomas Madden, AICP – Connecticut Economic Development Association Phone: (914) 310-7327 Email: cedasprograms@gmail.com CEDAS AWARDS SEVENTEEN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES WITH THE 2023 BEST PRACTICES AWARDS [NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT August 2023] The Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) has concluded its application review for ‘Best Practices in Land Use and Economic Development” awards and recognizes seventeen Connecticut municipalities for its 2023 cycle. [...]

Smaller towns are not helping solve CT’s housing crisis

CT Mirror, Published July 10, 2023 Dan Smolnik is a tax attorney and a member of the Hamden Economic Development Commission. Any views expressed are exclusively those of the author. The acuity of the state’s housing shortage bears repetition. We need 89,000 affordable homes immediately. The inventory of active real estate listings has declined 79% –from 18,610 in June of [...]

2023-07-11T13:49:35-04:00July 11, 2023|Housing|

CEDAS Presents Annual Awards

CEDAS presented the following awards during its 2022 Annual Meeting in October. Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award
 - The Lifetime Achievement Award honors the legacy of Kenneth L. Roberts, his commitment to economic development in the state of Connecticut and his long-time service to DECD. The Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded for the first time in [...]

2023-03-24T13:36:00-04:00November 10, 2022|Awards, Economic Development|

CEDAS Seeks Nominations for Two Annual Awards

Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award
 CEDAS is accepting nominations to recognize a practitioner for lifetime achievement in economic development in Connecticut. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors the legacy of Kenneth L. Roberts, his commitment to economic development in the state of Connecticut and his long-time service to DECD. The Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded for the [...]

2023-03-24T13:38:25-04:00September 6, 2022|Awards, Economic Development|

2022 Connecticut Economic Development Week

Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) along with the Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) and AdvanceCT announce Connecticut’s Economic Development Week set for May 9-13, 2022. Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in 2016 to increase awareness of local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities, and improve the quality of [...]

2023-03-24T13:38:18-04:00May 6, 2022|Economic Development|

West Haven receives silver certification for economic development from CT nonprofit

WEST HAVEN — A state nonprofit has issued the city a certification for exemplifying best practices in economic development and land use. The Connecticut Economic Development Association issued a silver certification to West Haven last month after the city’s application impressed two reviewers. West Haven was one of eight municipalities to receive a silver certification; three others received gold and [...]

2023-03-24T13:38:09-04:00May 4, 2022|Economic Development|

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