Local Econ Dev Leader To Retire
by | Dec 11, 2024 2:10 pm | Comments (2)
Renaissance maker: Virginia Kozlowski.
A mover and shaker behind New Haven’s economic development renaissance in recent decades is retiring.
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Breeze Launches First Tweed Flights
by | Dec 10, 2024 3:36 pm | Comments (6)
For the first time in 20 years, there’s more than one airline operating out of Tweed New Haven Airport.
Alameda Animates Mill River District Visioning
by | Dec 10, 2024 2:41 pm | Comments (14)
Can the city help bring this vision to life?
Oh, that's an alameda. Cool!
Imagine an alameda — a long shady tree-lined walkway — running down the middle of Blatchley Avenue all the way from Grand Avenue to the Quinnipiac River.
And how about building up underused lots into lots more housing on East Street and on Wolcott?
Those were a few of the neighborhood-changing ideas that emerged Monday night at 162 James St., CitySeed’s new building, where city economic development officials convened a second public meeting for citizen input to envision a now-and-future identity for the Mill River District.
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New Shops Keep Upper State Humming
by | Nov 22, 2024 8:06 am | Comments (11)
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Blair Daniels in the East Rock Breads kitchen.
As the sun prepared to set, John Torello worked with Joe DeLucia and Joe Neagle on the finishing touches on a soon-to-open neighborhood tavern. Down the block, Joseph Jenkins and Keiry Pena were taking Thanksgiving orders from loyal customers of their new Spanish grocery. Rory Ballachino poured Silk soymilk into an evolving matcha latte inside a new coffeehouse preparing for the fifth — sixth? — community event of its first week in business. Blair Daniels was in the kitchen scooping white flour to prepare the dough for a batch of country loaf to be baked the next morning in time for the steady stream of bread-buyers.
None of these businesses was operating a year ago. They are among six setting up shop this year on just three blocks of Upper State Street, maintaining the momentum of one of New Haven’s signature “new urbanist” neighborhoods.
Tweed Terminal Expansion Lands $4M
by | Nov 1, 2024 12:03 pm | Comments (26)
Rendering of expanded Tweed airport.
New Haven’s airport has received a $4 million federal boost to help construct a new 81,000-square-foot terminal that will include four more gates.
New CEO Revs Up Green Tech Hub
by | Oct 31, 2024 10:13 am | Comments (1)
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In progress at ClimateHaven: Tools used to extract "valuable materials" from lithium-ion batteries.
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Justine Lee at WNHH FM: From Citibike to VC to green-tech incubator.
Justine Lee has returned to New Haven to turn climate hope into reality.
Home Appliance Biz Grows On Grand
by | Oct 30, 2024 12:47 pm | Comments (3)
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Evelyn Jimenez (second from left) helps cut the ribbon on J&M Home Appliance.
Evelyn Jimenez was on the lookout for a location to rent in the Nutmeg State in order to expand her Philadelphia-based home appliance business.
By chance, she ended up in Fair Haven — and decided to put down retail roots.
ConnCAT Place Breaks Ground
by | Oct 15, 2024 5:10 pm | Comments (12)
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New housing and grocery, among others, to come to former Dixwell Plaza.
On the grave of the now-demolished Dixwell Plaza, work began Tuesday on the 186 housing units, the new 69,000 square-foot headquarters for job training, and the food hall set to rise in its place.
Ex-Smoke Shop Becomes — Gasp! — Food Market
by | Oct 10, 2024 3:23 pm | Comments (8)
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Audubon Market, now open at 59 Grove.
A Grove Street storefront that used to stock bongs, pipes, and tie-dye shirts is now a market filled with protein shakes, fruit bowls, and sandwiches.
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Elm City Market Closes, Prepares To Move
by | Oct 10, 2024 3:17 pm | Comments (8)
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Looking through the Chapel Street window glass at an empty Elm City Market.
(Updated) Elm City Market has officially closed its 360 State St. location — in advance of the grocery store’s planned move to a smaller space a few blocks away at the “Square 10” development at the former Coliseum site.
Yale, City Launch A Quantum Leap
by | Sep 30, 2024 7:20 pm | Comments (36)
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Notice the "Q" lapel: Yale Associate VP Rich Jacob, at center, at Monday's Upper Science Hill groundbreaking with new Yale prez Maurie McInnis and Gov. Ned Lamont.
McInnis and Lamont kick up some dirt with Mayor Justin Elicker and Provost Scott Strobel.
A mystery letter “Q” lapel pin whispered a dream about New Haven’s future at a groundbreaking Monday afternoon for a project that will transform Yale’s campus at the border of the East Rock neighborhood.
Zongozon Wants To Be Everything You Need
by | Sep 26, 2024 3:46 pm | Comments (8)
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Mariam Jafaru: From nurse to boutique owner.
Gold-plated bracelets join clothes and other accessories in Jafaru's storefront.
Even during the slow hours of business, Zongozon owner Mariam Jafaru’s hands were always busy. In the back of her store, a soft whir of the sewing machine commenced as she fed it her cloth.
Union Station TOD Tip-Toes Forward
by | Sep 26, 2024 3:45 pm | Comments (8)
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Union Station, get ready for some new neighbors ...
... at the TOD coming soon-ish to the east parking lot?
Four developers are in the running to build up a state-owned surface parking lot adjacent to Union Station — as part of a transit-oriented development that is likely still several years away from breaking ground.
A Clean Lawn, & A Path Past Prison
by | Sep 23, 2024 4:18 pm | Comments (7)
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Harold Jones, in the "flow" scooping early fall leaves in Upper Westville.
“You can’t work with a cluttered mind,” said Harold Jones as he de-cluttered the Ijeh family’s front yard — on a job outing where stories of incarceration and reentry, witnessed and experienced from different angles, had a chance to intersect.
7 Arrested After Counterfeit Pill "Lab" Bust
by | Sep 23, 2024 3:26 pm | Comments (9)
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U.S. Attorney Vanessa Avery and DEA Special Agent David Lanzoni: This was the "largest seizure of fake pills we've seen in New England."
A garage-turned-“lab” equipped with 2,000-pound pill-pressing machines churned out two million synthetic opioid pills containing ingredients more potent than even fentanyl — and now sits at the center of Connecticut’s largest ever clandestine drug manufacturing bust.
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Zoners To Coliseum: No Booze For You
by | Sep 13, 2024 11:02 am | Comments (18)
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Kent Mawhinney and Alexis Kang: Give pinot noir a chance.
Hundreds of new residents will soon be allowed to move into on-the-rise apartments at the ex-Coliseum property — but they won’t be allowed to walk downstairs to buy alcohol at a “high-end” liquor store on site.
Zoning Enables Reluctant Smoke Shop
by | Sep 12, 2024 12:15 pm | Comments (22)
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Harvest Mart advertises its wares, with the help of a novelty-sized blunt.
Hassan Alsufyani wanted to open up a convenience store at the entrance to Westville Village.
But local zoning law prohibits such a use at that spot — so he now sells strictly tobacco, bongs, e‑cigarettes, and vaping products instead.
Poultry Market Proposal Slaughtered
by | Sep 11, 2024 2:00 pm | Comments (21)
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Thomasine Shaw, next to BZA member Gemini Rorie: The proposed poultry market would have been too close to people, "endangering their health."
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a proposed poultry market with on-site, on-demand chicken slaughtering on Tuesday night, following a stream of contentious public testimony that invoked concerns about Islamophobia, bird flu, and the wellbeing of the neighborhood.
English Station Looms Over Fair Haven Walk
by | Sep 11, 2024 9:49 am | Comments (12)
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English Station: Oh the potential, oh the decay.
A derelict power plant. A neighborhood school. A vibrant community history of hardship and resilience. And the ticking clock of climate change.
All these elements came together in the first of a series of walking tours — a collaboration among several public and nonprofit entities put together by Anstress Farwell, president of the New Haven Urban Design League — focusing on the decommissioned and toxic English Station power plant and the Mill River District in Fair Haven.
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Time Has Told: These Hoodies Are A Hit
by | Sep 9, 2024 11:56 am | Comments (3)
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Time A Tell's Josh McCown in action with Moroccan-born American rapper French Montana at Oakdale Theatre.
Jayce Greene, 10, and his mother pushed through the door of Time A Tell, the clothing store and smoke shop at 1700 Dixwell Ave. He was looking for a Time A Tell hoodie.
“All the kids on my team are wearing them,” said Jayce, a student at Worthington-Hooker School and member of the Elm City Elite basketball team, as owner Joshua McCown brought out a selection of sizes and colors in the high-ceilinged, warmly-lit space. “They’re all over New Haven,” his mother added.
That’s an index of the quantum leap that McCown, 20, has taken in the two years since opening his shop with a mission to leverage his eye for fashion into being his own boss and realizing financial freedom.
Yalies FOCUS On Noir Vintage
by | Aug 28, 2024 3:12 pm | Comments (1)
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Yale first-years at Noir Vintage.
Whether she was out in the city or inside her house, you couldn’t catch Evelyn Massey’s late great-grandmother Virgina Adams without a black dress.
State Funds Set For More Armory Planning
by | Aug 28, 2024 12:03 pm | Comments (11)
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Nadine Horton, gardening outside the Armory: What about a wintertime indoor mega-garden and farmer's market for the historic building?
More planning for the future of the dilapidated Goffe Street Armory is on the horizon, with the help of $250,000 in state funding.
ARPA Update: Vo-Tech School Still In The Works
by | Aug 26, 2024 11:14 am | Comments (6)
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Students at MATCH, a new manufacturing training program that received a city ARPA grant.
A future vocational training hub for New Haven Public Schools students could offer tracks in building, manufacturing, technology, health, and transportation — per the city’s latest plan for millions of dollars of one-time federal aid that were allocated for various trade education initiatives two years ago.
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Flavors Fly At Food Biz Showcase
by | Aug 26, 2024 9:27 am | Comments (2)
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Kismet Douglass: “One day, I’d like to have an event space of my own.”
Momma Kiss's jerk chicken, rice, and pigeon peas.
Kismet Douglass hurried from pot to pot under the shade of her tent at the Q House Farmer’s Market, where the “global flavors” of Momma Kiss Kitchen Cuisine were on display.
In one pot she cooked Jamaican jerk chicken with rice and pigeon peas, and in another, Thai curry vegetables with jasmine rice — all served up as part of a food business showcase featuring 10 local culinary entrepreneurs.
Another Coworking Hub To Close
by | Aug 23, 2024 11:02 am | Comments (22)
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Giulia Gambale: Known was a source of motivation and community.
The coworking space: Relatively quiet, closing in October.
Remote workers, local artists, and self-employed entrepreneurs who currently rent desks at Known will have to find a new place to work by mid-fall.