by | Jun 19, 2024 12:19 pm | Comments (15)
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Jeanette Sykes, at the helm of new neighborhood dev corp.
A group of Newhallville residents has banded together to build affordable, owner-occupied housing — and expand awareness of neighborhood resources — by way of a revived community development corporation.
by | Jun 17, 2024 3:37 pm | Comments (9)
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INSA CEO Peter Gallagher: Cannabis seller and consumer. Don't tell mom.
“It’s a very, very capital-intensive business that’s not without risk,” New Haven’s newest legal pot dealer, INSA CEO Peter Gallagher, said about his 500-employee company’s line of work.
There’s the challenge of finding lenders and lawyers and accountants willing to hire out their services in such a hazy market. There’s the prohibition on ferrying legal product across state lines. There’s the ban on billboard and TV advertising. There’s the reliance on cash and debit cards for retail transactions because of credit card companies’ continued aversion to the sector.
And then there’s Section 280E of the federal tax code.
Continue reading ‘Canna-biz CEO: It's Not Easy Selling Green’
by | Jun 13, 2024 3:16 pm | Comments (9)
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Dev chief Piscitelli (right) with developer Winstanley: NHPS part of "ecosystem of growth."
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Laboratory and classroom space in 101 College designed for NHPS students.
Fifteen high school juniors from Hillhouse, Wilbur Cross, and Career have been selected to join cancer researchers and vaccine developers this fall in bringing to life a long-awaited College Street biotech hub.
by | Jun 13, 2024 11:27 am | Comments (9)
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Co-owner Paul Crosby: "The dirty chai is a crowd favorite."
After eight years of slinging coffee on the streets of New Haven, the Jitter Bus has brought their dirty chais and espressos to a newly opened brick-and-mortar store on the northern end of Wooster Square.
Continue reading ‘Jitter Bus Coffee Breaks Grounds On Grand’
by | Jun 11, 2024 9:11 am | Comments (4)
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Lake Whitney Dam: Ready to be improved for “the next 160 years.”
The Lake Whitney Dam on the border of New Haven and Hamden has been going strong since 1860, when Eli Whitney and the city built it. But it’s in need of rehabilitation — a major construction project — to prepare it for the climate challenges of the next century and beyond. That can be done while also keeping an eye on the community and environmental concerns of the present.
by | Jun 7, 2024 10:08 am | Comments (9)
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Fepo Cafe storefront at 195 Church St.
Lattes on tap are coming to Church Street — as a new coffee shop plans to fill a long-empty groundfloor commercial space that was vacated by Starbucks four years ago.
Continue reading ‘New Cafe Coming To Ex-Starbucks On Church’
by | May 30, 2024 3:15 pm | Comments (9)
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Jamal Robinson (center) joined by wife Jess Robinson and team (left) and economic development official Carlos Eyzaguirre, Mayor Justin Elicker, cultural affairs chief Adriane Jefferson, and Beachworld Senior VP Dan DeStefano (right).
Outdoor salsa nights, craft beers, and live music are coming to a long-empty lot in downtown New Haven, thanks to the efforts of a local innovator who is hoping to showcase Black and Brown brewers.
by | May 30, 2024 11:21 am | Comments (38)
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Weed-focused labor organizers & customers Jose Anaya and Jake Serafini: Canna-biz is "like the new gold rush."
Long Wharf Theatre, now itinerant. INSA Cannabis, now on Sargent.
Jake Serafini and Jose Anaya showed up to the ex-Long Wharf Theatre site on Sargent Drive Thursday morning — not to catch a play by Samuel Beckett or Anna Deavere Smith, but instead to buy an eighth of Scout Breath and some weed gummies on opening day of the city’s newest cannabis dispensary.
by | May 29, 2024 12:25 pm | Comments (0)
Maureen A. Frank will step down as president of the New Haven Bank on June 10, and step down as CEO at a yet undisclosed, later date in the year. Judith Corprew will step in to replace her as president and, later, as CEO.
by | May 29, 2024 10:02 am | Comments (9)
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McInnis, a surprise pick and Yale's first (official) female president.
New Haven has a new top corporate CEO to do business with: Maurie D. McInnis, whom Yale has named its next president.
by | May 28, 2024 5:29 pm | Comments (4)
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4th-generation Louis' Lunch burgermeister Jeff Lassen tends to lunchtime crowd in between hosting elected officials.
Fresh off planting New Haven’s pizza flag in D.C., Mayor Justin Elicker led an official delegation to Crown Street Tuesday to lay claim to yet another round-and-flat New Haven original.
by | May 22, 2024 3:29 pm | Comments (19)
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Raymond Thompson and Jean Jenkins at Tuesday's meetup.
A rendering of ConnCORP's anticipated Dixwell redevelopment.
Now that the old Dixwell Plaza has been knocked down and remediated, Terrance Lee wants a chance to help build it back up alongside other New Haveners.
by | May 15, 2024 3:29 pm | Comments (4)
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The Synergists -- music promoter Keith Mahler and restaurateur Claire Criscuolo -- with city's Cathy Graves outside College Street Music Hall for Wednesday's presser.
Downtown boosters stood outside amid the rain Wednesday to proclaim the start of outdoor dining season.
Continue reading ‘College St.'s Lit -- With Sidewalk Tables Ready’
by | May 15, 2024 1:02 pm | Comments (8)
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Steve Fontana in his last week as a New Haven development official, recording a press conference outside College Street Music Hall Wednesday.
A third New Haven city government official is heading west to help a new mayor build up her city.
Continue reading ‘West Haven Mayor Steals 2nd New Haven Fontana’
by | May 15, 2024 11:00 am | Comments (10)
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Data Deep-Divers Jacob Hacker and Jonathan Cohen at WNHH FM.
The economy’s roaring, according to official measures like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
The economy’s ailing, and we’re all hurting, according to the human beings who live in it.
Maybe it’s time for a new way to measure the economy?
by | May 14, 2024 11:34 am | Comments (1)
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Elizabeth Laconi, Anne Hartjen, Shayla Streater, and Amayah Smith.
Amid the sea of vendors and artisans on Saturday afternoon at the 27th annual Westville ArtWalk neighborhood festival and arts market, 11-year-old Amayah Smith looked around in awe at the multitude of goods people had to offer, from handmade soaps to crochet plushies. Amayah could imagine herself taking part, so folks better watch out at next year’s ArtWalk for a new business — “‘Mayah’s Joy” — bringing homemade stickers to you.
Continue reading ‘Westville's ArtWalk Cultivates New Artisans’
by | May 8, 2024 11:11 am | Comments (4)
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On the canal trail by the William "King" Lanson statue.
The history of New Haven entrepreneurship past and present. The fortunes of a neighborhood rising and falling, and rising again. The legacies of environmental depredation, and the work to create healthier, more sustainable places.
All these themes were touched upon in the latest walk from the New Haven Bioregional Group, in which Aaron Goode of Friends of the Farmington Canal Greenway led a group of about 30 walkers through the New Haven section of the urban trail that today connects almost seamlessly to Northampton, Mass.
Continue reading ‘Canal Walk Connects City's Past, Present, Future’
by and | May 6, 2024 5:33 pm | Comments (12)
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Alexandra Daum highlights new landscaping and more sustainable energy ...
... as part of Science Hill development projects.
Yale is seeking to build up its scientific campus by digging down into the earth, as revealed during a presentation on future buildings with a massive underground presence.
Continue reading ‘With Science Hill Build, Yale's Going Down’
by | Apr 25, 2024 11:54 am | Comments (17)
Schiavone at 80 performs in the living room of a Chapel Street frat house apartment while fighting an eviction.
Joel Schiavone, the sockless banjo-strumming real estate developer who launched New Haven’s downtown renaissance, has died at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy that will long outlive him.
by | Apr 18, 2024 4:04 pm | Comments (3)
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11-year-old Avery with her favorite Black Raspberry Newhall Street soap.
Bassett Street smells like lemongrass and poppy seeds to 11-year-old Kauren, now that her favorite sweet-citrusy soap is up for sale in honor of the street where she goes to school.
Continue reading ‘Soaps Honor Newhallville At Kids' Black Wall Street’
by | Apr 12, 2024 1:16 pm | Comments (25)
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Erick Gonzalez, Annette Genovese, and Rosa at Martinez-hosted meetup.
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One possibility: a Mill River boardwalk?
To revitalize a neighborhood known for its warehouses and abandoned factories, focus on nature.
Residents and business owners offered that advice to city officials planning a more walkable, community-oriented Mill River district.
by | Apr 9, 2024 1:28 pm | Comments (11)
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Hilton is acquiring Graduate Hotels for $210 million, according to a March 14 press release.
by | Apr 4, 2024 4:18 pm | Comments (9)
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Lunch is self-served.
After a single bite, I realized I had ordered the wrong entree at IKEA. The “veggie balls” were a blank slate: a mush of chickpeas, carrots, peppers, and other veggies I usually enjoy, mashed and blended until they amounted to something almost as thoroughly bland as the cauliflower rice I got on the side.
by | Apr 4, 2024 11:34 am | Comments (29)
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Big buildings, not empty lots, envisioned for Union Station area.
With climate change in mind, an aldermanic committee advanced a zoning proposal that would allow as-of-right restaurants, supermarkets, and offices — but not housing — along the Union Station railroad tracks.
Continue reading ‘Extra Step Added For Transit-Oriented Housing’
by | Mar 26, 2024 3:27 pm | Comments (19)
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Developer Joseph: Big plans for Rte 34.
Four stories of medical research will join a daycare, a 130-room hotel, and a social services center — as the last development in the decade-long construction of the Route 34 West “superblock.”