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State economic development Commissioner David Lehman and DISTRICT founder and CEO David Salinas.
Mayor Toni Harp, Lehman, and Salinas.
Connecticut’s newly confirmed economic development chief toured New Haven’s bustling “DISTRICT” tech campus Friday — and proclaimed he saw the future of the state’s economy.
by | Mar 26, 2019 7:50 am | Comments (1)
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City officials join Freskos owner Peter Vouras to cut the ribbon …
… while former Hamden Freskos manager Sai Saifee and wife Farron enjoy some lunch.
Peter Vouras celebrated Greek Independence Day Monday by flying the Greek flag right outside the newest location of his restaurant Freskos and cutting a ribbon to commemorate its opening.
by | Mar 26, 2019 7:46 am | Comments (10)
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Stormwater ribbon park anchoring new design.
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City Engineer Giovanni Zinn with City Plan Commissioners Kevin DiAdamo and Ernest Pagan.
A plan to convert Long Wharf into five walkable neighborhoods connected by a stormwater greenway earned a key city sign-off — and praise for prioritizing coastal resiliency as a guide for economic development.
by | Mar 25, 2019 3:31 pm | Comments (20)
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Developers Jason Rudnick and Yves-Georges A. Joseph II.
New Haven has another plan for a new hotel — and this one will welcome a unionized workforce.
by | Mar 22, 2019 12:35 pm | Comments (6)
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Nalebuff juggling his latest entrepreneurial pursuits.
Outside the bathroom in a downtown basement, Barry Nalebuff slipped me a palm-sized clear plastic packet filled with product.
Try it, he urged. It’ll blow your mind.
by | Mar 21, 2019 8:37 pm | Comments (10)
Club owner Peter Forchetti, lawyer Anthony DiCrosta in court Thursday.
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Scores on Saint John Street.
The developer of the Clock Shop Lofts told a judge his $38 million-plus renovation of an historic Mill River factory has a 50 – 50 chance of falling apart if a strip club doesn’t move out within a year.
Continue reading ‘Builder: Strip Appeal Could Kill Clock Lofts’
by | Mar 20, 2019 2:15 pm | Comments (7)
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(Updated) A national athletic apparel chain plans to open a downtown New Haven outlet this summer.
by | Mar 19, 2019 4:43 pm | Comments (33)
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Stormwater ribbon park anchoring new design.
City Point’s Hatley, Larrivee and Wharton at Tuesday presser.
City Point’s Angela Hatley, Paul Larrivee, and Jonathan Wharton have been waiting decades for the city to turn Long Wharf into a vibrant, accessible waterfront neighborhood seamlessly connected to the Hill and Wooster Square.
Now they at least have a plan that starts a decades-long march toward that vision.
by | Mar 18, 2019 3:23 pm | Comments (6)
Contested beachfront: Cirino’s property at left; Palmieri’s, right.
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Palmieri in a past interview about the family food biz.
The city has moved to foreclose on a Mill River spaghetti sauce manufacturing plant due to unpaid taxes.
Meanwhile, the plant’s third-generation owner owes over $430,000 to a Morris Cove neighbor whom he took to court six times over 15 years over who owns the beach abutting their properties.
by | Mar 15, 2019 12:11 pm | Comments (4)
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Install good lighting inside and around your store.
Have a high-quality camera security system.
And clear out all of the clutter from storefront windows so you can see out and the police can see in.
Top cops brought suggestions like those to Whalley Avenue business owners looking to thwart burglars and robbers.
Continue reading ‘Whalley Biz Owners Schooled In Target Hardening 101’
by | Mar 14, 2019 3:26 pm | Comments (27)
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City officials, economic boosters, and developers move some gravel to celebrate 87 Union St. groundbreaking.
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The latest design for 87 Union St.
It took five years and two different developers to get from the first community meeting to the groundbreaking.
Now work is beginning on a 299-unit, market-rate apartment complex on the border of Wooster Square and Downtown, and builders predict it will take far less than another five years to finish the job and fill the block with new tenants.
by | Mar 14, 2019 7:48 am | Comments (16)
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Mason Jar Exchange’s Marissa Vaspasiano at CitySeed Kitchen.
The Mason Jar Exchange
Marissa Vaspasiano wants to make it easier for you and your family to enjoy healthful fresh meals. Her secret weapon? A mason jar.
by | Mar 13, 2019 7:24 am | Comments (1)
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PMG’s Armand Keurian debates neighbors after the meeting.
Cedar Hill neighbors didn’t want a 24-hour convenience store. And they’re not going to get one. Instead, they will keep a plain gas station at the corner of Ferry and State Street — one that still stays open 24 hours.
by | Mar 12, 2019 1:27 pm | Comments (10)
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A rendering of the new Orange Street crossing.
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City Plan Senior Project Planner Donna Hall at Tuesday morning’s Development Commission meeting.
The city’s plans to reconnect Downtown and the Hill will resume this spring with the construction of a pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle crossing at Orange Street over the Oak Street Connector.
Continue reading ‘Construction About To Begin On Orange Street Downtown-Hill Reconnection’
by | Mar 12, 2019 12:26 pm | Comments (7)
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The 1920s-era Grand Ave building that will soon come down.
United Illuminating finally met with neighbors of its polluted former power plant — and offered a mix of news and no-news about its ongoing clean-up.
by | Mar 7, 2019 6:11 pm | Comments (33)
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Elliott testifying at Thursday’s hearing.
Josh Elliott Thursday urged state legislators to support a $15 hourly minimum wage.
But he didn’t do so in his role as Hamden state representative. He did so as a small business owner who believes that a higher minimum wage will cost him in the short term, but will boost the economy, and his store, in the long run.
Continue reading ‘Elliott: It’s Thyme & Season For $15 Wage’
by | Mar 6, 2019 3:28 pm | Comments (14)
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Coliseum site; developer Fowler (inset).
Conference center? No longer key to the project.
Continue reading ‘Coliseum Site Plan No Longer Hinges On Conference Center’
by | Mar 6, 2019 8:53 am | Comments (15)
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MOD Equities developers Jacob and Josef Feldman at Tuesday night’s meeting.
The Feldman brothers plan to build a new 30-unit, market-rate apartment complex on Howe Street.
When the New York developers break ground this summer, neighbors want to see those construction jobs staying local.
by | Mar 5, 2019 8:43 am | Comments (0)
Yale New Haven Hospital is adding to its Saint Raphael campus in a move expected to boost city revenues in the coming fiscal year.
Continue reading ‘YNHH Plans New Construction On St. Raphael Campus’
by | Mar 4, 2019 8:45 am | Comments (13)
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Lehman testifying last week in Hartford.
A new online citizens’ petition drive aims to stop the confirmation of a “Wall Street hustler” Gov. Ned Lamont picked to serve as state economic development commissioner.
Continue reading ‘Grassroots Drive Targets Guv’s “Wall Street Hustler”’
by | Mar 1, 2019 6:08 pm | Comments (9)
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Veteran barista Nate Blair in his new joint.
Nate Blair knew that every neighborhood needs a hub, and Westville was no exception. With the opening of Cafe X, a new coffee shop on the corner of Whalley and Blake, he aims to create that hub.
by | Mar 1, 2019 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
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Elizabeth Bickley with one of her finds.
A poet picked up a copy of a periodical called Pagany, from the long ago summer of 1930, headlined by verses from William Carlos Williams, for just three bucks.
A Southern philosophy professor, on the prowl for Asian cookbooks, stumbled on Martin Heidegger’s tome about Asian philosophy.
And Elizabeth Bickley, a public space designer, found a Gerard Manley Hopkins, a prose book by W.H. Auden, a collection of poetry by Charles Wright, and two translations of the medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen — all for $24.99
Continue reading ‘Bibliophiles Unite At Used Bookstore’s Opening’
by | Feb 27, 2019 6:03 pm | Comments (7)
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The Crown Street Garage commercial space.
Parking Authority Acting Executive Director Doug Hausladen on Monday night,
An arts consortium’s bid to open a theater, cabaret, and rehearsal space downtown isn’t dead yet.
Continue reading ‘Theater Plan Still Alive For Crown Garage Spot’
by | Feb 27, 2019 3:50 pm | Comments (12)
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270-290 State garage (left), soon to be acquired by city. Sherman-Tyler lot: Future housing? Below: Hausladen outlines changes.
The city’s parking authority is about to pick up a 278-space garage downtown, a few months before it is set to lose a 470-space surface lot in West River.
Adding the former could bring in around $600,000 a year, as well as bolster parking options for downtown’s red-hot building boom.
Dropping the latter would mean an annual $700,000 loss, but might also encourage the development of an empty lot in a neighborhood eager for housing.
by | Feb 27, 2019 8:55 am | Comments (1)
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Eduardo De Lara shows his empanadas at Tuesday night’s pitch event.
Business Accelerator crews serve up the goods at The State House.
Loosen your belt and get ready to eat.
A cornucopia of fried, spicy, savory, and eminently portable international street food is about to hit New Haven, courtesy of a host of new food startups run by local immigrants with fare ranging from Dominican Republic-style spinach-and-feta empanadas, chutney from Mauritius, and social justice-flavored Salvadoran pupusas.
Continue reading ‘Int’l “Street” Food Start-Ups Ready To Roll’