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Latinas & Power Announces 2020 Latina Champion Awards Winners
Wheeler Transforming Clinic Site in Plainville to Full Community Health Center (Location was the original site of the mental health outpatient clinic since 1972)
Wheeler, a leading statewide provider of integrated primary care and behavioral health services, is transforming the services at its original behavioral health clinic location at 91 Northwest Drive, Plainville, to offer fully integrated primary and behavioral health care in one location.
Day Pitney Receives Mansfield Certification for Third Consecutive Year; Commits to Mansfield Rule 4.0
September 15, 2020 – Day Pitney LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus from Diversity Lab after completing the Mansfield Rule 3.0 twelve-month certification program.
Interval House Announces, “Purple with a Purpose” Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign for October
Interval House—Connecticut’s largest agency dedicated to ending domestic violence and intimate partner abuse—announced today its plans for October’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
American Eagle Financial Credit Union Makes Additional Donations to Local Food Banks in Honor of Its Board of Directors
The Hartford To Provide $750,000 To Help United Way Improve Its 211 Network
The Hartford has committed $750,000 over three years to help United Way improve the online presence and accessibility of the 211 network, a comprehensive source of locally curated social services information in the U.S. This will better enable 211 users to quickly find and access the information and services they need, as well as improve the overall user experience, increase website traffic and create a more consistent, connected network across the United States.
KeyBank Grant Allows Veterans to Visit the New England Air Museum
Thanks to a grant from KeyBank, the New England Air Museum has waived admission for veterans and military service men and women through end of 2020.
CT Business Matchmaker will give a boost to small businesses as they recover from COVID-19 downturn
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated shutdown have meant lost sales and financial hardship for small businesses, and they have made face-to-face networking nearly impossible. The combination has left many of those businesses in a tenuous situation—unable to sell to current customers and unable to look for new ones. The University of Hartford’s Entrepreneurial Center & Women’s Business Center’s 11th Annual CT Business Matchmaker is designed to help address that problem. This year, the event will be held in a virtual format on Friday, October 2, from 8:00AM until 2:30PM.
National Small Business Week September 22-24
Hartford Region Leads Connecticut Employers' Anticipated Growth in the 4th Quarter
Robinson+Cole Receives Mansfield Rule 3.0 Diversity and Inclusion Certification
Certification affirms commitment to increase the representation of diverse lawyers in leadership positions
Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15
Thanks To Dish Restaurant Group
A message of thanks to our community supporters, DISH Restaurant Group, who have been impacted by COVID-19.
Eversource Extends Deadline for Enhanced Small Business Energy Efficiency Offerings
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Greater Hartford to Hold Drive-Through Experience on October 4th
Hartford Foundation Announces Redesigned Grantmaking Team - Community Impact Team to be led by Elysa Gordon
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is announcing a new structure and leadership to maximize the Foundation’s impact in the community. The redesigned structure also merges grantmaking with the Foundation’s Research, Evaluation and Public Policy areas. Formerly known as the Community Investments, the new Community Impact team will be led by vice president Elysa Gordon.
TheaterWorks Hartford Unrolls a Membership Plan and 12 Plays in 12 Months
Our new streaming membership promises to give you the theater you love - stories and connection - done the way only TheaterWorks Hartford can!Every month we'll share a play, or a play in development and we'll offer additional opportunities for us all to gather in digital space. From watch parties, and talkbacks, special live chatting events, and more - we promise to maintain the community you all have so lovingly built - so we all stay connected from the safety of home.
American Eagle Financial Credit Union COO Teresa Knox Selected as A New England Women in Banking Honoree
Teresa Knox, senior vice president and chief operating officer of American Eagle Financial Credit Union (AEFCU) has been selected as a 2020 New England Women in Banking honoree by Banking New England magazine.
A Closer Look Forum: Creating Independent Learning and Living Through Assistive Technology