Press Releases
2008
May 6, 2008 - Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) has announced its 2008 Awards of Excellence. Recipients include Main Street organizations in Norwich, Simsbury, Waterbury and the Upper Albany Main Street district in Hartford, as well as organizations in Mansfield and Willimantic. For more information, click here
2007
November 12, 2007 - Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) has announced the appointment of its new Director of Community Development, Courtney Hendricson. For more information, click here.
October 23, 2007: Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) has announced recipients of the 2007 Preservation of Place grants. Seven nonprofit Main Street organizations and municipalities have been recognized for their efforts in the preservation and revitalization of their “main street” districts and awarded technical assistance grants. Click Here.
January 22, 2007, WNPR: Where We Live (Hartford, CT) - Alan J. Plattus, Professor at the Yale School of Architecture and Director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop, and board member of Connecticut Main Street Center, and Douglas Rae, Professor at the Yale School of Management and former New Haven City Administrator were John Dankosky's guests on WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio's live call-in program "Where We Live". They discussed and took calls about the failure of the great urban plan, following the scheduled implosion of the New Haven Coliseum. To read the press release, Click Here.
2006
December 20, 2006: Connecticut Main Street Center (Hartford, CT) has announced its 2007 Downtown Revitalization Institute quarterly workshop series which offers a full day each quarter with nationally known experts in capacity building and organizational development, business and real estate development, marketing and promotion, and urban design. The Downtown Revitalization Institute (DRI) is the educational and training component of Connecticut Main Street Center, the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring and maintaining Connecticut's historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. Click here for more…..
September 14, 2006: Mixed-Use / Mixed-Income Development in Downtown Presented by Connecticut Main Street Center (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center, in cooperation with HOMEConnecticut, an initiative of the Partnership for Strong Communities, will present a forum on Mixed-Use / Mixed-Income Development in Downtown on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 8:45 am at The Lyceum Center in Hartford. Click here for more...
July 27, 2006: Connecticut Main Street Center Welcomes New Board Members (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center's Board of Directors welcomed two new members at its Annual Meeting last month in New London. Timothy H. Coppage, Vice President - Housing Development for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, and Thomas E. Marano, Business Development Consultant for Northeast Utilities, have been selected as the organization's newest directors. Click here for more...
May 19, 2006: Waterbury and Winsted Named 2006 National Main Street Communities (Hartford, CT) – Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) announced today that two local commercial districts have been named 2006 National Main Street Communities by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Main Street Center. Main Street Waterbury and Friends of Main Street (Winsted), both nonprofit corporations, have been recognized for outstanding accomplishments toward their goal of the revitalization of their respective historic commercial districts. 2006 National Main Street Communities will be recognized at the National Main Streets Conference in New Orleans from June 4th-7th and the Connecticut Main Street Center Annual Meeting & Awards Presentation on June 19th in downtown New London. Click here for more...
May 4, 2006: The Hartford Courant to Receive Award from Connecticut Main Street Center (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center has announced The Hartford Courant has been selected to receive the 2006 Connecticut Light and Power Company Award for Outstanding Contributions to Main Street Revitalization. The Courant will be presented with this award at the Connecticut Main Street Center Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation on Monday, June 19th at 5:30 pm at The Crocker House in downtown New London. Click here for more...
April 20, 2006: CT Main Street Center to Feature Multi-Discipline Team in Urban Place-Making Workshop (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center will present the next Downtown Revitalization Institute workshop, "Using Design as a Tool for Downtown Revitalization", on Friday, April 28th from 8:30am to 4:00pm at Northeast Utilities in Berlin, CT. Urban planner and landscape architect David Sousa will be joined by a team of design professionals including architect Robert Orr, landscape architect Scott Lewendon, transportation engineer Wesley Marshall, and planner and GIS specialist James Horton. Together this team will explore tools and techniques for creating more viable downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. Click here for more...
April 13, 2006: Connecticut Main Street Center Photo Display at Legislative Office Building (Hartford, CT) A photography exhibit of Connecticut Main Street communities is on display at the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Hartford. Photos of downtown New London, Niantic, Winsted and the Upper Albany neighborhood commercial district in Hartford are exhibited in the Café Exit hallway on the ground floor of the LOB. The exhibit is scheduled from April 17th - 28th. Click here for more...
April 10, 2006: Connecticut Main Street Center Announces Downtown Resource Team Consultants for Darien (Hartford, CT) A Connecticut Main Street Center Resource Team of national and state experts in downtown management will visit Darien from May 22-25, 2006, to assess the downtown’s greatest challenges and opportunities and to recommend a course of action for the revitalization of downtown Darien. Residents, businesses and community leaders from Darien will have an opportunity to participate in the visit. Click here for more...
March 28, 2006: The Crocker House in New London Site of Connecticut Main Street Center Awards Presentation (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center has announced the selection of The Crocker House in Downtown New London as the site of the organization’s 2006 Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation. The event will be held on Monday, June 19th at 5:30 pm. Click here for more...
March 14, 2006: Connecticut Main Street Center to Hold Urban Design and Place-Making Workshop (Hartford, CT) Connecticut Main Street Center announces the next 2006 Downtown Revitalization Institute workshop, “Using Design as a Tool for Downtown Revitalization”, will take place on Friday, April 28th from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at Northeast Utilities in Berlin, CT. Click here for more...
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