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Arulampalam to Lead Hartford Land Bank

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 19, 2021

HARTFORD – Arunan Arulampalam is stepping down as Deputy Commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection to join the Hartford Land Bank, Inc. as its new Chief Executive Officer, the land bank's board announced Monday. Arulampalam, a resident of Hartford's south end, said he is looking forward to empowering local residents and building up wealth in local neighborhoods through the nonprofit’s mission of rehabilitating blighted properties. “In this role I hope to grow a pipeline of...

CCM Prepares Toolkit to Help Local Leaders With Questions About American Rescue Plan Funding

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 13, 2021

Public and private sector experts have collaborated to produce a toolkit to assist local governments in figuring out how to best use federal funds they are receiving through the American Rescue Plan (ARP), according to the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. CCM’s ARP Advisory Service Committee has been working on the toolkit, a 20-page PDF document, for the past several months and CCM officials say they expect the toolkit to be updated as it develops additional tools and adds more...

League of Women Voters of CT Has New President

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 13, 2021

The League of Women Voters of Connecticut has a new president, who recently took time to reflect on the group’s accomplishments working with voters over the last two years. Laura Smits, a member of the LWVCT since 1999, wrote in a letter to the membership (posted on the organization’s website) that 2020 was a tough year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that the group “kept voters updated about the changes in primary election dates as well as the evolving safety protocols put in place by the...

reSET Announces Winners of Food Incubator Program

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 13, 2021

reSET has announced the three winners of its recent Food Incubator Pitch event, which focused on teaching these businesses how to adapt and thrive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. First place went to Courtney Powell, owner of GRDN Kitchen, a pop-up business that offers vegan soul and comfort food. Second place went to Tieasha Gayle, owner of Taste of Decadence. Taste of Decadence is a family-owned and operated catering company specializing in Caribbean-inspired cuisine. Yawovi Simpini,...

Journey Home Welcomes 2 New Directors to Leadership Team

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 6, 2021

Journey Home, a Hartford non-profit that works to end homelessness, has announced two changes to its senior leadership. The organization has welcomed Sarah Dimaio Pavone as its director of strategy, and Lisa Quach as its interim director of housing, agency representatives said. According to a prepared release, Pavone, who has worked at several homeless service agencies in the Capitol region, came to Journey Home from the Friendship Service Center in New Britain where she was the director of...

League of Women Voters of CT Awards Fellowships to Research the Role of Women of Color in Suffrage Movement

by Julie Martin Banks | Jul 6, 2021

While the efforts of those involved in the women’s suffrage movement have been widely applauded, the work done by women of color has been minimized or excluded altogether, historians say. The League of Women Voters of Connecticut says it hopes to draw more attention to the role of women of color in the fight for women’s right to vote by providing $12,500 in funding for two research projects through its 2021 Connecticut Women’s Suffrage Research Fellowships. The LWVCT has awarded fellowships,...

CT DEEP, DOT Officials Discuss Climate Change

by Julie Martin Banks | Jun 28, 2021

State environmental and transportation officials recently visited a national podcast to discuss what Connecticut is doing to achieve its climate goals. State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Scharf Dykes and Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto stopped by to discuss their collaboration with host Bernie Wagenblast for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ ETAP Podcast. Dykes and Eucalitto...

reSET To Present Food Incubator to Assist Start-ups, Food Community

by Julie Martin Banks | Jun 28, 2021

Food start-ups will show what they learned through reSET’s Food Incubator program, which focused on teaching these businesses how to adapt and thrive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, at the organization’s pitch event scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. reSET worked in conjunction with Hands on Hartford, a social service nonprofit, to present the cohort. Wednesday’s virtual event is the culmination of a 12-week program, during which participants attended workshops on a variety of topics...

State Officials Recognize Young Students Who Stepped Up to Computing Challenge

by Julie Martin Banks | Jun 28, 2021

State officials recently recognized 13 submissions from individual students and teams who came up with apps to accomplish various goals – including saving power, helping victims of domestic abuse, and developing good study habits – as part of the Lt. Governor's second annual computing challenge.The event, organized by the Governor's Council on Women and Girls, is meant to encourage young women to consider careers in coding. The submissions came from schools across the state and three different...

CT Trial Lawyers Association Names New President

by Julie Martin Banks | Jun 22, 2021

The incoming president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association is thanking outgoing president Stephanie Roberge for meeting the challenges of heading the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic when courts were at a standstill and jury trials brought to a halt. New President Anastasios T. Savvaides recently wrote a message to the Association’s membership in which he praised Roberge’s ability to address issues facing trial lawyers in these unusual circumstances. “Instead of dealing with...

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