NEWS

• We're All In This Together - Regional Thinking Needed To Keep State Competitive In 21st Century
  By KELLY KENNEDY (November 4, 2007)
  It's election time again, and with it comes another chance for residents in every town to elect leaders who understand that Connecticut's towns are part of economic regions, not independent fiefdoms with make-believe powers to go it alone... >more
   
• Getting it Together - It's Time For Newly Elected Local Leaders To Abandon Go-It-Alone Approach And Set Their Towns On The Smarter Road To Regionalism
  By MARY GLASSMAN (November 11, 2007 )
  Municipal leaders elected Tuesday can make a difference in our towns and in our state. But this will not happen without raising our voices in unison with our governor and our legislature to change state policies that box us in... >more

• “Work. Learn. Live. ( Connecticut)” a new 12-part, monthly television series airing on Connecticut Public Television (CPTV), will examine the realities of the employment landscape in Connecticut . . . 

• Not Back To The Suburbs! Young Workers Want To Be In The Thick Of Things, Not An Office Park. If you missed it, check out the Fresh Talk Op Ed that appeared in the April 6, 2007 edition of the Courant.  It's highly relevant to the topics of attracting a competitive workforce to a dynamic "place" where people want to be. Read it here.

• Senate Bill 107, An Act Establishing a Program of Housing for Economic Growth, is intended to make technical changes to certain planning statutes that will foster housing and economic growth based on responsible planning and local control.  Learn more at www.homeconnecticut.org
   
• House Bill 1215, An Act Implementing a Process of State-Wide Responsible Growth,  is intended to implement responsible growth principles.   Learn more at www.1000friends-ct.org
   
• House Bill 7275, An Act Concerning the Face of Connecticut, is intended to protect the health and economic well-being of Connecticut's communities by helping municipalities restore and preserve the natural, agricultural and historic resources that constitute the face of Connecticut.  It is a regional approach to land use and planning, historic preservation, and environmental awareness.   Learn more at www.faceofconnecticut.org

*The 501(c)(3) organizations that sponsor the People Prosperity & Place initiative take no positions on specific legislation or campaigns, but readers are urged to find out your elected officials' positions on these matters, educate yourself on them, take your own position, and voice it. Because democracy doesn't just "happen."

• CRCOG News - For the latest news from the Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG)on how MetroHartford towns are working together, click here.

• Missed it Live?  Listen Online.  WNPR’s March 28 Where We Live show with John Dankosky featured a discussion of “people, prosperity & place” with the Hartford Courant's Tom Condon, workforce expert Tom Phillips and economist Alissa DeJonge.  John asks,  “The idea of regional collaboration among Connecticut towns is a goal that many share, so what’s holding it back?”  (Good question!)  Listen Online