June 28, 1993 The Connecticut legislature this June passed “An Act Establishing a Community Economic Development Program.” This Act was based on extended consultations among legislators, the executive branch, private investors, and community-based organizations and developers. The purpose of this article is to describe the Act, explain its intent, and provide background on the concerns… Read More »
Between Boston and New York
I grew up in Cornwall a town that typified old-time rural Connecticut. My first playmate’s family, I was told, had acquired their farm when the town was established in 1738, and had passed it down from parents to children ever since. A nearby Yankee farmer could remember when his family made clothes from homespun cloth… Read More »
A PLAN TO REBUILD CONNECTICUT AND STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
April 30, 1992 The Hartford Courant Connecticut has lost more than 155,000 jobs in the past three years- nearly 10 percent of all jobs in the state. Huge further losses in defense, aerospace and insurance still lie ahead. No doubt that’s why state officials have proposed a $1 billion program- the largest in the… Read More »
BUILDING BRIDGES: QUOTES ABOUT THE BOOK
November 12, 1990 “A splendid collection of essays on the immensely creative labor-community alliances that flourished in the 1980s. . . one of the best practical how-to organizing manuals around. All the case studies are painstakingly realistic about the nuts, bolts and difficulties. . . the editors take economic democracy seriously; that’s what makes their… Read More »
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