Small businesses win more than one in three contracts
By Anthony Cronin, New London Day
Published on 11/12/2004

Hartford –– More than a third of the contracts awarded for the Connecticut Convention Center being built here have gone to small businesses, including minority and female-owned firms, convention officials said Thursday.

The convention center, which is being developed by the Waterford Group and will be managed by its Waterford Management subsidiary, has awarded about $171 million in contracts so far, and nearly 35 percent of that amount, or $59.2 million, has gone to small business firms, said Katie Blint, the center’s communications director. Continue reading “Many Getting A Slice Of Adriaen’s Pie” »