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A Classic Sport Gaining Thrust

Event Spotlights Fencing’s Growing Appeal In U.S. February 17, 2006 By JOHN ALTAVILLA, Courant Staff Writer Like most ambitious high school students, Sara Peck enjoys being involved. So the North Haven High junior plays volleyball and lacrosse – and trumpet in the school band. But unlike most of her peers,…

RV Show Has Them Rolling Into Convention Center

By JIM SHEA, Courant Staff Writer Published on January 15, 2006 When you build something as pricey and prominent as the Connecticut Convention Center, it is with the expectation that they will come. Friday, and especially Saturday, they did. In the first major public admission event since the city’s shiny…

CTCC wins CT Eddy Award – Project of the Year

For Immediate Release December 22, 2005 WATERFORD GROUP ACCEPTS TEAM CONNECTICUT ’05 EDDY AWARDS ON BEHALF OF THREE HARTFORD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 2005 Development Award: CT Convention Center / Marriott Hartford Downtown 2005 Project Award: Hilton Hartford WATERFORD, CT (December 22, 2005) — At the recent 11th Annual Team Connecticut Rally,…

Wooing is fine, but will they come?

Site selectors evaluate prospects in the Greater Hartford area By Anusha Shrivastava, Harford Business Journal Published on August 29, 2005 Urging companies to move to the Greater Hartford area is no easy task. First, there are preconceived notions about the region and impressions from the hit it took during the…

It Was Built. They Are Coming.

By HARLAN J. LEVY, The New York Times Published on June 26, 2005 When state lawmakers authorized spending $267 million more than five years ago to build the new, glass-dominated Connecticut Convention Center, a study then predicted that in its first year it would hold 167 events bringing in 192,000…

Open for Business

For Immediate Release June 2, 2005 CONNECTICUT CONVENTION CENTER OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Connecticut Convention Center at Adriaen’s Landing in Hartford opened its doors to the public Thursday morning during a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Governor M. Jodi Rell and Mayor Eddie Perez. Today’s ceremony came four years and two…