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Community development corporations have long been active in Connecticut, and the state will begin formally certifying them as a step to funneling more cash
The state is poised to approve more than $150 million for dozens of Connecticut communities, helping Bloomfield to build a new library, Hartford to improve Pope Park and West Hartford to replace high school tennis courts.
A new fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has given out its first grant to the Brother Carl Hardrick Institute, which is aimed at training people to engage in violence intervention in the city.