M&T Bank has awarded its Amplify Fund grants, giving $6 million to 44 Connecticut nonprofits. Announced in May 2022, the fund is aimed at addressing underserved, marginalized and overlooked communities.
/PRNewswire/ M&T Bank today announced the first of a group of Amplify Fund-Connecticut grants totaling $6 million awarded to 44 non-profit organizations.
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Dozens rally for zoning changes in Deep River
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About 100 people attended the rally in Deep River, Conn. Saturday, May 8, 2021 advocating for affordable housing.Valerie Bannister / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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About 100 people attended the rally in Deep River, Conn. Saturday, May 8, 2021 advocating for affordable housing.Valerie Bannister / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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DEEP RIVER About 100 people attended a rally Saturday advocating for a change in the state zoning laws to increase affordable housing and diversity in the state.
State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, said affordable housing would help people on fixed incomes and “would help our children and grandchildren stay in the state.”
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Connecticut homebuilders are pushing back against legislation that would allow municipalities to require new buildings to meet high efficiency standards.
The bill (HB 6572) would authorize municipalities to adopt a so-called “stretch” building code that would apply to new or substantially renovated buildings larger than 40,000 square feet. Developers would have to demonstrate that the buildings will use at least 10 percent per square foot less energy than the maximum levels permitted under the state building code.
Enacting a stretch energy code would put Connecticut in line with Massachusetts, New York and Vermont, all of which give municipalities the option of going beyond the state building code in the area of efficiency. And a major climate bill recently signed into law in Massachusetts will boost its voluntary stretch code to net-zero by 2023; that would mean new buildings would have to produce as much energy as they consume.