An office complex near downtown Hartford designed to foster the growth of nonprofits with shared space and below-market rents is being put up for sale.
Timothy Conaway was luckier than many ex-offenders when leaving his eight-year prison sentence for drug-related offenses: He had already established some professional connections and quickly found a job following incarceration.
Many ex-offenders face a much tougher road back to reintegration. They simply need an opportunity, Conaway said.
“Everybody deserves a chance, just one chance,” Conaway said. “Let them show you they have the drive to work.”
Goodspeed Musicals announced today that it will produce the world premiere of Christmas in Connecticut – A New Musical this holiday season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn.
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.