Hoffman Auto Group, an East Hartford-based car dealer with operations across the state, is suing electric vehicle maker Tesla, East Hartford’s Planning and Zoning Commission and a development firm in a bid to block a planned Tesla showroom and service center in town, arguing the proposal violates a state law barring car manufacturers from selling directly to consumers.
Across from Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford’s Downtown North neighborhood, developer Randy Salvatore began building 270 new apartments last fall and he’s already making plans for the next batch of a few hundred more.
Salvatore, CEO of Stamford-based RMS Cos., brushes aside any suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic which fueled significant demand for single-family homes has made multifamily property investment more tenuous.
“I remain as bullish as ever about the long-term prospects for Hartford and this development,” Salvatore said in a recent interview. “Time is the most prized possession for a lot of people. They work really hard and they don’t want to be doing yard work on the weekends and going to Home Depot to buy a part to repair the toilet. They want to be able to just enjoy themselves.”
Cody McCormack always dreamed of opening his own brewery.
With the growth and popularity of craft beers over the past decade, McCormack saw an opportunity but was also looking to differentiate his business.
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“I wanted to do something unique,” said McCormack, 29, “so we [are opening] a combined café and brewery.”
WeHa Brewing & Roasting Co. slated to open in early summer in the Elmwood section of West Hartford will include a tap room, private event space and roasting room with artisanal coffee. But McCormack’s hybrid model is not the only thing that’s different about his business; his approach to raising startup capital through crowdsource funding is, too.
Wallingford superintendent takes new job running Hartford area magnet schools
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In this file photo, Wallingford Superintendent of Schools Salvatore Menzo answers questions from reporters during a 2019 Board of Education meeting.Luther Turmelle / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo /
WALLINGFORD - Salvatore Menzo, who has been the Superintendent of the town’s school system for the last 12 years, is leaving the district at the end of the school year to run a pair of magnet schools operated by Hartford-based Goodwin University.
Menzo, who will become superintendent of the Goodwin magnet schools, announced that he was leaving the district in a letter sent out to members of the Wallingford school community in an e-mail message sent out late Friday. In that message, he said the decision to leave “was not an easy one.”
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