The Board of Directors of CEDAS pays tribute to board member Daniel Smolnik, who served on the board up to his untimely passing on May 23rd. Dan was an active advocate of advancing CEDAS' input with state legislative policy, bringing his expertise as a tax attorney of 30 years, and his passion for data and analysis to his service as Vice-Chair of our [...]
The Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) created the Best Practices Certification Program in 2019: To encourage best practices in municipal economic development and land use to spur continuous improvement; and To create an open resource library of model development examples that can be used by municipalities to update their policies and practices. This program is intended to drive communities to [...]
The Board of Directors of CEDAS pays tribute to Past President, Marguerite “Peggy” Brennan. Peggy, as she was affectionately known, served at the CEDAS President from 2008-2010. She was well known by many across the state as “a friend to everyone she met, treating everyone she met as her equal,” according to Dale Kroop, longtime Economic Development Director of Hamden. [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HARTFORD, CONN. – September 13, 2023 – The MetroHartford Alliance (MHA) today released a new study which shows that the Greater Hartford Region offers competitive costs for insurance and financial services firms when compared with other metros across the country. MHA engaged advisory and accounting firm CohnReznick to conduct the analysis. The study compared a range of key business [...]
CEDAS is currently seeking nominations for the two following annual awards: 2023 Kenneth L Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award – Do you know of an outstanding individual engaged in Economic Development? Don’t let the “lifetime achievement” throw you…some people will come to mind who have not lived a lifetime! Please nominate the STARS you know in Economic Development! We cannot wait [...]
Contact: Thomas Madden, AICP – Connecticut Economic Development Association Phone: (914) 310-7327 Email: cedasprograms@gmail.com CEDAS AWARDS SEVENTEEN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES WITH THE 2023 BEST PRACTICES AWARDS [NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT August 2023] The Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) has concluded its application review for ‘Best Practices in Land Use and Economic Development” awards and recognizes seventeen Connecticut municipalities for its 2023 cycle. [...]
CT Mirror, Published July 10, 2023 Dan Smolnik is a tax attorney and a member of the Hamden Economic Development Commission. Any views expressed are exclusively those of the author. The acuity of the state’s housing shortage bears repetition. We need 89,000 affordable homes immediately. The inventory of active real estate listings has declined 79% –from 18,610 in June of [...]
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CEDAS presented the following awards during its 2022 Annual Meeting in October. Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award - The Lifetime Achievement Award honors the legacy of Kenneth L. Roberts, his commitment to economic development in the state of Connecticut and his long-time service to DECD. The Kenneth L. Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded for the first time in [...]
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