This morning the Courant published two positive, well-written articles about Hartford. This is blog-worthy because it just about never happens:

Billings Forge A Success Story in Urban Redevelopment

and

Urban League Bike Shop Teaching Life Lessons

Kudos to these writers.

As a funny sidenote, I was browsing Craigslist and noticed that Billings Forge listed themselves as being downtown rather than in Frog Hollow. There’s no need for the bait-n-switch, y’all.