Category: Environmental Interest
05
Jan
Updates on Hartford Transportation Initiatives at City Council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee: Whizzing Through the City at 110 MPH
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Tonight’s transportation update meeting was geared for transportation insiders, or at least for those who have been closely following these issues for the last thirty...
09
Dec
A Sustainable City
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The most interesting ideas of last evening’s One City, One Plan POCD meeting arose during the small group discussions. The meeting was held in the...
02
Dec
Crude
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Crude, a documentary, will finish its run at Real Art Ways tomorrow evening. It’s worth seeing, if for no other reason than that it does...
21
Nov
Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development Must Be More Aggressive
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at this morning’s forum on transportation, commented that the POCD must be less timid and more aggressive...
10
Nov
The Stretch of Sketch Gets a Makeover
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This morning I was greeted with one of the best surprises ever — the area of Capitol Avenue between Laurel and Forest (AKA The Stretch...
10
Nov
One City, One Plan, Six Venues
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Public participation is encouraged at these meetings of Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development. The POCD site states that “Every ten years, the Hartford Planning...
26
Oct
Sidewalk Scenes: Installment Eleven
by Kerri Ana Provost
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They’re here! The single-stream recycling program has expanded and the proof is lined up along the streets.
21
Oct
Wish List for Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Despite the diligence of can and bottle collectors who wheel their shopping carts (or in some cases, mopeds) around town, there are still many plastic...
09
Oct
Hot Cider!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The West End Farmers’ Market will be offering a cup of free hot cider with every market purchase until the end of the season on...
07
Oct
What Do You Do with a Closed Down Landfill?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Paraphrase of woman speaking at the “Life After Landfill” meeting: We should have an encampment built so that the city’s homeless people can be shipped...