Category: Quality of Life
24
Mar
Access Covid-19 Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Living North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Rivers Sheldon/Charter Oak Unsolicited Advice
Hitting the Gym
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Another option for exercise and fresh air: Riverfront Recapture parks. The trails remain open, but the playgrounds have been fenced off. The water fountains are...
23
Mar
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Education Hartford Living Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
What Does This Plague Reveal About Your Privilege?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Have you spewed the #StayHome rhetoric without first considering the needs of those who are homeless? Or did you rip most services out from under...
22
Mar
Access Commentary Covid-19 Education Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Living North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Seasons of New England Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Spring in Keney Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I encountered exactly one person while riding my bicycle along Keney Park’s trails, which is far fewer people than I would have seen in a...
14
Mar
Quality of Life
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Support your local, small businesses. Period.
20
Jan
Access Commentary Construction Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Local News Meet Your Infrastructure Municipal Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation
What’s This?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before I explain what this sexy beast and constant sentry of a traffic control device is all about, I’ve got to holler about something for...
07
Jan
Barry Square Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Quality of Life South End
Do Your Duty
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It will be a sad day when the poo-warning signs cease to amuse me. These three were seen in scattered locations over the course of...
08
Dec
Access Asylum Hill Barry Square Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South Green Transportation
Designing for a Safe and Healthy Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Bikeable, walkable communities are the foundation that developers are looking for when building apartments, such as the one planned for Park and Main. Companies looking...
02
Dec
Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Holiday Quality of Life Unsolicited Advice
Sprucing Up Vacant Lots
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Even though we know that trees fight air pollution, reduce respiratory issues, and are all-around amazing, it seems there is never an adequate budget for...
30
Oct
Out of Control?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s a remarkably beautiful autumn afternoon, so instead of collapsing from exhaustion after work, I go with a friend for a walk. We stroll by...
28
Oct
Time to Focus on Vision Zero
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford has a Climate Action Plan. It has six action areas, one of which is transportation. Five goals have been developed for that section: Increase...