Category: Quality of Life
23
Nov
Police Ignore Ordinance as Activists Show Solidarity with Walmart Employees
by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
After being told that Walmart wanted protestors moved because they were allegedly impeding pedestrian and vehicle traffic, the singing and chanting group moved down to...
19
Aug
Flower Street Debunking: Setting The Record Safe
by Christopher Brown and Kerri Provost
3 Comments
The Department of Transportation claims that the Flower Street closure is a matter of public safety, but residents who live here 24/7 have observed how...
14
Aug
Access Activism Asylum Hill Community Construction Design Frog Hollow Hartford Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Deflowering Without Consent
by Kerri Ana Provost
20 Comments
Dissent from Neighborhood Not a single Hartford resident or business owner attending Monday’s special meeting of the Frog Hollow NRZ spoke in favor of the...
09
May
Alternatives to Reliance on the Single-Occupant Vehicle
by Kerri Ana Provost
5 Comments
According to the 2010 American Community Survey, only 2.6% of Hartford commuters go by bicycle; only 29% of those bicycle commuters are female. If paying...
04
Apr
Movement on Blight
by Kerri Ana Provost
5 Comments
One objective of the Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative is to crack down on blight. Still waiting for that crack.
10
Mar
Community Helps Improve School Conditions
by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
The lawn was covered with broken glass, candy wrappers, cigarette butts, canine feces, and numerous empty dimebags. In one nook of the schoolyard, there were...
23
Feb
Scenes from the Sidewalk: Installment 40
by Kerri Ana Provost
3 Comments
Sidewalk mattress clutter — been there, done that. Last night was “trash night,” which is often the beginning of larger objects’ indefinite stays at the...
14
Feb
DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday
by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
The Hartford Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint on Friday, February 17, 2012 from 5p.m. until 1 a.m. in the area of Barbour and...
22
Dec
A Full House for Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
by Kerri Ana Provost
2 Comments
During what he called a “grueling 3 1/2 years” without a permanent address, Harry Mitchell, who recently found a place to call home, learned firsthand...