Category: Quality of Life
16
Dec
Things That Go Itch in the Night
by Kerri Ana Provost
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How bad has the bed bug situation gotten? Enough, apparently, to call for an amendment to the Pest Extermination Ordinance. On Monday, there will be...
22
Nov
Hartford Unity Community Conversation: “Empower People Already in Hartford”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Not unusual: people coming into Hartford with big ideas about what residents need and what will “save” us. The Public Allies — an AmeriCorps program...
30
Sep
Scenes from the Sidewalk: Installment 31
by Kerri Ana Provost
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And while the men led their dogs from the lawn, ere their great business remained, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people,...
22
Sep
Another Police Substation on Main Street?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Though it only takes seconds for the police to reach Main and Asylum from the current substation across from the Hartford Public Library, a new...
25
Aug
Council Primary Candidates Forum
by Kerri Ana Provost
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About half the seats were filled at the start of Wednesday’s forum; by the end, only a few dozen people remained, and many of those...
22
Aug
Prisoner Solidarity Speak-out to Mark End of Rolling Fast
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Local activists began a rolling fast at the beginning of this month to show solidarity with prisoners in the California state system; 6,600 prisoners had...
06
Jul
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Environmental Interest Food Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods North East Quality of Life Regionalism
The Great Food Swamp
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not accurate to describe Hartford as being a food desert. This term implies that food is unavailable. The obesity rate says otherwise. Instead, we...
29
Jun
Livable & Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative: Last Segment
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Read a general overview of the LSNI or learn about the projects and accountability Blight Blight extends beyond a few notable buildings in or just...
15
Jun
Access Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Parks Quality of Life Transportation
Whose Quilt?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At the halfway point of the planning stage for the Bushnell Park Restoration Plan and GreenWalk, the iQuilters held another public forum on Tuesday evening;...
09
Jun
Commentary Downtown Education Environmental Interest Hartford Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Mayoral Candidate Forum Spotlights Pressing Issues like Robocars and Raspberries
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are some gaps in this blog post. You should check out what Live in Hartford writes about this same forum in order to fill...