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The Capital Region Development Authority (CDRA), previously known as the Capital City Economic Development Authority (CCEDA), is a quasi-public state agency in Connecticut, responsible for promoting residential and economic development in and around the downtown district of the capital city of Hartford. The agency in its current form was ...
Of home-sale transactions that closed in March 2014, the median home in Connecticut sold for $225,000, up 3.2% from March 2013. [24] Connecticut ranked ninth nationally in foreclosure activity as of April 2014, with one of every 887 residential units involved in a foreclosure proceeding, or 0.11% of the total housing stock., [25] including City Place I and the Traveler's Tower, both housing ...
In 2002 the Osher Foundation began making program development grants of $100,000 a year for up to three years to launch new OLLI programs. The initial focus was on California, which now has OLLI programs at seven University of California and 16 California State University campuses. In 2004 Osher established a National Resource Center (NRC) at ...
Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG) Greater Bridgeport and Valley MPO: Bridgeport: Matthew Fulda 327,651: 140.2 sq mi (363 km 2) Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 130: Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) (Same) Middletown: Samuel S. Gold 176,215: 424.1 sq mi (1,098 km 2)
The National Rural Economic Development Institute (NREDI) helps develop the capacity of the National Rural Development Partnership and its constituent organizations (State Rural Development Councils and the National Rural Development Council) by providing economic development-related training and consulting services.
AEDC had been linked to the Economic Development Institute (EDI) since the early 1960s, with the focus on training and development for economic development as a profession. Notably, AEDC's education initiatives developed professionalism in the field, fostered the sharing of best practices among economic developers and cultivated an expertise ...
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is a nonprofit organization that assists Native American tribes, their communities, and Native nonprofits in economic development by providing technical assistance, training, policy, and the awarding of grants. Public education is another area of focus.
The remainder of the state's public institutions constitute the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, comprising four state universities, twelve community colleges, and an online school, Charter Oak State College. [2] Connecticut is also the home of one of the five federally-run service academies, the United States Coast Guard Academy.