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Hartford Discovering Young People Housing

March 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Interesting article about the development progress Hartford is meeting. From the Courant:

Part of the bet on downtown Hartford’s revival was that young professionals and suburban empty-nesters would migrate into the city’s newly built apartments. Half of that formula has panned out — young people like Healey looking for smaller, less-expensive units and the action of a downtown have come, making it hard to find studio and one-bedroom apartments.

Healey’s building has two-bedroom units to rent right now and nothing else; the waiting list for a studio is 10-deep. At the Lofts at Main and Temple, on the site of the old Sage-Allen building, all of the studios and one-bedrooms are spoken for while four of 19 two-bedrooms are unoccupied.

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Norwalk: March Madness

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments

The only decent thing that keep me from pining over the absence of football, although I’m really liking my Cleveland Browns off season moves (except Stallworth), is the arrival of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Otherwise known as March Madness. I don’t pay all that much attention to the regular season, but now is the time to get a look at teams playing in conference playoffs.

Thus when the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County announced a fundraising event tied to watching the NCAA Regional Finals on big screen TVs at Aitoro, I figured why not. So Thursday March 27th 6-9 PM, tickets are $50 and you can call (203)299-1315 for more details.

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