City, state and federal officials today (Sunday) will formally announce Bass Pro Shops as a major anchor tenant for the Steel Point development area on the East Side. Nancy Hadley, who served as director of economic development during the John Fabrizi mayoral years, was a key figure in the city gaining control of the land [...]
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Bass Pro Shops: Disneyland Of Outdoor Sporting Retailers
July 8th, 2012 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·David Kooris·Nancy Hadley·Steelpointe Harbor
David Kooris Named City Development Director–Steel Point Makes Progress
July 3rd, 2012 · 30 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
UPDATE: Mayor Bill Finch today appointment David Kooris director of the City’s Office of Planning and Economic Development. Kooris replaces Donald Eversley who Finch announced on Monday is departing city service to try to restart the Bridgeport Economic Development Corporation. Kooris is highly regarded among a variety of regional business, planning and development officials, someone [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·David Kooris·Don Eversley·John Fabrizi·Nancy Hadley·Steelpointe Harbor
Hadley Joins Affordable Housing Group
December 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · News and Events
Nancy Hadley, the city’s former director of economic development, has joined Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut. From Mutual Housing Association: Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut’s (MHA) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Nancy L. Hadley as its new Executive Director.
Tags: Nancy Hadley
Weicker, Carson Lead Foster’s Legal Defense Fund
September 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
You want to go to court? It takes moolah. Just ask Mayor Bill Finch who set up a legal defense fund to cover his costs associated with Chris Caruso’s court challenge of the 2007 Democratic mayoral primary. Finch’s 2011 challenger Mary-Jane Foster charged that Democratic Registrar Santa Ayala unlawfully denied her a ballot spot. Superior Court Judge [...]
Tags: Alan Neigher·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·David Carson·John Kadaras·Lowell Weicker·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Nancy Hadley·Quinnipiac University·Santa Ayala
The Power Of Female Voters
June 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
In Bridgeport elections women generally make up more than 55 percent of the turnout. From Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster: Please join Stephanie Barnes, Gail Diaz, Cassandra Edmonds, Pat Fardy, Maxine Greenberg, Nancy Hadley, Ann Owens, Gabrielle Parisi, Diana Washington for the Official Launch of Women for Mary-Jane Foster for Mayor of Bridgeport, Tuesday, June [...]
Finch Marks Five Years As Mayor–How’s He Doing?
November 24th, 2012 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education
Can you believe it? Bill Finch has been mayor of the state’s most populous city for five years. He won a close Democratic primary over Chris Caruso in September 2007 then easily won the general election in November 2007. He was tested again in a primary in 2011 by University of Bridgeport Vice President Mary-Jane [...]
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