Remember that business community “management review” of the school system? “Over the period of the project, $775,000 has been spent to complete the review, and we have successfully identified about $13 million in operational efficiencies within the school system,” according to a commentary authored by leadership of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, including Paul Timpanelli, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Paul Timpanelli'
Business Leadership Highlights Findings In School System Management Review
December 8th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
Tags: CT Post·Paul Timpanelli
Timpanelli Shares Keys To Creating Appealing Business Environment
November 30th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
What does it take to create an appealing business environment? Paul Timpanelli, president of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, shares in an eblast to his 1000-member business organization his thoughts on the subject. First, let us assume that any business that considers setting up “shop” anywhere makes a decision primarily on the answer to the [...]
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UBelong Together, Post Chronicles Finch’s Frost Toward University
November 25th, 2012 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The University of Bridgeport banners lining Park Avenue at the seaside campus read: “A World of Opportunities.” For Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, UB’s 56 acres, 4,877 students and 900 employees might as well be a world away, not in the city’s South End.
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When Legislators Have Juice And A United Agenda Things Get Done
October 1st, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
For decades Bridgeport has trailed Hartford and New Haven in state money invested for a variety of project improvements. Some of it is due to the state’s screwy funding formula that shortchanges the state’s largest city. Another piece historically is the city’s lack of a focused agenda from its legislative delegation in Hartford working in [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Charlie Stallworth·Christina Ayala·Don Clemons·Ed Gomes·Eze Santiago·Jack Hennessy·Paul Timpanelli
Business Community Urges Membership To Support Dem Candidates For BOE
August 14th, 2012 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Hey, does anyone know there’s a special election to fill four Board of Education seats on September 4? Leadership at the Bridgeport Regional Business Council knows and it’s asking membership to support the Democratic-endorsed candidates Hernan Illingworth, Jacqui Kelleher and Ken Moales at a Wednesday fundraiser. The Dem candidates are current members of the reconstituted [...]
Tags: Evelyn Hayes·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Joe Borges·Ken Moales·Paul Timpanelli·Robert Trefry·Wayne Hayes
BEDCO Deadco–Agency Runs Out Of Money, Eversley’s Bye Bye Love
March 23rd, 2013 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
When Mayor Bill Finch last summer hired David Kooris to serve as the city’s chief development official he made sure Donald Eversley who had occupied that role wasn’t out in the cold. Finch, with the help of United Illuminating, funded Eversley’s $125,000 salary in efforts to revive the development authority Finch once headed himself, the [...]
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