OIB asked one of the city’s preeminent policy wonks Jeff Kohut for his take on what he would do were he city development chief. Grab a cup of joe and check it out. Bridgeport has been in governmental/administrative and socioeconomic decline for the better part of six decades. There are many reasons for Bridgeport’s decline, […]
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Kohut’s Plan For Bridgeport Rising, Giving Wings To The Phoenix
September 19th, 2016 · 27 Comments · Development and Zoning
Tags: Jeff Kohut·Quinnipiac University·Sacred Heart University·University of Bridgeport·University of Connecticut
UB To Honor Holocaust Theologian
August 27th, 2016 · 2 Comments · News and Events
From UB: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of After Auschwitz, the University of Bridgeport will honor its author, President Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Religion Richard L. Rubenstein September 7, starting with a 5:30 p.m. reception in the Arnold Berhard Arts & Humanities Center/duPont Tower Room, 84 Iranistan Avenue. Hailed as a […]
Ganim Hopes Gill Breathes New Life Into Economic Development
July 19th, 2016 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
For Tom Gill, it’s déjà vu all over again. Needing consistency in a key revenue-generating department, Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday brought back Gill to once again lead the Office of Planning and Economic Development, a position Gill had for about six years during the tenure of Democratic Mayor John Mandanici, 1975-81. Gill returns to the role in […]
Tags: Bill Finch·David Kooris·Ed Lavernoich·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·University of Bridgeport
Gill Under Consideration For Economic Development Chief Position
July 12th, 2016 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
He had the job as a young man from 1976 into 1982 and now Tom Gill is under consideration to be Mayor Joe Ganim’s director of economic development, a department that has had two chiefs in seven months sorely in need of stability.
Tags: Av Harris·Bass Pro Shops·Bill Finch·David Kooris·Ed Lavernoich·Joe Ganim·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Steelpointe Harbor·University of Bridgeport
Carving Up The City To Suburbs, Careful What You Wish For
July 8th, 2016 · 46 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Okay, let’s have some fun. Black Rock is apoplectic about absorbing the brunt of the revaluation blow that jacked taxes in the neighborhood to finance city services. For two hours the other night Mayor Joe Ganim listened patiently as homeowners, a majority from that cool Black Rock hamlet, justifiably vented. Most Black Rockers did not […]
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Ganim Launches Second Chance Initiative For Ex-offenders
June 11th, 2016 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Mayor Joe Ganim on Friday was joined by city and state lawmakers, business leaders and local nonprofits to announce a Second Chance Society initiative aimed at providing job opportunities to past offenders. The program includes signed pledges by local businesses to give ex-offenders a fair chance at hiring, city seed money of $50,000 and potential […]
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Foster To Resign As UB Executive, ‘Proud Of Contribution’
June 1st, 2016 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Effective this Friday two-time mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster will resign as vice president of University Relations at the University of Bridgeport. “It’s been a great run,” she wrote in an email to friends “and I’m proud of my contribution to the university but it is time for a new challenge.” In an interview with OIB she […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Enrique Torres·Jack McGregor·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Neil Salonen·Seaside Park·University of Bridgeport
Trying To Craft A Road Map, Ganim Orders Strategic Planning For Staff
July 22nd, 2016 · 43 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
If you’re wondering why City Hall has been quiet the past few days, many key administrative staffers are at the University of Bridgeport for a strategic planning session. Like a lot of new administrations, although Joe Ganim had been there before, the first year in office can sometimes appear rudderless especially without crafting a road […]
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Tags: Av Harris·Dennis Murphy·Joe Ganim·John Marsilio·Mike Freimuth·University of Bridgeport