North End resident Jeff Kohut, a 2011 mayoral candidate, shares in this commentary “Economic “development” in Bridgeport is mostly fanciful illusion and consists almost exclusively
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Opposition Prevails, O&G Abandons Move Of Rock Crushing Plant To West End
Following community opposition, O&G Industries has ended efforts to move its asphalt and concrete processing center to the West End, according to Vice Chairman Raymond
Read moreDrawing A Curtain On Transparency
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: A pair of development decisions being made in Joe Ganim’s City Hall will affect the city’s economy for years to come–and
Read moreBarnumesque Development, This Way To The Egress
As the Barnum Festival reaches its apex this weekend, city policy wonk Jeff Kohut admonishes government development policy as a lot of razzle-dazzle. Mr. Barnum,
Read morePatience Expires, Future Of Parking Meters In Limbo
Oops. Days after Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration unilaterally reduced the Downtown fine and extended the parking duration to four hours for the automated meters following
Read moreA Majestic Development Plan For Downtown, Ganim: Main Street’s Bookends Of Progress Coming Together
Declaring “We don’t look at what it is, we look at what we want it to be,” the managing partner of the Manhattan-based commercial real
Read moreGroundbreaking For East End Market
State Senator Ed Gomes tonight will join members of the East End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction of the East End
Read moreTheater Development Deal, Meter Maelstrom On Council Agenda
The city’s “memorandum of understanding” with Manhattan-based Exact Capitol Group to redevelop the shuttered Poli-Majestic Theaters will be referred to the City Council’s Contracts Committee
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