Comments on: Will Regionalism Ever Happen in Greater Hartford?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:49:55 +0000

Thank you Amy! I’m 25 and left CT about 1 year ago to seek the wonderful west coast. The spirt of people and communites out here are extremly different than the east. I am returning to CT in about a month and am looking forward in getting involved in making CT a better place for our generation. CT is a wonderful place to live but we need lots of help bringing a sense of community back and LIFE back to our state.

By: Monday Morning Quick Hits « West Hartford Forums

Monday Morning Quick Hits « West Hartford Forums — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:20:58 +0000

[...] Most importantly, check out this post about Regionalism and Greater Hartford over at The Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog. It’s an informative and essential read for [...]

By: commonweal

commonweal — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:15:52 +0000

Great overview of the forum. I have been writing about the issue of sprawl and the need for regionalism at my blog: http://www.ctsmartgrowth.com. I am president of a local smart growth group in Canton and it is very difficult to convince people that there is not a wall that surrounds are town. What impacts Hartford, Simsbury and Farmington impacts us. Competition only means that someone will win and someone will lose. We cannot afford to have any towns lose when it comes to education or the environment.

By: Matthew Nemerson

Matthew Nemerson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:52:31 +0000

should have been more “insightful” in line 2.

By: Matthew Nemerson

Matthew Nemerson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:50:29 +0000

It is great to see new people taking not only an interest in these kinds of important topics but going to the length of writing a useful and inciteful summary such as this. Great job Amy and I am delighted that I found this since I was unable to attend. I was told that CTN taped the session and that would be a helpful thing to see if we can add a widget with a connection to their archives to this excellent blog. Is there a community out there that is interested in looking at these issues from the standpoint of the 30 towns in the greater Hartford region? If so, who takes the lead?
Identifing credible leadership in the region is going to be important once the new administration begins looking for the best regions to be the test the Brookings models for metro growth…we need to be on that list with a CT based region.

By: Urban Compass | Blog Archive | Key Issues Forum on Regionalism

Urban Compass | Blog Archive | Key Issues Forum on Regionalism — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:09:26 +0000

[...] Bergquist of the Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog wrote a post today about a panel discussion on regionalism that took place early this morning at the University [...]