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$5,700 for Public Murals in Bridgeport
After a $2,850 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, The Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District (DSSD) now has $5,700 for its "Color It In" public mural project. DSSD will now finalize the mural site, identify a local artist to cre...
Apr 16, 2020, 3:33pm EDT
$8,300 for State's first composting conference, to be hosted in New Britain
After a $4,150 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, the Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development Area now has $8,300 to put toward Connecticut's first composting conference, which is slated to occur in New Britain in fall 2020. ...
Apr 16, 2020, 3:27pm EDT
$8,600 for Lighting Display at New Haven Underpass
After a $4,300 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, the Mill River Advocates now have $8,600 to put toward the installation of color-changing lights in the Amtrak underpass on Humphrey Street in New Haven. The Mill River Advocates is a v...
Apr 16, 2020, 3:15pm EDT
$12,700 for Food Waste Recycling Pilot in Greenwich
After a $6,350 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, the Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board (GRAB) and Waste Free Greenwich now have $12,700 to put toward a food scrap recycling pilot program in town. Waste Free Greenwich, in coordinat...
Apr 16, 2020, 3:01pm EDT
New Milford Raises $17K for Barn Quilt Trail Expansion
After a $8,500 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, New Milford now has $17,000 to put toward the expansion of its barn quilt trail. Led by local volunteers and nonprofit organizations, the effort will add 11 colorful quilt blocks to bar...
Apr 16, 2020, 2:54pm EDT
$70K for Sustainability Projects in Hartford, West Hartford
After a $34,690 match from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund, three sustainability projects in Hartford and West Hartford now have $69,380 to put toward an intertown bicycle program, a forestry initiative in Hartford and a reusable lunch tray pro...
Apr 16, 2020, 2:38pm EDT
$125K Raised for Community Sustainability Projects in 8 CT Municipalities
Organizations in eight Connecticut municipalities recently received $62,500 from the Sustainable CT Community Match Fund to kickstart nine local projects in their communities, raising a total of $125,000 for the projects. The sustainability-minded proj...
Apr 15, 2020, 3:36pm EDT
Eastern Recognized as a Military-Support College of Distinction
Eastern Connecticut State University has been named a recipient of the inaugural 2020-21 Military Support Colleges of Distinction Award. The award, presented by "Colleges of Distinction," recognizes colleges and universities that dedicate resources to ...
Apr 14, 2020, 4:03pm EDT
Eastern Makes, Donates Masks in COVID-19 Relief Effort
Looking for ways to help during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, a team of volunteer "seamstresses" from Eastern Connecticut State University has collaborated to produce face masks for organizations on the frontlines of the health care emergency. T...
Apr 9, 2020, 10:01am EDT
Eastern Seniors Win CSCU Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Awards
Eastern Connecticut State University students Stefanos Stravoravdis '20 of Colchester and Evelyn Lemus Silva '20 of Burnsville, NC, have been named recipients of the 2020 Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award. The Barnard Award is the premier acade...
Apr 8, 2020, 9:28am EDT