Urban Dispatch

🤡= people in ct complaining about our return to a regulatory free for all after chairwoman Gillette was pushed out at PURA.

Spent an evening in Bridgeport w/advocates grabbing drinks and listening to Jeff Speck talk about building a more walkable Bridgeport.

Trumbull, Stratford, Fairfield, and the entire region would be so much better off with a more vibrant Bridgeport.

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

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Wooster Restaurant Plan Prompts Parking Pushback - New Haven Independent The owners of a popular Wooster Street pizzeria are looking to open a new restaurant at the site of a vacant former liquor store down the block -- leading a dozen neighbors to voice concerns about par...

how does new haven, the greatest small city in america, and birthplace of the modern bicycle, still have minimum parking requirements

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Utah is a place that I don't really understand but it's got a weird political culture. This is absolutely wild stuff to see from a state pension fund manager and I wish I heard it from blue state ones:

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The only area where there is some small merit is in the organizational structure set up. It is far from perfect.

They serve 750,000 people in 72 towns in CT, how do you go about designing a "fair" public oversight structure that has local representation without disempowering small or large munis?

Every single one of these politicians standing there is wrong on the facts of the deal

Very glad to see Tong losing and critical public water infrastructure being brought into public ownership in CT

Every bit of this is insane. There is a video, it shows what you expect it to show, you do not need to watch it

Totally outrageous

Highly(!) disagree

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is in Hartford, Connecticut, with the family of Stevie Jones, who he’s representing.

“The Hartford police gave him nine bullet holes. … It’s a shame before God.”

“He didn’t need bullets — he needed a helping hand.”

UConn women dominate Villanova to win sixth straight Big East Tournament title UConn women’s basketball dominated Villanova 90-51 in the Big East Championship game to set a record with 70 straight conference wins.

Hell yes, way to get it ladies

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It is with great excitement to announce that the below map is outdated and Connecticut has a Plug In solar proposal this year!!!!

Section 5 of Bill 5340 - Overwhelming support for this bill and concept in the public hearing that was held yesterday❤️☀️🔌

$87,000 per car parking space. 💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸

A great piece of advice for any elected official or municipal department head: people will complain. Don’t cave to that small, unrepresentative sample!!

There are so many people who want a safe, walkable world. Make the arguments for it. Defend your decisions!

This project is fabulous, rarely do you see a project understand the magic that is a main street and a town willing to let them lean into it

It is with great excitement to announce that the below map is outdated and Connecticut has a Plug In solar proposal this year!!!!

Section 5 of Bill 5340 - Overwhelming support for this bill and concept in the public hearing that was held yesterday❤️☀️🔌

An oil company quietly dug a surprisingly deep geothermal well Oxy drilled four miles down in Colorado, and did so quickly — a promising development for the geothermal industry.

This fossil fuel company is drilling for something new: Carbon-free heat four miles beneath the Earth that could power a geothermal plant.

From @cprnews.bsky.social:

Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

*Effects on natural gas which impact power prices, oil and gasoline effects are distinctly interlinked and will be felt very quickly. Swapping unpredictable fuel costs for highly predictable amortized capital costs for energy is such a no brainer

Super excited for the latest exogenous to the global fossil fuel market to run its course. Effects haven't reached US markets yet (which are a bit insulated due to export capacity constraints)

#NaturalGasNed remains a master strategist

CT to close transfer station at center of local trash dispute The Torrington facility was the subject of a dispute involving two trash haulers and allegations of favoritism at the state Capitol.

I won't pretend to know the exact dynamics here, two thoughts:
1. Classic attempt to take millions of dollars away from Hartford
2. This is at its heart a zoning fight, there is a fight over which private operator gets the existing transfer station because zoning prevents new ones. That is fixable

New CEO at major health insurer with 3K CT employees. ‘Excited to build on our strong foundation’ The insurer highlighted its new CEO’s push for transformative innovation, accelerating the use of the data, technology and artificial intelligence.

Move back to Hartford you cowards

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This is exactly what Eversource and UI spent millions of dollars on a harassment campaign for

I wonder if AG Tong will accept that Chair Gillet is gone and reconsider his opposition to the Aquarion deal. The only "good" utility is the one in public hands

It is... Extremely disappointing to see Connecticut left off the map

Wait, I should have confirmed location first, this isn't in Warehouse point, it is out further east. Still great to see! Development at this scale like this saves the forest and farms from sprawl. Great stuff

East Windsor approves 189 apartments, townhouses on North Street along Enfield border The project includes 37 townhouses, which would border some Enfield homes on Bass Drive.

Major props to East Windsor for being consistently good on housing recently with a vision to develop a new walkable town center near the river and Windsor Locks

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skeletor from the masters of the universe is wearing a purple cape and a hood . Alt: skeletor from the masters of the universe is wearing a purple cape and a hood .

In sad news, the Henry Grabar talk has been postponed due to the snow

Image of Garrett Eucalitto testifying on the bill to increase funding on the SLE

The DOT commissioner pointed out that the Waterbury line has 134 trains/week and Shoreline East 132. Despite the pearl clutching about how underfunded SLE is, this really puts in context the parity and how bleak things were on the Waterbury branch

WBL has 33% higher ridership and grew 28% last year

It’s official: Waterbury Hospital now part of UConn Health Following a corporate bankruptcy, a protracted lawsuit and, finally, a winning bid, Waterbury Hospital now officially has a new owner.

So long and good riddance Prospect Medical 👋👋👋

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