GREATER HARTFORD'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 27 • NUMBER 4 $3.00 JANUARY 14, 2019
THE LISTS:
Co-working spaces
in Greater Hartford
and Largest 2018
commercial property
sales in Greater Hartford
Newsmakers
Richard Cho, CEO,
Connecticut Coalition to
End Homelessness.
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Funding Crunch
Greater Hartford Arts Council CEO Cathy
Malloy discusses the struggle for new arts-
and-culture dollars.
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Green
Dilemma
As the legal marijuana
industry grows, cannabis
dispensaries and producers
still find access to financial
services problematic.
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Progressive
Fight
The 2019 legislative
session could be a tough
one for employers, as an
emboldened Progressive
Caucus plans to push
for wage and benefit
mandates, and higher
taxes on the wealthy.
State Rep. Josh Elliott (D-Hamden) is a grocery
store manager/owner and also one of the
major influencers in the House's growing
Progressive Caucus.
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STEVE
LASCHEVER
FOCUS: Real Estate
More cities and towns have come to
accept, or even embrace the medical
marijuana industry, implementing
new zoning rules in recent years
that allow for dispensaries and
production facilities.
