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n e w h a v e n b i z . c o m | J u l y / A u g u s t 2 0 1 9 | n e w h a v e n B I Z 3 F R O M T H E E D I T O R newhavenBIZ Volume 2 • Number 6 • July/August 2019 New Haven Biz 900 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510 (203)-937-2148 • www.newhavenbiz.com EDITOR Michael C. Bingham MANAGING EDITOR Michelle Tuccitto Sullo CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Jessica Giannone Holly Marie LaPrade Melissa Nicefaro Natalie Missakian Wendy Pierman Mitzel Frank Rizzo Makayla Silva Karen Singer DESIGN DIRECTOR Mitchell Hayes PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Kira Beaudoin PHOTOGRAPHY David Ottenstein Vanessa Van Ryzin DIRECTOR OF SALES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Ronni Rabin PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER Joe Zwiebel CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Peter Stanton CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Kelly Ansley EDITORIAL DIRECTOR - CT Greg Bordonaro NEW HAVEN BIZ (ISSN 2639-605X), Vol. I, No. 4 is published six times annually plus two special editions by New England Business Media, 900 Chapel St., 10th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $29.95. To subscribe please email circulation@newhavenbiz.com or contact our circulation team at 203-937-2148 ext. 4 New Haven BIZ accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. A division of: Advertising: Ronni Rabin phone: 203-937-2148 ( x707) rrabin@newhavenbiz.com New Haven BIZ is a publication of New England Business Media, LLC. W ith each passing year New Haven becomes less like the other mid-sized New England cities with which it is historically compared. Yes, just like communities from Manchester, N.H. to Worcester to Waterbury, much of our legacy lies in manufacturing. New Haven was a factory town — from carriages to corsets to the repeating rifles that won the West. But we never were just a factory town. For better or worse, New Haven's history and development — economic, social, intellectual — is tied to the presence of that interloper that relocated here in 1716 from Old Saybrook: the Collegiate School. So New Haven was a manu- facturing city — but it was also a college town. It was Lowell, Mass. (New England's premier textile hub a century ago), and Princeton, N.J. — at the same time. And unlike cities like Hartford (insurance) or Waterbury (brass), New Haven was never defined by a single industry. And today we still are not. But what makes us different today is not just our past, but our trajectory. While the Springfields and Bridge- ports struggle to redefine them- selves, New Haven already has, and it's moving ahead. No looking back. e conventional wisdom is that New Haven's 21st-century economy sits on a foundation of "Eds & Meds" — higher education and health care. at's an incom- plete truth. Much of the Elm City's entrepreneurial energy in 2019 is channeled into the technology and service sectors. Also, cultural and hospitality businesses (including restaurants) have been and continue to be dynamic economic engines. e purpose of this special issue — our inaugural Market Intelligence Report — is to provide an econom- ic-development snapshot of our re- gion: New Haven and south-central New Haven: What's the story? Connecticut. From the perspective of business owners, investors, public officials and others whose fates are intertwined with the economy of the city, region and state, we here provide an in-depth look at the hu- man, institutional and commercial landscape of this place, at this time. And what a time this is for our 376-year-old city. In barely the span of a single generation, New Haven has transformed from the place you caught the train to Grand Central to a certifiably cool place — a destination, even. A place to go to — not just through. e purpose of this Market Intelligence Report is to show New Haven in an objective, quantifiable way that tells our story to the out- side world — and especially to the business community beyond East and West Rocks and the Sleeping Giant. We think it's a pretty great story — and we're going to contin- ue to tell it. As always, I invite you to contact me at mbingham@newhavenbiz. com. n Michael C. Bingham Editor

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