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Index
■ Week in Review: PG. 6
■ The List: PG. 9
■ Deal Watch: PG. 10
■ Reporter's Notebook: PG. 16
■ Corporate Profile: PG. 17
■ Movers & Shakers: PG. 18
■ Opinion & Commentary: PG. 20
Transitional Living
For Millennials Andy Tran and Jeff Farmer, a chance
encounter at Farmington's Westfarms Mall led to a
multi-state business that helps people with mental
illness and acquired brain injuries who are on
Medicaid, live independently, while saving the state
money and creating jobs for caretakers. PG. 3
Insurance Ecosystem
Lisa Doherty's approach to her insurance business:
Work hard, do things a little differently and have fun
doing it. Find out how that philosophy has helped
her double Windsor-based Business Risk Partners'
book of business over the last five years. PG. 5
Building
Bioscience
A N H B J S E R I E S O N C T ' S B I O S C I E N C E S E C T O R
Combating
Dry Mouth
UConn School of Dental Medicine professor Robert
Kelly has invented new technology to address the
problem of chronic dry mouth.
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artford Business Journal's series on
Connecticut's bioscience industry con-
tinues this week with a look at Farm-
ington startup Oral Fluid Dynamics, which
is developing a dental implant to help people
suffering from chronic dry mouth.
Oral Fluid is still a very early stage compa-
ny, but it has had some success raising funds
to support its research efforts.
The company
is currently testing its technology on rabbits,
with hopes of launching clinical trials in the
next few years. Find out more on PG. 12
Farmington startup
Oral Fluid Dynamics seeks
mechanical solution to dry mouth
Downtown New Britain's
transit-oriented makeover takes off
By Gregory Seay
gseay@HartfordBusiness.com
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stablishing Connecticut's
transportation infrastruc-
ture hasn't always worked
out well for the city of New Britain.
Opening of highways Route
9/Route 72 in the late 70s, early
80s obliterated many older build-
ings and homes and bifurcated
New Britain in a way that "blew
the heart out of downtown," its
sitting mayor says.
But decades later, the open-
ing of the 9.5-mile CTfastrak bus-
way corridor, that makes it about
a 15-minute bus ride from its
central hub into downtown Hart-
ford, has created an expressway
for millions of dollars in public
and private investment to flow
into redeveloping the Hardware
City's downtown.
New Britain Herald's former home is among several downtown redevelopments.
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Fall Green Guide
The 2016 GreenCircle
Sustainability Awards
winners are profiled.
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