#COUNTHARTFORD Social Media Challenge To Promote Census Published on May 26, 2020 Today Mayor Luke Bronin announced the #CountHartford social media challenge, a competition for City residents to create sixty second videos that include key census messages. To enter the competition, residents must post a video not longer than 60 seconds to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok.
$2 MILLION IN PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE RENTAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT TENANTS Published on December 22, 2022 On Wednesday, Mayor Bronin, alongside members of the Hartford City Council and the Greater Hartford Legal Aid, announced that the City of Hartford has allocated $1.95 million in funding to improve rental housing conditions in Hartford and to support tenants. . The initiatives were proposed by Mayor Bronin and unanimously approved by the City Council in late November.
$4 MIL FED GRANT TO PROTECT FAMILIES FROM LEAD AND OTHER SAFETY HAZARD Published on October 13, 2022 Today, Mayor Luke Bronin and Senator Richard Blumenthal announced that the City of Hartford has been awarded a $4,055,826 grant over four years from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to protect children and families from lead-based paint and other home health hazards. The grant will help identify and clean up lead sources in the homes of vulnerable families.
$6 MIL FEDERAL URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT Published on October 03, 2023 Today, Mayor Bronin, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Hartford’s forestry and sustainability advocates gathered at Keney Park to announce that the City of Hartford has received $6 million from the USDA Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant program, which will be used to implement the Capital Forest Stewardship Initiative.
$800,000 In Small Business Grants, New Application Window Next Year Published on December 10, 2020 Today the City of Hartford, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Capital for Change, and HEDCO, Inc., announced that the City and the Hartford Foundation are funding $800,000 in new grants to Hartford small businesses. Earlier this year, those partners along with Bank of America and Travelers launched a $1.25 million Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program.
January 16, 2021 Town Hall Published on January 11, 2021 Join Mayor Bronin for a conversation about the development of Hartford’s crisis response team
2020 City Council Meeting Schedule Published on August 19, 2020 Pursuant to Chapter IV, Section 5 of the City Charter, the Council shall meet regularly in the second and forth Monday evenings of each month at 7PM , except that its rules may provide for only (1) regular meeting in each of the months of July and August. Said regular meeting to be held on the second Monday evening of each of those two months at 7PM.