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Northwest ConneCT is a public advocacy organization with two duties: 1) to orchestrate a twenty-first century communications infrastructure in the northwest corner of Connecticut; and 2) to promote economic development made possible by such an infrastructure.
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We are launching community engagement websites utilizing the CivicLift platform. This will coordinate and promote events and destinations in our region to both residents and visitors. We are partnering with the NWCT Arts Council to introduce an even broader audience to all of the arts and cultural events happening in our region. Visit discoverlitchfieldhills.com for more information.
The Northwest Connecticut Regional Food Hub is picking up locally grown food from farmers and delivering it to new buyers, such as grocery stores, schools, and restaurants that generally get their produce from wholesale channels. The main purpose of the NWCT Regional Food Hub is to create a new wholesale market channel for local farmers and increase the sustainability of farm businesses in our region. For more information, click here.
Our region has strong manufacturing and healthcare sectors. The Manufacturing Coalition meets monthly to discuss sector issues and strategies.
We will implement the CEDS strategy to become the nation’s “Rural Lab”; inviting the world’s leading entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and companies to develop their complementary innovations in a rural setting. For this first year we will focus on new agricultural technologies and remote healthcare applications. This work will include outreach activities and organizing and hosting a rural innovators conference. For more information, click here.
For the Entrepreneurial Center of NWCT click here.
For the artists Launchpad, click here.