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The Connecticut economic development
directory below (scroll down)
links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations
in Connecticut and
related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as
executive summaries about business locations. |
Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing
for an area. We provide personal introductory referrals to our
contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests
of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve. |
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Area Profiles and Area
Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.
These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of
available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project
news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market
information, and investment incentives. Such content makes it easy to
search for relevant locations, as shown by our
Area Search
service. |
We can also highlight recent project
announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent
consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.
Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at
www.OnTheShortList.com organizes
business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours",
and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at
events. |
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contact us if you may be interested in expanding your business into
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The "Seek Advice"
section outlines topics which may be helpful as background to support your
project plans. |
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Connecticut
Names
link to Area Profiles if available
Maps of
NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME
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Scope |
Contacts
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Website and other resources
Project announcements |
Survey |
Profile |
| State of Connecticut
Department of Economic and Community Development |
State 06067 |
860 270-8040
800-392-2122 |
www.YouBelongInCT.com
www.decd.org
www.state.ct.us/ecd
business recruitment team |
No |
No |
| Governor M. Jodi Rell -
has announced new initiatives in 2006 to promote job creation in Connecticut |
State |
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http://www.ct.gov/governor/ |
No |
No |
| Connecticut Business &
Industry Association - note their Action Plan for Economic Growth & Job
Creation in Connecticut and coverage of the business impact of state
legislation and policies |
Association
06103 |
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www.cbia.com |
No |
No |
| Connecticut Economic Resource
Center |
State 06067 |
Stephen Mackenzie
860-571-6204
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www.cerc.com |
No |
No |
| QuickTracts - for
information about "shovel ready" sites for development in the state |
State 06067 |
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www.quicktracts.com
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No |
No |
| Connecticut Development
Authority - loan assistance |
State 06067 |
860-258-7800 |
www.ctcda.com |
No |
No |
| Connecticut Innovations -
equity finance for technology companies and other tech sector initiatives |
State 06067 |
860-563-5851 |
www.ctinnovations.com
list of other resources |
No |
No |
| State of Connecticut
government website has a list of links to websites of all towns in the
state, and to information about port facilities and airports |
State 06067 |
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www.ct.gov
links to
town websites
links to
port
information
links to
airport
information |
No |
No |
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| Town of Bloomfield
Department of Economic Development |
Town 06002 |
Deborah C. Davis
860-769-3521 |
www.bloomfieldct.org
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No |
No |
| Town of Enfield |
Town 06082 |
860-253-6385 |
www.enfield.org/EconDev/dept.htm |
No |
No |
| Town of Windsor CT -
Economic Development |
Town 06095 |
Jim Burke
860-285-1877 |
www.townofwindsorct.com |
No |
No |
| Windsor Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 06095 |
860-688-5165 |
www.windsorcc.org
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No |
No |
|
FTZ No. 71 Windsor Locks - Hartford - Economic and Industrial
Development Commission of Windsor Locks - adjacent to
Bradley International Airport |
FTZ 06096 |
860-627-1444 |
http://www.wmch.com/eidc/
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No |
No |
| Capital City Economic
Development Authority - quasi-public state agency for investment in the
revitalization of Hartford |
City 06103 |
860-527-0100 |
www.cceda.state.ct.us
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No |
No |
| Metro Hartford Alliance |
Metro 06103 |
860-525-4451 |
www.metrohartford.com
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No |
No |
| City of Hartford -
Department of Development Services - Economic Development Division |
City 06103 |
860-757-9070 |
www.hartfordecodev.com |
No |
No |
| Connecticut Convention
Center, Hartford - new |
trade shows |
860-251-8333 |
www.ctconventions.com
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No |
No |
| Greater Hartford
Convention & Visitors Bureau |
visitors |
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www.enjoyhartford.com
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No |
No |
| Town of Newington |
City 06111 |
860-665-8500 |
www.ci.newington.ct.us |
No |
No |
| Newington Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 06111 |
860-666-2089 |
www.newingtonchamber.com |
No |
No |
| Connecticut Light & Power
- Northeast Utilities |
Utility 06141 |
860-665-5140 |
www.cl-p.com |
No |
No |
| Southeastern Connecticut
Enterprise Region, New London CT - SeCTer promotes many of the communities
in this region |
Region 06320 |
860-437-4659 |
www.secter.org |
No |
No |
| City of New London |
City 06320 |
860-447-5203 |
www.ci.new-london.ct.us |
No |
No |
| New London Foreign Trade
Zone Commission - FTZ No. 208 |
FTZ 06320 |
860-447-5203 |
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No |
No |
| Chamber of Commerce of
Eastern Connecticut |
Chamber 06335 |
860-464-7373 |
www.chamberect.com
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No |
No |
| Town of Groton CT |
Town 06340 |
860-446-5995 |
www.town.groton.ct.us |
No |
No |
| City of Groton CT |
City 06340 |
860-446-4103 |
www.cityofgroton.com
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No |
No |
| City of Norwich CT |
City 06360 |
860-823-3742 |
www.norwichct.org |
No |
No |
| Norwich Community
Development Corporation (NCDC) |
06360 |
860-887-6964 |
www.ncdevcorp.org
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No |
No |
| Town of
Plainfield |
Town 06374 |
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No |
No |
| Town of Waterford CT |
Town 06385 |
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www.waterfordct.org
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No |
No |
| Town of Cheshire Economic
Development |
Town 06410 |
203-271-6679 |
www.cheshirect.org |
No |
No |
| Milford Department
of Community Development |
City 06460 |
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www.ci.milford.ct.us |
No |
No |
| Town of Monroe
Economic Development, and Monroe Chamber |
Town 06468 |
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www.monroect-edc.org
www.monroe-chamber.com |
No |
No |
| Newtown
Economic Development Corp. |
Town 06470 |
203-270-4271 |
www.newtown.org |
No |
No |
| Town of North Haven
Economic Development |
Town 06473 |
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www.town.north-haven.ct.us |
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| Shelton Economic
Development Corp., City of Shelton CT |
City 06484 |
203-924-2521 |
www.shelton-ct-life.org
www.cityofshelton.org |
No |
No |
| Town of
Wallingford - Economic Development Commission |
Town 06492 |
203-294-2060 |
www.town.wallingford.ct.us |
No |
No |
| Greater New
Haven Chamber of Commerce |
Metro 06510 |
(203) 782-4310 |
www.newhavenchamber.com |
No |
No |
| New Haven FTZ 162 -
Logistec Connecticut - Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce |
FTZ 06512 |
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www.logistec.com |
No |
No |
| Bridgeport Economic
Resource Center - BERC |
Metro 06604 |
203-335-1108 |
www.bridgeport-econ.org |
No |
No |
| Bridgeport Port Authority
- FTZ No. 76 |
Port 06604 |
203-384-9777 |
link to CT.gov info |
No |
No |
| Town of Trumbull, CT |
Town 06611 |
203-452-5043 |
www.trumbull-ct.gov
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No |
No |
| Waterbury Development
Corporation - WDC - the NVDC.org website formerly served the Naugatuck Valley Development Corporation,
based in Waterbury CT for a seventeen county area - but now that site just
redirects to WDC |
City 06702 |
203-346-2607 203-756-2719 |
www.wdconline.org
www.nvdc.org |
No |
No |
| Greater
Waterbury Chamber of Commerce |
Metro region 06721 |
203-757-0701 |
www.waterburychamber.org |
No |
No |
| Town of New Milford CT |
Town 06776 |
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www.newmilford.org
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No |
No |
| The Greater New Milford
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce |
Chamber 06776 |
860-354-6080 |
www.newmilford-chamber.com |
No |
No |
Explanation of column
headings above
- Organizations are generally sorted in
postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each
other will usually (not always) be grouped together. This is a
selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive
than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to
highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of
frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business
advisors we serve.
- Scope : is the area served by the
organization, and postal code. We may include thumbnail maps which
expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to
good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
- Contacts : relationship leader at GDI
Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.
If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we
also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
- Website and other resources : Aside from
the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight
special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they
might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website. A good
example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere
else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one
would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the
websites.
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The default
for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
- Survey : areas which have responded to our
GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if
published (optional) and highlighted at the top. This is often
useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location
selection.
- Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area
Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page). This
involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and
detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a
more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.
If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a
GUIDE Incentives Profile.
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All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free
GUIDE Network
Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain
timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes. Area
representatives : see
how to
participate. Current service pricing
is listed on the
Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file). Refer also to any
special offers.
Please help us to help you by supporting our work.
Executives who use this service are encouraged to
respond to our free
Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.
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The presence, absence,
or position of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.
Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
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The
directory above links to the
websites of many Connecticut economic development organizations (EDO) and
provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content
about CT as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the CT and larger
US
Northeast (New England) region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
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metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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trade and investment
promotion offices
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Despite the
wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and
variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally
actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business
investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the
attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI). This typically
includes support services, financial incentives, and information for
corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and
expansion services.
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We develop and maintain
working relationships among participating area representatives - economic
development organizations - and professional service providers as well as
senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major
projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices,
factories, distribution centers or other operations. |
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847-304-4655 |
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