Current Author: Mark Korber

For a couple of weeks I’ve been thinking and writing about doubling the population of greater Hartford over the next 25 years, and I’m back to ...

Last week I wrote about David Lehman’s remark that the population of Connecticut’s cities should double in 25 years. David Lehman is the Governor’s economic development ...

David Lehman, Governor Ned Lamont’s economic development chief, recently proposed that Connecticut’s objective should be to double the population of its cities in 25 years. The ...

I thought it would be good to restate some of the basic premises of my blog, for a couple of reasons. First, if you’re a regular ...

Note: Last week I published an essay about the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and Greater Together, the Foundation’s program that provides $100,000 to each of ...

I love the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. I served on its Board of Directors for ten years. The Foundation has great volunteer leaders and great ...

Apologies in advance: this week I got lazy. Rather than writing, I’m cribbing from the thoughts of Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim that appeared in The Hartford ...

My friend Paul inspires me. Paul is blessed with uncommon common sense. He has a knack for cutting through the irrelevant, seeing issues at the heart ...

I’m in an exclusive book group. Well, it isn’t exclusive in the sense that we have such high standards that admission is limited to a select ...