• US campuses urged to be better neighbours

    Times Higher Education (UK)    April 20, 2023

    [Excerpt from article by Paul Basken, April 20, 2023] “Universities clearly do provide major financial benefits to the areas where they are based, said one expert, Mark Abraham, the executive director of DataHaven, a non-profit organisation in the state of Connecticut that helps local communities assess their performance. […]… Read More

  • [Excerpt of news article by Lau Guzmán, Record-Journal, April 7, 2023] MERIDEN — Last year’s Puerto Rican festival was hot and humid. There were storms on the horizon, temperatures hovered around 95 degrees and the day ended with a thunderstorm. Despite the heat, I spent the day with a team from the Record-Journal that had gathered under a tent and a table to collect surveys. … Read More

    Latino communities datahaven connecticut data chart
  • [Excerpt from news piece by Molly Ingram, WSHU Public Radio, April 5, 2023] According to the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, 34% of Latino residents, 25% of Black residents, and 11% of white residents reported food insecurity in Connecticut. 17% of total respondents said they struggled with food insecurity in 2022.… Read More

  • This page has a selection of statewide press coverage about the 2023 Community Wellbeing Index reports. Data measuring the health of Greater Hartford communities finds increasing economic, racial disparities By Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, March 14, 2023 Link: https://www.courant.com/2023/03/14/data-measuring-the-health-of-greater-...… Read More

    Greater Hartford CWI visual data appendix 2023
  • [Excerpt from feature article by Emily DiSalvo and Taylor Johnston, 2/4/2023]  As far as Elijah Hilliman can tell, I-84 "was built to get people out of Hartford." Like Dunkin' Donuts Park, a minor league baseball stadium across the street from his coffee shop, Hilliman says the highway wasn't built for residents of Hartford. "It cuts, specifically, the North End of Hartford off,” Hilliman said. “So, in that aspect, it's very racially motivated. So, the North End is all Black people. We don't have access to pretty much anything."… Read More

  • Report: Ansonia and Derby fall further behind Valley neighbors

    Connecticut Post    November 27, 2022

    [Excerpt from feature article by Eddy Martinez] ANSONIA — Ansonia and Derby share an industrial past. And although the two cities are frequent rivals when it comes to everything from economic development to high school football, they also share a common problem — poverty.  The two cities trail the state and the rest of the lower Naugatuck Valley communities in median income. And the gap is widening.… Read More

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