New Initiatives

• XL Center (formerly the Hartford Civic Center) – selected a new management and investor team to lead revitalization of a landmark facility
  
  
• Energy Efficiency Program – new financing with the Department of Public Utility Control for energy efficiency technology projects by Connecticut’s businesses
  
  
• Small Business Lending – expansion of the high benefit Urbank loan guarantee program from urban centers to state-wide
  
  
• Municipal economic development – expanding local commercial rehabilitation efforts to restore Main Streets in Connecticut
  
  
• IT /Homeland Security – offering financing for hardware and software requirements specific to developing and deploying data and process technology security systems
  
  
• Brownfields – a new partnership with the state’s Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development to return historic brownfields to productive reuse
  
  
• Thought leadership campaign – reaching Connecticut’s entrepreneurs through targeted media and messaging

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