The updated toolkit is a result of CCM’s ARP Advisory Service Committee collaborative effort to provide valuable information to members.  The updated toolkit contains the following:  An overview and analysis of Treasury’s final rule; Specifics regarding eligible uses and projects; Reporting and compliance information; Common definitions; CCM’s ARP survey results; and Project examples from Connecticut municipalities, including specifics from East Windsor, Hartford and Sustainable CT collaboration.

In the pages of Connecticut Town & City magazine, we have featured dozens of stories about economic development over the years. These innovative ideas are the foundation of town and city life in the state of Connecticut – whether we are boosting businesses, funding the arts, or capping a stubborn brownfield, our state relies on municipalities to be vessels of economic growth and to be a welcome home to residents old and new alike. In this special issue of Connecticut Town & City: Innovative Ideas, we will bring together a wide array of these ideas that helped a municipality say to prospective businesses and residents – “Welcome to Connecticut, we are ready to do business.”