2022 is the year that Connecticut’s town and cities started getting back to the future.
What do we mean by that? When everything stopped in March of 2020 to concentrate on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the ever-present now there was no room to dream about the future when efforts were placed on building testing sites, distributing personal protective equipment, and educating the public on the efficacy of vaccines.In these efforts, Connecticut municipalities made our state one of the most successful in responding to the pandemic.
Though we can’t argue that the pandemic is over, that COVID is no longer a threat, this year we felt like we could finally take a breath and start to think about the future of our state again. Between the funds made available through several federal programs - first the CARES Act, then the American Rescue Plan, and finally the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – financial burdens were relieved and municipalities were tasked with coming up with innovative ideas.
So, when we say we’re getting back to the future of Connecticut, we mean precisely that. Towns and cities are thinking about what Connecticut is going to look like tomorrow, in five years, ten years, and beyond.
And CCM is doing the same thing, right there with you.