Press Kit 

• $2-Billion Investment Ignites an Economic Renaissance in Hartford
• Arts, Entertainment and Recreation in Hartford
• Hartford: A Cultural Mecca
• Hartford's Neighborhoods
• Insurance and Financial Services
• Major Annual Special Events in Hartford
• The Hartford Image Project: A Collaborative Marketing Campaign, Positioning Hartford as "New England's Rising Star"
• The Hartford Image Project Partners and The Hartford Region: Facts at a Glance
• Transportation – Location/Accessibility Advantages
• Who's Who on the HIP Committee
• Hartford: A Smart Choice for Learning
• Hartford: A Smart Choice for Living
• Hartford: A Smart Choice for Working

Advertorials 

• A Day in Hartford
• A Downtown Address
• COLLEGE: The Economic Road to Success
• Connecticut Center for Science & Exploration
• Connecticut Center for Science & Exploration
• Culinary Flair
• Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau shows meeting planners how to Plan, Book and Play in New England's Rising Star
• Leveraging Private Investment is Serious Business for the City
• The Seasons Have Begun

On The Rise Columns 

• A Season of Change
• Holiday Cheer all Around Hartford
• If You Build It...

Press Coverage 

• Downtown Hartford Stirs From Slumber, The New York Times, January 4, 2006
• Downtown Hartford's New Centerpiece, The New York Times, September 18, 2005
• So Many Cranes In So Little Time, courant.com, August 14, 2005
• Where will all the people go?, The Sunday Gazette, May 8, 2005
• Power Lunch, CNBC, April 6, 2005

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• Cranes and Scaffolds, Hartford Courant, April 3, 2005
• Urban Makeover, Boston Globe, March 28, 2005
• “Hartford attempts a salsa-spiced rebirth,” Christian Science Monitor, March 15, 2005
• "Hartford", Fox Magazine, Fox News Network
  January 2, 2005

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Press Releases 2006

• New Study Shows Hartford’s Star Continues To Rise With City And Suburban Residents
  (January 2006)

Press Releases 2005

• Hartford Image Project National Winner of 2005 Silver Microphone Award
  (December 2005)
• Greater Hartford Organizations Receive 2005 NEDA Awards
  (November 2005)
• Colt Gateway: Part of Hartford’s Renaissance
  (April 2005)

Press Releases 2004

• Get the Hartford Arts 6-Pack
  (November 2004)
• Hartford.com Double Digit Increases
  (August 2004)
• Mayor's Office Announces $20 Million WFSB Development
  (August 2004)
• Hospitality Professionals Choose Hartford as a Career Destination
  (August 2004)

Press Releases 2003

• Hartford's Rising Star Weekends Announced
  (June 2003)
• Hartford Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant
  For Marketing Campaign (May 2003)
• Catalyst Endowment Awards $20,000 Grant
  For Recruitment Package (April 2003)
• Hartford Brand Awareness Increases 41% (January 2003)

Press Releases 2002

• GIMA Announces Fall/Winter Hartford Apparel (October 2002)
• 2002 Advertising Campaign Launched (June 2002)
• The HIP Brand Fact Sheets (June 2002)
• 2002 Marketing Facts (June 2002)
• Hartford Launches Billboard Campaign (April 2002)

Press Releases 2001

• Cox Joins Hartford Marketing Project
  (December 2001)
• Hartford Launches Logo and Campaign
  (November 2001)