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iQuilt on NBC Connecticut
NBC Connecticut sent television cameras to the latest public presentation of the iQuilt Plan for downtown Hartford, and reported to its viewers that “may make a big difference without the big price tag.” NBC Connecticut
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The Courant’s Rick Green on the iQuilt
“Bite-size, affordable pieces that add up to a changed city” is at the heart of the iQuilt and Rick Green’s latest article on courant.com entitled “Hartford’s iQuilt – A Big Idea Where Somebody Needs To Step Up.”
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Hartford Business Journal on iQuilt
The Hartford Business Journal says that the iQuilt Plan is moving from planning towards implementation: iQuilt Moves Beyond Planningsdf
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NEA awards 150k to the iQuilt Plan
The National endowment for the Arts awards the iQuilt Plan with $150,000 to support the third phase of the iQuilt project, an arts-based economic development plan designed to capitalize on Hartford’s unique heritage and cultural assets. Phase Three includes the design of Bushnell Park North and the inauguration of the Hartford Innovations Festival, an event…
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Doug Suisman joins Mayor Segarra on "Face The State"
Doug Suisman joined Mayor Pedro Segarra, City Councilman Bob Painter, and Mike Zaleski from the Business Improvement District on Dennis House’s “Face the State” on Channel to discuss the iQuilt Plan. http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/tag/doug-suisman/
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Suisman wins two of three 2010 Honor Awards for Urban Design given by AIACC
The iQuilt project in Hartford and the Arc project in Palestine, both designed by Suisman Urban Design, receive Honor Awards by the AIACC. Los Angeles, 2010 – The American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) has awarded two of three coveted 2010 Honor Awards in Urban Design to Suisman Urban Design for its iQuilt project,…
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NEA Awards Hartford $250,000 Grant for iQuilt plan by Suisman Urban Design
Project is Named Nation’s Top Recipient for Culture-Based Urban Design Grants. HARTFORD–July 16, 2010–The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that the city of Hartford and the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts have won a national grant worth $250,000 for the iQuilt, a culture-based downtown design plan developed by Suisman Urban Design. Of…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to "1000 Friends of Connecticut"
Culture-based Pedestrian Plan for Downtown Hartford. Hartford, March 2010–Doug Suisman and Tyler Smith presented the iQuilt project, a culture-based pedestrian plan for downtown Hartford, to participants at the annual meeting of 1000 Friends of Connecticut, the state’s major “Smart Growth” organization. The conference took place at the former G. Fox Department store on Main Street,…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to Bushnell and Wadsworth Boards
Hartford’s reknowned art museum and performing arts center are keys to a new pedestrian plan for downtown. Hartford, September 2009–In back-to-back presentations to the trustees of the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and the Wadsworth Atheneum, two of Hartford’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, Doug Suisman highlighted the most recent features of the “iQuilt”, the culture-based…
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Suisman presents iQuilt at EPA Green Infrastructure Workshop
Managing Wet Weather With Green Infrastructure. Hartford, July 2009–Doug Suisman of Suisman Urban Design was invited to Hartford to presents the iQuilt project at the “Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure” workshop held by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The workshop encouraged conversations with national experts, municipal operators, state and federal regulators, as well as…
