Great piece today from Rick Green in the Hartford Courant’s CTConfidential Blog. Hopefully our state leaders can take a cue from the fine people of Pittsburgh. If they don’t, we may never have a chacne at a G-20 Summit. Here’s a snipet, full piece is here: Connecticut should pay attention to the Pittsburgh revival story that’s getting a lot of play with the G-20 Summit that begins today.
Not so long ago, Pittsburgh was a place young people were fleeing, a city with a once proud manufacturing history saddled with an aging population. Does this sound like Connecticut? We are learning — again — this week that we are one of the oldest states in the nation.
We are a place where young people leave, where newly retired wealthy residents can’t wait to get out, where we are left with an older population that has few options — except to remain
