IonHartford » Environment http://www.ionhartford.com notes from a native son Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:50:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Copyright © 2010 IonHartford ionhartford@gmail.com () ionhartford@gmail.com () posts as much about Hartford as a person can muster ionhartford@gmail.com No no http://www.ionhartford.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg IonHartford http://www.ionhartford.com 144 144 Htfd Parks 101 http://www.ionhartford.com/2010/06/14/htfd-parks-101/ http://www.ionhartford.com/2010/06/14/htfd-parks-101/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:24:51 +0000 Luis http://www.ionhartford.com/?p=353 Pope Park facing Northwest (John Groo photo)

The Hartford Parks System has been the topic of much debate in the 2+ years I’ve been on Council.  As Chair of Public Works, Parks and Environment, I’ve received more, uh…feedback than most others, and deservedly so.  The sad condition of our parks has earned us a national distinction [...]]]> http://www.ionhartford.com/2010/06/14/htfd-parks-101/feed/ 2 Community Service…MLC Style http://www.ionhartford.com/2009/03/30/community-servicemlc-style/ http://www.ionhartford.com/2009/03/30/community-servicemlc-style/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:02:01 +0000 Luis http://www.ionhartford.com/?p=150 Ladies from the Metropolitan Learning Center

What do you think about when someone says “Community Service” to you?  Well, to me, I think of sitting in a room tutoring a younger kid for a couple of hours a week and fulfilling a certain requirement for school.  Nothing wrong with this.  I’ve participated in programs like the [...]]]> http://www.ionhartford.com/2009/03/30/community-servicemlc-style/feed/ 3 ¡Mira! Political ads abound… http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/09/03/%c2%a1mira-political-ads-abound/ http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/09/03/%c2%a1mira-political-ads-abound/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:46:25 +0000 Luis http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/09/03/%c2%a1mira-political-ads-abound/

photo courtesy of Mira Hartford

Our friends over at Mira Hartford has a very relevant, albeit brief, critique on the proponderance of advertissments of the political variety during this political season.

I would say a big AAAAmen to that my brotha from anotha motha.  Political signs are a fact of life and politicians (myself include) need to have [...]]]> http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/09/03/%c2%a1mira-political-ads-abound/feed/ 0 Urban Land Institute in Hartford… http://www.ionhartford.com/2007/10/02/urban-land-institute-in-hartford/ http://www.ionhartford.com/2007/10/02/urban-land-institute-in-hartford/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:25:24 +0000 Luis http://www.ionhartford.com/2007/10/02/urban-land-institute-in-hartford/

Our friend over at Urban Compass has a super duper detailed report on the ULI’s report to Hartford [...]]]> http://www.ionhartford.com/2007/10/02/urban-land-institute-in-hartford/feed/ 0