With organizing support from CONECT, @HNNA (Hamden Newhall Neighborhood Association) celebrated a major victory in June with their “Foundations First” campaign. After a year of relationship-building, power organizing, and persistent engagement with local officials, HNNA successfully convinced Hamden’s Legislative Council to allocate funding to repair deteriorating foundations in the Newhall neighborhood.
With about 8.5 million local dollars to put towards repairs starting this fall, the HNNA also contributed testimonials to the Town’s grant proposal to the State for another $8 million to fully fund the estimated cost for repairing all of the identified properties. The HNNA hosted a successful neighborhood tour on August 11th with Speaker Ritter, Senator Cabrera, Senator Looney, Representative Winter, Representative Sweet and Representative Elliot to compel them to advocate for funding for repairs. We expect good news from the State bond commission in September.
