July,  2019 

Your copy of the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association 'News & Views' has arrived!   You will find that you can easily go to any subject in the table of contents by just clicking on it or just browse through the articles as you wish. Please have a look. 
 

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             Next Meeting 08/05/2019


There is no meeting in July.

The next meeting is Monday August 5th, 6:15 P.M. at  The 224 Eco-Space, 224 Farmington Ave .  

 
               Parking at 224
                

            


       

              
             
 
 


Director
From The Director
















From the Executive Director
David MacDonald
 
 
The Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association's mission statement is that AHNA empowers and connects residents and stakeholders to improve the quality of life in Asylum Hill. Let's look at how AHNA puts this mission into action. 
 



House
From the House
 

Greetings to my friends and neighbors in Asylum Hill!
 


  

2019 Legislative Session Recap
 
By Rep. Matt Ritter - House Majority Leader

 
The General Assembly's regular session ended on June 5th with a balanced budget and other significant legislation passed. I'd like to highlight some of the issues we addressed in the new state budget and other impactful legislation.


 



Exploring
Exploring Asylum Hill
 
 

 
 













Exploring Asylum Hill - Piggy's Cafe





By Bernie Michel

For more than a decade residents in Asylum Hill have complained that there was just no sit down restaurant in the neighborhood. People recalled the days when the Comet Diner was a great place to go to meet friends and have lunch, dinner or just a cup of coffee. While we're all waiting to see if Georgetown Associates can make that happen again, there is an alternative, and it's not at all bad.



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Asylum Hill Then And Now
Then


128 Garden Street





Volunteer
     Volunteer of the Month





















Volunteer Of The Month - 

South Marshall Interfaith Coalition 


June 25 th would have been the 16 th consecutive Block Party on South Marshall Street.
Instead it was the first to be cancelled due to rain. The organizers didn't give up easy either.






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HPD Comstat Meeting


In an effort to connect more fully with the community that they protect and serve, the Hartford Police Dept. has begun to move their monthly CompStat meetings from the Police headquarters at 253 High St into the neighborhoods. 
For June they chose Asylum Hill and the venue for the monthly AHNA meetings, the 
224 EcoSpace on Farmington Ave








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Senator Blumenthal's Drug Overdose Roundtable

On June 10 th, more than 30 experts from various fields joined Senator Dick Blumenthal at Asylum Hill Congregational Church for a roundtable discussion on the most recently escalating crisis of drug overdose deaths. On Sunday June 9 th when the meeting was announced, it was reported that Hartford had sustained 42 drug related deaths this year.








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Jazz On The Lawn Concert


By Paul O'Mara
 
Mother Nature was kind to AHCC for their 'Jazz on the Lawn' concert Sunday afternoon.  Although there was a contingency plan to move inside if the weather did not cooperate, the hope was to have the concert outside as the name implies. At 3:00 PM a thunder shower passed over Asylum Hill with a brief downpour causing concern, but it soon passed on and things although breezy were quite pleasant and rain free. 





Arts
Arts and Music on the Hill
events
Events and Opportunities
Events
Events Calendar

 

Please click on the following link to go to our online Events Calendar.


 
 
From The Editor
If you have any comments, suggestions or submissions please contact me via email at communications@asylumhill.org 
 
Sincerely,  
Paul O'Mara Communications Committee Chair
  
Contact Us
Send emails directly to AHNA at  info@asyluhill.org

To visit our website click on the following link.   AHNA Website

To visit our Facebook page go to 'Asylum Hill Living' group page.