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AARP Seeks 2023 Andrus Award for Community Service Nominees AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2023 Connecticut Andrus Award for Community Service, an annual award honoring a 50+ volunteer in the state who is sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members. The deadline to nominate an outstanding…

GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise - THIS THURSDAY! Have you purchased your tickets to our 19th Annual Sunset Cruise sponsored by our friends at AARP-CT! Join us on Thursday, July 20th and enjoy a summer evening beginning with networking on the dock and appetizers from El Coquito, followed by a beautiful sunset aboard the Bridgeport…

CT Small Business Boost Fund Info The Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund is a new resource that will move your business forward. Supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development, the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund links Connecticut small businesses and nonprofits to the financial support they need to thrive. The Connecticut Small…

AARP Awards Grants to Five Connecticut Organizations AARP Connecticut announced five organizations throughout the state will receive 2023 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.6 million awarded among 310 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation;…

GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise - IN JUST 2 WEEKS! GBLN 19th Annual Sunset Cruise is JUST 2 WEEKS AWAY! Have you purchased your tickets to our 19th Annual Sunset Cruise sponsored by our friends at AARP-CT! Join us on Thursday, July 20th and enjoy a summer evening beginning with networking on the dock and appetizers…

Bridgeport Puerto Rican Oral History Project Amanda Rivera is a third year graduate student in the Department of American Studies at Yale University and third-generation Boricua originally from New Jersey. For her dissertation, she's doing an analysis of Puerto Rican community formation in Bridgeport and New Haven, emphasizing education-related initiatives, from the 1970s through present…

CT Small Business Boost Fund Info Are you a small business owner with 100 or fewer employees and an annual revenue of less than $8 million? We may have a great solution for you: The Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund. Contact us to find out more or pre-apply for loans between $5,000 and $500,000 at…

AARP YouTube Channel Looking to learn more about AARP and what they have to offer? Check out their YouTube channel! There is great content to enjoy and to learn from. Check it out! Learn More

We’re excited to come together for the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network 19th Annual Sunset Cruise - Tropical Night sponsored by our friends at AARP-CT! Join us on Thursday, July 20th and enjoy a summer evening beginning with networking on the dock and appetizers from El Coquito, followed by a beautiful sunset aboard the Bridgeport &…

LGBTQ+ Flag Raising Ceremony Mayor Joe Ganim and the City of Bridgeport invite you to celebrate Pride Month with the LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Raising! It will take place at the Margaret E. Morton Government Complex on Thursday, June 22 at 11am. All are welcome! Learn More