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Bridgeport City News | Bill Finch, Mayor

October 31, 2014

"Mayor Finch: Bridgeport is safe for families" - Connecticut Post

Top officials of the Bridgeport police department presented statistics to show that the Park City is safer than Hartford and New Haven.

You can read that Connecticut Post story here.

Here is a portion of a statement released by Mayor Bill Finch in response:

“I’m the father of four kids who were born and raised in Bridgeport. And, I’m proud to say that our city is safer and stronger today than any other time that I can remember. It’s resulting in Bridgeport being a place where more people want to live and work, where more companies want to invest and hire people, and where our strong communities are helping to make for an even stronger economy."

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"A second chance for a first impression" - Connecticut Post

Work is underway to turn the The long-vacant Bridgeport Metal Goods factory, mere feet from the Interstate 95 on-ramp headed northbound at exit 25 into a U-Haul storage and truck-rental facility.

When complete, the building should look as it did in the city’s industrial heyday, and create 35 to 50 permanent jobs, officials said.

“We’re going from nothing to something here,” Mayor Bill Finch said. “That’s good news.”

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Also: Connecticut Post editorial - "Another Step in Blight Reduction"

"Plan announced to develop Bridgeport factory" - News 12

Mayor Bill Finch spoke with News 12 about a plan that will breathe new life into a vacant factory along I-95.

A New York-based real estate developer has signed a deal to redevelop a five acre block along Cherry Street.

Click here to watch the segment.

"Bridgeport Accepts President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge" - Connecticut Post

Just days before Bridgeport, Conn. welcomes President Barack Obama, Mayor Bill Finch and Congressman Jim Himes joined community leaders in announcing that the state’s largest city will be accepting the President’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Community challenge.

Launched earlier this year, the MBK initiative aims to ensure that all kids have an opportunity to succeed and are prepared to compete for 21st century jobs, according to the White House (Link: http://1.usa.gov/1rGqwbY). For the MBK challenge, Bridgeport will focus on two key areas: ensuring kids are reading at the level they should be by third grade, and making sure young people are safe from violent crime.

At the announcement, Mayor Finch noted that increasing access to pre-k and cracking down on crime are two areas where Bridgeport is making progress, but there’s still more work to do.

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Coming Up
in the
Park City

The Fab Faux
Saturday, Nov. 1
8 p.m.
The Klein

Performing SGT. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and a set of Beatles hits

The concept behind The Fab Faux is simple: reproduce The Beatles music live onstage almost exactly how it appears on the record. No wigs or other such schticky chicanery. The band is all about the music and performing The Beatles canon as it should be heard, first and foremost.

All rock bands want to be like the Beatles; these guys have the nerve to BE the Beatles.

Backed by a full horn and string section, the band will cover the album Rolling Stone ranked #1 in their “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

For tickets and more info go to theklein.org

Peter Pan Jr.
Saturday, November 1
12 p.m.
Sunday, November 2
12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Downtown Cabaret Theatre

Wendy Darling loves to tell stories to her brothers, Michael and John.

But when her father announces she must move out of the nursery, Peter Pan comes to visit the children and whisks them away to Neverland.

Their adventure introduces them to the Lost Boys, Mermaids, and even the infamous pirate, Captain Hook! For tickets and more information go to: dtcab.com

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