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Commerce Committee opens session, outlines priorities on manufacturing, Transfer Act and brownfields
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The state Commerce Committee opened with member introductions and a broadly bipartisan agenda that emphasized manufacturing support, a move away from the Transfer Actmodel, brownfield remediation funding, childcare as an economic driver and reuse of vacant retail space, committee leaders said.
The Connecticut General Assembly's Commerce Committee convened for an organizational meeting in which members introduced themselves and laid out priorities for the legislative session, emphasizing manufacturing support, brownfield redevelopment and a planned change to the state's Transfer Act, committee leaders said.
The committee chairs and several members framed economic development as the panel's central goal. They highlighted the Office of the Chief Manufacturing Officer, instituted in recent years, as a key tool that helped Connecticut manufacturers respond during the COVID-19 pandemic and said the committee will continue to focus on workforce and supply-chain issues that…
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