The mission of the Network is to create a
broad-based, non-partisan, diverse grassroots
citizens organization, drawing together persons
from every town in the Capital Region to address
collaboratively regional issues, problems,
challenges, and opportunities. We believe
that citizens can work together to articulate
common values and promote a positive vision for
growth and development for all the residents of
the region. Significant issues of
importance to the Capital Region continue to be
raised as a result of the ever changing growth
in town populations, public education
requirements, reliance on local property taxes
to fund municipal budgets, and economic
challenges brought on by both domestic events
and competition resulting from the growth of the
world economy.
JOIN CNCR'S October 7, 2008 forum at the Legislative Office Building, Room 2C, 3 - 5:30 p.m.
Join the forum in discussion of the issue: "Raising the High School Graduation Bar in Connecticut: A Good Idea? The State Department of Education is proposing that graduation requirements for all Connecticut students be raised and will offer enabling legislation during the 2009 General Assembly. A number of compelling reasons for the proposal are offered. At the same time there will be significant consequences for communities - their school districts, parents, teachers, children and city/town budgets if the legislation is enacted. That's why the Citizens Network and 24 other organizations are hosting this forum.
For more information and to register to participate, please click here.
What Matters Most for the Capital Region?
It is increasingly clear that citizens want a meaningful role in governance. We need to build a new relationship with our local governments and share in agenda-setting. Public input and deliberative engagement are a good way to begin. Click on this link and take part in this Citizens Network Regional Issues Survey. It takes little more than a minute --- 3500 of you can help us determine how best to make the Capital Region “a place of choice for people to live, work, and play.” Click here for survey.
We’re All In This Together --- Regional Thinking Needed to Keep State Competitive In 21st Century.
An op ed in 11/04/07 Hartford Courant. Click here.
Leadership Greater Hartford Partners with Citizens Network to Address Pressing Issues in Capital Region - September 2007
LGH, 30 years old and well-known for its commitment to realize the leadership potential of Greater Hartford’s citizens, joins with CNCR in its commitment to empower citizens of the region to address, across town lines, important issues facing the region. LGH will encourage its graduates to provide leadership and support for these public policy initiatives. To learn more, click here.
The MetroHartford Region is a region. We have a shared future and must tackle the challenges we face together.
The Citizens Network is the lead agency for the Capital Region Partnership’s 2007 Regional Collaboration project, in partnership with CPTV, to raise public awareness, discussion and debate about the importance of acting together across town lines to address issues of importance to the region. To learn more about the community forums that were held in March and April, and to read the Project’s Final Report, click here. To learn more about the 2007 regional “People, Prosperity & Place” initiative, click here.
On January 30, 2007, the Citizens Network brought more than one hundred citizens, educators, government leaders and experts together for a nonpartisan discussion about what we need to do to end Connecticut’s over-reliance on the property tax to fund public education. To learn more , click here.”
The Network is a region-wide grassroots citizens organization
focusing on regional concerns.
The Network is a non-partisan, region-wide grassroots citizens organization focusing on regional concerns: we are citizen-based, our focus is to identify and address quality of life issues confronting the Capital region.
We solicit the opinions of residents to identify issues that need to be addressed.
We invite citizens to form study committees to study and report on selected issues.
We follow up the work of the study committees by convening community conversations across the region to raise awareness of the issues and involve citizens in the conversations and debate required to find solutions.
We work collaboratively with business and local elected officials in the search for solutions.
