REGIONALISM: A COMMITMENT TO PLACE

Premiere Date: Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 8 p.m.
Repeat Date: Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 1 p.m.

Connecticut once held an enviable position of dominance in sophisticated business sectors such as aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare and the financial/insurance services. That economic stature has been eroding as other states across the nation and other countries around the globe have become increasingly able to provide a well-educated, technologically savvy workforce at competitive wages. Metropolitan Hartford and other regions of the state that relied on high-paying jobs rich in benefits to support the local economy and local communities are losing ground.

“Regionalism: A Commitment to Place explores the options that Connecticut faces as it strives to reinvent itself for the new realities of the 21st century,” said Jerry Franklin, president and chief executive officer of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. (CPBI), the parent company of CPTV.

Production Credits
Producer/Director/Writer: Anthony Meliso
Executive Producer: Jay Whitest, vice president of programming,
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