Business Leaders: Join the ReimagineCT Coalition

09.23.2024
Issues & Policies

Building a sustainable opportunity economy that emphasizes affordability, meaningful careers, and a positive business climate!

By signing the ReimagineCT pledge, I’m supporting policy solutions that reimagine Connecticut’s workforce, economy, and quality of life to build an opportunity economy that emphasizes affordability, meaningful careers, and a positive business climate.

I support each of the following policies, developed with the input and engagement of a diverse group of stakeholders from around Connecticut, including business, nonprofit, education, and community leaders.

These solutions will help retain and attract residents, enhance and protect our workforce’s well-earned reputation for innovation and productivity, and promote the state as a high-value destination for businesses large and small.

Connecticut’s economic opportunities are limitless—ReimagineCT opens doors to opportunity for all communities and residents, addressing the high costs of living and running a business, expanding career pathways, fostering innovation, and growing a vibrant economy.

Policy Solutions

  • Create an energy affordability commission charged with identifying long-term policies to lower costs and improve our energy infrastructure.
  • Allow small businesses access to affordable, high-quality health insurance options for employees 
  • Overhaul workforce apprenticeship hiring ratios to boost manufacturing and trades job growth.
  • Align graduation and school accountability index requirements to focus on career readiness and provide new paid internship opportunities.
  • Implement first-time homebuyer tax incentives.
  • Continue to support childcare initiatives to expand access and affordable options for working parents.
  • Restore the pass-through entity tax credit to its original level, reducing costs for 123,000 small businesses.
  • Encourage research and development growth by increasing the tax credit value rate to 100%.
  • Streamline state and local permitting by automating processes, enforcing permit review timelines, and providing online status tracking.
  • Leverage councils of governments to share services and take advantage of federal grant opportunities to reduce property taxes.
  • Increase civil justice transparency through third-party litigation funding reform.

ReimagineCT Pledge: Residents, Business Leaders

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Are you a Connecticut candidate or elected official? Sign the pledge now!


For more information, contact CBIA’s Paul.Amarone (860.244.1978).

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1 thought on “Business Leaders: Join the ReimagineCT Coalition”

  1. james deangelis says:

    I think that a transportation system that works well, should be added to this list.
    i think fixing traffic conditions should be added to the ReimagineCT agenda
    Traffic conditions continually get worst. It’s my opinion that the DOT is asleep at the wheel, more roads/highways are needed. It’s a difficult problem to solve, someone with great vision and a strong will is needed.

    The number of wasted hours sitting in traffic results in a significant loss in productivity and lost hours that could be spend with family.
    loss of productivity impacts costs.
    loss of family time, impacts everything

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