Quality of place matters in today’s economy. How a community looks, functions, and affects one’s quality of life is central to its economic well-being. People make decisions based on these factors in regard to whether or not they will frequent businesses or whether they will invest, work, go to school, or retire in a particular place. The visionaries behind Storrs Center certainly believe this to be true. Once a worn strip of mostly aging commercial development with a smatter

In what could be considered this area’s community-raising fist-pump, the 2015 edition of the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival, six years strong, will kick off the festival season with two exciting fundraising performances featuring tantalizing and mesmerizing jazz for music lovers of all stripes. On Sunday, April 19, with two shows at 2pm and 3:30pm, artists scheduled to perform include saxophonists Eric Person, Bob Rosen, Harvey Kaiser, Dave Smith, Michael Purcell, and Bill Perni