Hartford: Your Health and Your Environment

What You Should Know

Hartford: Your Health and Your Environment, a Website of the Hartford Health Department, was developed to provide information on a broad range of environmental topics that affect the quality of life in the City of Hartford. The goal of this Website is to offer an educational opportunity for Hartford residents and to encourage community participation in urban environmental public policy. The site covers the following environmental issues that are of concern for Hartford residents:

Each section covers the basic background information, describes specific Hartford concerns and activities, and provides links for additional resources. The goal is not to cover every aspect of every topic, but to provide a broad overview of the problems as they relate to Hartford and to assist Hartford residents in gaining access to the relevant resources on the World Wide Web.

The development of this Website was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1.

For questions, comments, and suggestions about this site, please contact:

Rita Kornblum
Project Coordinator
City of Hartford Health Department
131 Coventry Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06112
860-547-1426, extension 7188

Acknowledgments

This website was developed by the University of Connecticut's Environmental Research Institute for the Hartford Health Department, with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The developers gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following individuals:
Lois Adams - US EPA New England
Teresa Allen - Saint Francis Hospital
Anne Arnold - US EPA New England
Eugene Benoit - US EPA New England
Mary Brown - Building Parent Power
Larry Charles - ONE/CHANE
Michelle Cloutier - Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Mary Lou Fleissner - Connecticut Department of Public Health
Christine Foot - US EPA New England
Kenny Foscue - Connecticut Department of Public Health
Mary-Margaret Gaudio - University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System
Terry Greene - John Snow Institute
Jack Hale - Knox Parks Foundation
Lynne Hamjian - US EPA New England
Sandra Hart - American Lung Association
Owen Humphries, Jr. - Hartford Health Department
Cynthia Jennings - Hartford Environmental Justice Network
Dianne Kelley - US EPA New England
Jennifer Kertanis - Connecticut Department of Public Health
Ivan Kuzyk - Cities Data Center
Susan Lancey - US EPA New England
Gretchen Latowsky - John Snow Institute
Katie Mazer - US EPA New England
Ida McGhee - Hartford Public Library and RC&D
Mark Mitchell - Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Kristi Rea - US EPA New England
John Shaw - Hartford Health Department
Katie Shuttleworth - Connecticut Department of Public Health
Elaine Sokoloff - US EPA New England
Melinda Treadwell - NESCAUM
Jeannie Webb - City of Hartford
Art Wing - US EPA New England
Paul Wintrob - US EPA
Scott Wolf - Hartford Hospital

University of Connecticut, Environmental Research Institute
Michele Gorski, project manager and Webmaster
Joan Bothell, editor/writer
Chris Perkins, associate director
Kevin Hood, urban initiatives coordinator
Tyler Campbell, graphics assistant

Hartford Health Department
Rita Kornblum, environmental public health educator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Stacey Johnson, project manager