Revitalization

MERIDEN — Speaking from behind a podium on the ground floor of 24 Colony St. Thursday morning, city leaders and economic development and business officials extolled the launch of a new program intended to revitalize vacant commercial…

Bronzeville is steeped in black history and culture, and the neighborhood has produced some of the nation's most influential figures, including Ida B. Wells and Louis Armstrong. Known as the "Black Metropolis," the neighborhood became a…