Legislative Agenda

Our 2010 Legislative Agenda represents our organization’s priorities in matters of public policy and economic development. The agenda is the work of numerous volunteers on our Public Policy and Economic Development Committees; our Health Care Council, our Small Business Council as well as the Chamber’s staff and our lobbyist, Armando Paolino, Halloran & Sage Government Affairs, LLC. We have collaborated with City of Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura and his staff; the Smaller Manufacturers' Association, the Manufacturing Alliance of Connecticut, the Connecticut Hospital Association; and others. It is our hope that our elected representatives in both Hartford and Washington, D.C. will embrace them as they shape the public policy of our state and nation. This legislative and regional agenda contains many ideas and initiatives that we believe will improve the greater Waterbury region’s economic opportunities. This agenda recognizes the needs not only of the region’s businesses, but its residents. We firmly believe that a superior quality of life results from sound public policy. Our priorities center around our major business sectors: manufacturing, health services and retail as well as our major infrastructure needs.