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On Sunday, on Meet the State, Governor Malloy called for 3,000-4,000 new housing units in downtown Hartford. And today, he announced the formation of the CRDA, which will coordinate state and city efforts in Hartford's redevelopment. Both are good news for the iQuilt, http://theiquiltplan.org, which was cited in the Governor's press release and in news articles in the Courant and Hartford Business Journal. Here's a link to the just-released i"Pocket Guide" to the iQuilt Plan (right click to save to disk): http://iq2.squarespa...0Jan%202012.pdf The full 120-page Overview is supposed to be online on January 24. There has been a lot of news coverage of the iQuilt recently: http://theiquiltplan.org/news/ The Plan is also relevant to other Urban Planet discussions on downtown Hartford, including proposed renovations of the XL Center, and the State of Connecticut possibly relocating many of its office into downtown commercial space, and freeing up its holdings, especially around Bushnell Park, for housing.