Trinity College\u2019s plan to build a new on-campus entrepreneurship and innovation center in Hartford has entered the city\u2019s planning and zoning process.<\/p>\n
Trinity College\u2019s plan to build a new on-campus entrepreneurship and innovation center in Hartford has entered the city\u2019s planning and zoning process, offering new details about the scope and site work for the project.
The application provides a more detailed look at the site plan. The building would be constructed between the Cornelia Center and North Campus Hall, with a new plaza connecting the facilities. Existing exterior stairs leading to the Cornelia Center would be removed and replaced as part of the project.<\/p>\n Plans also call for some tree removal and landscaping changes, which will require additional city approvals.<\/p>\n The application does not list a construction cost. Trinity previously said it expects to begin construction in late spring 2026, with the building targeted to open in fall 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trinity College\u2019s plan to build a new on-campus entrepreneurship and innovation center in Hartford has entered the city\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-602750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe college has filed a special permit application with Hartford seeking approval to construct a roughly 4,870-square-foot academic building at 110 Vernon St., adjacent to the Cornelia Center.
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\nThe proposal is slated for discussion at the Planning & Zoning and Inland Wetlands Commissions meeting on April 28.
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\nThe proposed one-story structure will house classroom space, offices, and student incubator and accelerator areas, along with conference space and a kitchenette, according to application materials. The building is intended to support Trinity\u2019s entrepreneurship programming, which the college has been expanding in recent years.
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\nAs previously reported<\/a>, the project \u2014 to be named the Elizabeth Elting Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship \u2014 is backed by a lead gift from alumna Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Elting.<\/p>\n