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| QuickTracts Wins CT Quality Improvement Award |
| Effort to Meet the Real Estate Needs of Fast-Moving Companies Recognized |
| August 02, 2004 |
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Contacts:
MaryAnn Simkewicz, CERC
860-571-6217
John O’Toole, NU
860-665-5140
QuickTracts, the program designed to certify and market Connecticut’s ready-to-develop sites, will receive a silver Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Innovation Prize Wednesday, October 13, at the Waters Edge Resort in Westbrook, CT, site of the 17th annual Conference on Quality and Innovation.
The goal of the QuickTracts program is to identify sites in Connecticut that are ready to break ground within 90 to 180 days and to promote these sites to companies and real estate professionals. Towns and cities receive national marketing free of charge, while the companies and real estate professionals know that when they are looking to move quickly, they have an easy-to-access database of properties at their fingertips. QuickTracts is sponsored by The Connecticut Light & Power Company and Yankee Gas Services, and marketed by CERC, a statewide economic development company in Connecticut.
“QuickTracts encourages decision-makers in Connecticut’s towns and cities to select and prepare sites for targeted development appropriate for their communities. Towns commit to expedite the approval process on a site before it is accepted into the program,” said John O’Toole, manager of Economic and Community Development at Connecticut Light & Power. “This focus, in turn, makes the process easier and faster for companies looking to build quickly, allowing them to avoid permitting obstacles and expedite construction.”
The entry-level CQIA Innovation Prize is broadly based on the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for Performance Excellence’s three principles of: approach, deployment and results, which are translated into CIP’s criteria of Opportunity, Innovation and Numerical Results. All award applications were judged by 15 Baldridge trained CQIA examiners who read, ranked and met for consensus before determining the platinum, gold and silver winning levels.
“CQIA Innovation Prize award winners embody the critical intellect that is the foundation of Connecticut’s long-term growth,” said Sheila Carmine, founder and executive director of the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership. “The ingenuity of these award winners attracts more talented people to Connecticut, multiplying the business possibilities and further strengthening the reputation of the Connecticut intellect.”
QuickTracts can be accessed through its Web site, www.QuickTracts.com, and through the CERC SiteFinder™ database at www.CTSiteFinder.com. For more information about the conference, contact Sheila Carmine at
203-322-9534.
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