East Hartford, Connecticut
East Hartford is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,045 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River, directly across from Hartford, Connecticut. It is home to aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. It is also home to Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a stadium used mainly for soccer and football with a capacity of 40,000 people.
The skyline near the Connecticut River
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Former Mayor Marcia Leclerc
Sign for Great River Park
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
The Capitol Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG). In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's counties as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024.
Image: Pearl Street looking East; Downtown Hartford, Connecticut
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Image: Civil War memorial, New Britain, Connecticut
Image: Outside the library at Blue Back Square in West Hartford, Connecticut, August 10, 2008