Business Leaders: Join the ReimagineCT Coalition » CBIA

Building a sustainable opportunity economy that emphasizes affordability, meaningful careers, and a positive business climate!

By signing the ReimagineCT pledge, I’m supporting policy solutions that reimagine Connecticut’s workforce, economy, and quality of life to build an opportunity economy that emphasizes affordability, meaningful careers, and a positive business climate.

I support each of the following policies, developed with the input and engagement of a diverse group of stakeholders from around Connecticut, including business, nonprofit, education, and community leaders.

These solutions will help retain and attract residents, enhance and protect our workforce’s well-earned reputation for innovation and productivity, and promote the state as a high-value destination for businesses large and small.

Connecticut’s economic opportunities are limitless—ReimagineCT opens doors to opportunity for all communities and residents, addressing the high costs of living and running a business, expanding career pathways, fostering innovation, and growing a vibrant economy.

Policy Solutions

• Create an energy affordability commission charged with identifying long-term policies to lower costs and improve our energy infrastructure.
• Allow small businesses access to affordable, high-quality health insurance options for employees 
• Overhaul workforce apprenticeship hiring ratios to boost manufacturing and trades job growth.
• Align graduation and school accountability index requirements to focus on career readiness and provide new paid internship opportunities.
• Implement first-time homebuyer tax incentives.
• Continue to support childcare initiatives to expand access and affordable options for working parents.
• Restore the pass-through entity tax credit to its original level, reducing costs for 123,000 small businesses.
• Encourage research and development growth by increasing the tax credit value rate to 100%.
• Streamline state and local permitting by automating processes, enforcing permit review timelines, and providing online status tracking.
• Leverage councils of governments to share services and take advantage of federal grant opportunities to reduce property taxes.
• Increase civil justice transparency through third-party litigation funding reform.

Are you a Connecticut candidate or elected official? Sign the pledge now!

For more information, contact CBIA’s Paul.Amarone (860.244.1978).