Welcome to the Development Services Department!
The Development Services Department, under the leadership of the Mayor Pedro E. Segarra and under the direction of Thomas E. Deller, AICP, in collaboration with the residents of Connecticut’s Capital City, oversees the development of the City. The Development Services Department is charged with helping to craft an action plan that is consistent with the Mayor’s vision for future infrastructureimprovements and job development opportunities and working to make that vision a reality. The Department is comprised of six divisions: Administration, Economic Development, Licenses & Inspections, Housing & Property Management, Planning, and Marketing Events & Cultural Affairs. Each of the divisions work together to ensure theimprovementof quality of life in our neighborhoods and community by focusing on high quality public spaces, ensuring building and occupantsafety, increasing homeownership, supporting the business environment, maximizing job retention, providing residents and visitors with enjoyable opportunities through public arts and events.
Vision:
The Development Services Department vision is: To create a vibrant, livable, and sustainable City
Mission:
The Development Services Department mission is: To improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods and community by focusing on high quality public spaces, ensuring building and occupantsafety, increasing homeownership, supporting the business environment, maximizing job retention, providing residents and visitors with enjoyable opportunities through public arts and events.
Values:
The Development Services Department values are: Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Efficiency, Commitment, and Respect.
Strategic Plan Initiatives for FY 2012-2013
• Implement “One City One Plan” through the integration of planning grants, livable sustainable neighborhoods initiatives and the i-Quilt
• Implement & develop the comprehensive housing strategy to maximize homeownership & affordable housing opportunities
• Implement online permitting system
• Foster Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship
• Provide residents and visitors with enjoyable opportunities, improve quality of life and promote City of Hartford as a destination city through arts and culture.
The Development Services Department is working with many different projects which are in diverse stages of completion and ongoing at this time. We regularly update a Current Projects List, which provides information about development within the City limits. For specific questions or more details, please contact the project managers listed in the Project Updates Report. Click below to download a copy of the Current Projects Updates.
Working together, we will improve our neighborhoods, grow jobs and expand Hartford’s economy. Here are several of immediate goals that we hope to address:
• Making our permitting process more predictable and reducing the time it takes to get a permit.
• Working with the Department of Public Works to accelerate the neighborhood streetscape projects funded through our capitalimprovementprogram and aggressively implementing the Intermodal Triangle funded by the recently awarded TIGER IV grant.
• Collaboratingwith the Livable and Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative team to focus resources in a manner that is consistent with individual neighborhood development plans and make our many diverse communities great places to live and raise a family.
We look forward to working with you to make Hartford the Capital City that not only every resident in Hartford and in the region is proud of, but the entire state sees as progressive leader in economic development and increased opportunity.
Sincerely,
Thomas E. Deller, AICP Director of Department of Development Services 250 Constitution Plaza, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06103