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BRIDGEPORT MAYOR BILL FINCH OFFERED an upbeat assessment of the city recently - "We're creating jobs; we're growing businesses" before a full-house crowd of 300 at the Bridgeport Regional Business Council and Bridgeport Regional Chamber of Commerce Mayor's Annual Address to the Business Community at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn & Conference Center on Main Street.
Paul Timpanelli, president and CEO of the regional business council, said this was his 26th mayor's address. He said the city's progress across the last three to four years "has placed us at a milestone moment in its history."
"For the business community, it's an opportunity to hear from the mayor and to hear him define the city's progress," Timpanelli said. "As the business community goes, so...