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An excerpt from the Southside papers describing Hartford City Councils allocation of $385,000 to build El Mercado.

An article from the Southside Neighborhood News on El Mercado and its development.

Carol Correa now works at Trinity College as the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Correa created the Puerto Rican Heritage Trail when she was getting her masters in 2009. She attended Trinity College as an undergraduate, single…

Eliana Sanchez owns the Montecarlo Bakery on Park Street in Frog Hollow with her cousin Estela Lopez. She opened the bakery in October of 2019. Eliana is a talented pastry and cake baker, while her cousin Estela does the more administrative side of…

Celestino Jimenez was a strong advocate for his community in Frog Hollow, especially for the youth. He was an advocate, an athlete, a poet, and a musician, and a father. He shared his poetry at Luis Cotto's bakery, El Morro. In the membership of many…

Maria Colón Sánchez was a business owner and advocate who came to Hartford at the age of 28. Establishing her storefront in the North End of Hartford on Albany Avenue, Maria quickly became a central member of the community, and her store became a hub…

Graciela Rivera is the current Hartford Public Library Park Street Branch manager. Having moved to Frog Hollow at age thirteen, Graciela grew up working in her mother’s hair salon on Park Street, Grace Hair Studio, and frequenting the Hartford Public…

Frog Hollow is known for its diverse and vibrant Latinx community. A new, growing community is the Guatemalan community. Many are single mothers, who have now raised their children in Frog Hollow. They immigrated in hopes of a better future for their…

Iran is an entrepreneur who created and owns Hip Stop Clothing, a store centrally located on Park Street in the Frog Hollow Neighborhood. Iran grew up in Frog Hollow and worked at his mother Maria’s business, Fiesta Time, where he learned how to work…