The Capstan Group, LLC

Our firm is relentless about its purpose, diligence, creativity, and quality in serving our clients. We have
an established and growing client base and a project list that focuses on managing economic
development projects and community development efforts.

Current economic development clients include:

New Haven Gateway Downtown Development Project: The firm is providing project
management services for the City of New Haven Office of Economic Development for the
Gateway Downtown Development Project, a $256-million revitalization of four historic city
blocks in downtown New Haven. The project includes relocating Gateway Community College
and Long Wharf Theatre to downtown facilities, constructing a new parking garage, improving
an underground tunnel beneath the project area, and bringing to fruition a park and mixed-use
components.
New Haven Shartenberg and Ninth Square Development Projects: The Capstan Group
coordinated the City of New Haven's RFP processes for the former Shartenberg site and for the
former New Haven Coliseum's use as a temporary parking lot.
New Haven Citywide School Construction Program: As part of the construction of the new
Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School, the school construction program has
contracted with The Capstan Group for fundraising services to close a significant funding gap
for the school, which will revitalize its downtown site. The Capstan Group is working closely
with Gilbane Building Company, which oversees New Haven's schools construction program,
to identify funders and seek and secure funding to offset the increasing costs of construction.
West Side/West End NRZ: The Connecticut Economic Development Fund and the West Side/
West End neighborhood in Bridgeport hired Zared Enterprises and The Capstan Group as
planning consultants to help local stakeholders develop a plan for Neighborhood Revitalization
Zone (NRZ) distinction. The Capstan Group guided the planning for the economic
development components of this plan.
Black Rock NRZ: Like the West Side / West End neighborhood, the Black Rock neighborhood
of Bridgeport and the State have engaged The Capstan Group and Zared Enterprises together
to assist the neighborhood in gaining NRZ distinction. The team is assisting community
stakeholders in developing the Black Rock NRZ plan, with The Capstan Group handling the
economic development component of this process.
Science Park Development Corporation: The Capstan Group is coordinating the RFQ
process for the redevelopment of Tract A of New Haven's Science Park.
Local Private Developer: The firm is working with a local private developer to secure public
approvals to develop condos in the historic Ninth Square in New Haven and build the stock of
homeownership in the downtown area. The Capstan Group also provides an array of services
for this client, co-leading the public approvals process for a new mixed-use town center in
Connecticut, the redevelopment of a former mill into more than 150 residential units in New
Hampshire, and the adaptive reuse of a blighted and formerly heavily industrial property into
light industrial use.

Current community development clients include:

Dress for Success Worldwide: The national headquarters of a multi-national affiliate
organization provides suits to clients who have an interview and are re-entering the workforce.
The Capstan Group is helping the organization plan an evaluation system to be able to
determine the impact of its services on the self-sufficiency of their clients. Subsequently, The
Capstan Group has been hired to provide ongoing technical assistance to help all three New
York City branches implement their client evaluation programs.
Career Gear: The Capstan Group was hired to help the organization determine its measures
for sustainability and plan a long-term evaluation system to monitor the impact of Career Gear
on the self-sufficiency of its clients. Subsequently, Career Gear has hired The Capstan Group
for two more projects--to provide ongoing training and technical assistance for implementation
of its client evaluation system, and to develop the evaluation component of Career Gear's
prisoner re-entry program.
ChildPlan, Inc.: The firm provides strategic planning to help this new nonprofit develop its plan
to become a sustainable organization. The Capstan Group helped the organization write and
submit a three-year grant for interim operational funding and developed a five-year strategic
and financial plan that was recently approved by the organization's board. The Capstan Group
has subsequently been brought on for two additional projects, including one to help ChildPlan
create a data-based planning process to develop organizational priorities.

New projects crop up frequently. Please check back to see updates to the list of current projects..