Business View Magazine | June 2019

338 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 Each student at The Learning Clinic (TLC) receives strong academic instruction combined with a full range of on-campus services. Our well-trained, experienced staff work as an integrated team with a commitment to evidence-based instruction and treatment. Academic, residential, and clinical programs are offered to children, adolescents, and young adults ages 6-22 and their families, during a 12-month program. TLC students are actively involved in art, music, and drama; our program also offers young apprentice experiences for ages 14 and older in the local community. Competitive employment and opportunities for part-time employment are goals of students in our Transition Program. TLC’s long-term working relationship with Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC) and its academic and certificate programs, allows TLC students to participate in college courses and earn credits toward a degree. While the TLC farm program, equestrian program, wooded campus trails, and serene pond provide a natural ecology for experience-based learning. The Between the Rivers Nature Center in Maine provides a wilderness campus for environmental studies and activities in the Maine woods and waters. Our range of services is designed to meet the high standards required to reach the overarching aims of The Learning Clinic’s program mission. The Rolling Ridge Residential Program, Country Day School, Transition Program, and support services are structured to assist our students to meet their personal goals and achieve future independence through active experiences. The Learning Clinic is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and approved by the Connecticut State Department of Education. The Connecticut Department of Children and Families licenses the Rolling Ridge Residential Program and the Extended Day Program. Rolling Ridge is affiliated with other TLC programs. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.thelearningclinic.org a lot of potential there,” he states. “And we’ve heard from members of the State Economic Development Department that the most interest in Opportunity Zone funding will come to those communities who are on their way up, and we’ve been assured that we are and we feel that we are.” “In the last three to six months, we have had contacts with developers the likes of which Mansfield has never seen,” he adds. “We are getting one new phone call a week with interest in developing in our town. So, our goal, working with CERC and the University, is to make sure that we’re all on the same page on how we want to do it. So, it’s not a hodge-podge approach; it’s a planned, smart-growth approach to make sure that any development that happens on the University campus collaborates with any development that might be happening off-campus, and vice versa. We’re very excited about that and we feel that we’re a leader in the State of Connecticut in moving forward our Opportunity Zone to the business community.” Kennedy adds that another one of Mansfield’s advantages to potential new developers is the town’s reputation as a progressive community in the realm of sustainable practices and activities. Connecticut has a program called Sustainable CT that rewards municipalities with various levels of certification based on their culture of sustainability and the level of achievement they have reached in promulgating green programs and actions.