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February 20, 2021 / 2021 Power 50

2021 Power 50: 9. Luke & Sara Bronin

Mayor Luke Bronin being sworn into his second term by his wife Sara Bronin.
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Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Sara Bronin also make up one of the region’s foremost power couples.

Mayor Bronin is in his second term in office and his tenure has been marked by several significant issues including convincing the legislature to pass a massive $550-million-plus long-term bailout to help the city avert potential bankruptcy, and firing and then hiring a new developer to complete Dunkin’ Donuts Park and the surrounding development.

Last summer, developer Randy Salvatore broke ground on the $50 million first phase of the Downtown North development surrounding the baseball stadium, which will include 270 apartments.

Bronin also helped with the $14 million redevelopment of Dillon Stadium.

Overall, Bronin, a Rhodes Scholar and Yale Law School graduate who previously served as general counsel to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and held senior posts in the U.S. Treasury Department, has been credited with stabilizing the city’s tenuous finances through budget cuts, renegotiated union contracts, and greater state funding. More recently, his focus has been on guiding the city through the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to get under control a spike in violent crime. He is also a man of great political ambition. He explored a run for governor in 2018 and likely has an eye on higher public office in the future.

Sara Bronin, also a Rhodes Scholar and Yale Law School alum, formerly chaired the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission, where she was credited with reforming the city’s zoning codes to make it easier for private development.

She is also a licensed architect and law professor at UConn, where she focuses on property, land use, historic preservation, green building and renewable energy law.

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