Category: Bridgeport

Grand Opening of Artista Studios in Bridgeport

Today, Mayor Bill Finch celebrated the grand opening of Artista Studios and Monument Works, a new small business registered with the City of Bridgeport’s Small & Minority Business Resource Office (SMBRO.) Artista Studios produces custom design monuments, artwork, and dimensional stone both for the monument industry and religious and spiritual industry.

 

Owner Jim Bria is originally from Fairfield county and has worked in the stone business for 40 years in the area. When he started to look for a location for his new business he found Bridgeport to be the most welcoming, business-friendly spot in the area. “We thought Bridgeport, as Connecticut’s largest city, would be a good market to be in,” said Bria. “We decided to invest in Bridgeport and we’re quite happy we did. Everyone has been very receptive and supportive. This has been a really a good place to do business.”

 

Jim was very proud tell me that all the work he does is done in Bridgeport.  He explained that many places that offer stones are just distributors and have them trucked in from Vermont.  Jim was also very proud to show of the statues he had in the works.  I kidded him if the items in the stone were really in the stone or was it through his hard work.  Jim said they are in there and an artist has to bring them out, that is why they carve the stone in a circle.  Who knew?!

Mayor Bill Finch said “With another business opening here in Bridgeport we see the importance of a city government that focuses on job creation and supporting small business,” said Mayor Finch. “Businesses like Artista Studios with the support of the City of Bridgeport’s Small & Minority Business Resource Office are making our city better every day.”.

Bridgeport News:Open Carry Man Detained by Police

8amish–#Bridgeport CT–Police spokesman William Kaempffer confirmed an armed man was taken into custody near the Duchess Restaurant on Boston Avenue.  Kaempffer could not confirm a report I received that the man was on his way to guard the recruiting station nearby.  The man had in his possession a shotgun, a handgun and a knife.

 

Citizens and militia have been protecting and guarding recruiting offices since the shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee.   If anyone knows the man on Boston Avenue please have him call me at 203-769-6961, I would be interested in telling his side of the story.  The picture below is NOT the man taken into custody but man in Virginia volunteering his time to protect the recruiting station which are “gun free zones”.

 

A man stood guard outside of a recruitment center in Winchester, Virginia with his AR-15.
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