Remembering Bob Hohler

Connecticut Public Radio | By Where We Live

Published June 10, 2011 at 11:04 AM EDT

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Bob Hohler was executive director of Melville Charitable Trust, which gave generously to support NPR News, and led a historic revitalization of Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood with the Billings Forge project. He was a passionate advocate for the homeless, and also a guiding force forThe Connecticut Mirror, an important innovation in our state’s journalism landscape. Hohler died last week at the age of 78. We’ll remember his life and work by revisiting a conversation we had with him on Where We Live, and another live show highlighting Billings Forge.

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