Many people are familiar with the efforts of Habitat for Humanity, working in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. But you may not be as familiar with Rebuilding Together Hartford. RTH’s purpose is to help low-income homeowners through home renovation and repair, which results in warmth, safety, and independence, while building better neighborhoods in Hartford. Once a year, on the last Saturday in April, they organize a major Rebuilding
The development of downtown Hartford is always of interest to me because I work with clients that contemplate living in the city versus the ‘burbs. Today, the Courant provided some insight on the build-out of the grocery store in the Hartford 21 building on Trumbull Street. Soon, I will finally have a better answer to, “Where is the nearest grocery store?†when asked by a customer. At this point I tell them 3 options, Wethersfield,
The West End of Hartford will be hosting its 4th annual progressive dinner, the DineAround, this evening. The 180+ participants will begin the night by gathering at a home on Prospect Avenue for appetizers and drinks. From there, guests will proceed to one of 23 host homes where they will enjoy a lovely meal with 8-10 neighbors that they may or may not know. The evening is capped off by dessert at a home on
If you’re eating breakfast, you might want to finish up before you read this post. You may have seen the billboards around the area for Bodies Revealed. It’s a somewhat graphic human form, cut in half, skin pulled away revealing muscles and organs. Kind of invokes the reaction of “Eeewwww…” from most of us. Well, I put my queasiness aside this weekend and went to check it out. If you have any interest in science,
By age 24, most people have settled into the “9 to 5†and have an initial experience with working life. Every so often you find someone who has taken a non-traditional path and seems to be blazing new ones. This week I met with one of these refreshing individuals, real estate developer Pete Marsele. His first major project, Woodland Lofts, was announced earlier this week in the Hartford Business Journal. So how did Marsele, who