The City of Hartford’s budget is complicated – much more complicated than the budget of a typical municipality. Most Hartford residents, and many commentators, have only a vague sense of how money flows into and out of the City’s accounts. It is very difficult to have an effective conversation about spending when everyone has different perceptions about the numbers. The proposed baseball stadium is a perfect example. The rational way to approach this decision is
Hartford County finished May of 2014 with 907 single-family contracts, a late spring spike in activity after a slow start to the year. The 907 May total is a 6% increase over the count in May of 2013. It also begins to close the year-to-date gap that had build up over the first four months of the year, leaving us only 3% behind through May. This month’s total is also the highest count for an
Yesterday a study originating from the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley began making the rounds through the media. Here is the full document. The report identified Hartford, CT as the city with the “Highest Incidence of Negative Equity” in the entire country. They found that 56% of Hartford homes are underwater, meaning that the owner owes more on their mortgage than the home is worth in
This well maintained Colonial is conveniently located in the historic West End. It offers 2,246 square feet, 4 bedrooms, and 1 full bathroom. The first level features an enclosed front porch, foyer, formal living room with a wood burning fireplace, formal dining room with a built-in china cabinet, and a large kitchen with eat-in space. The second floor has four bedrooms and a full bathroom. There is walk-up access to a spacious attic that has
On February 10th, the City of Hartford was announced as one of three American cities participating in the federal Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Challenge. The program is a competition, looking for proposals from the general public with economic development ideas. More specifically, entrants are intended to be multidiscipline teams working to bring “new perspectives to an entrenched set of problems.” The winning team will “develop a transformative economic development plan — one that establishes
