Hartford Business Journal

14 Hartford Business Journal • March 4, 2019 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & Shakers Christopher Nardi and Amanda Cleveland have been named principals at Silver, Petrucelli & Associates, a Hamden architecture, engineering and interior-design firm. Nardi will serve as project architect. He joined the firm in 2009 and was named associate in 2016. Cleveland established and built the firm's interior-design group over the last 10 years. Holly Callanan has been appointed the 2019 association executives liaison for the Connecticut REALTORS, a professional trade organization. Callahan is chief executive of the Greater Hartford Association of REALTORS. She previously served as CEO of the Ridgefield Board of REALTORS from 2012 to 2017, and serves on the legislative and political affairs committee. Andrew T. Olivastro has launched ATO Strategies, a communications and public affairs firm, based in Farmington. Olivastro most recently led United Technologies Corp.'s global executive and employee communications teams as well as UTC's community affairs and philanthropy portfolio. Hartford accounting and IT consulting firm Whittlesey has named Edward Engberg and Thomas Goldfuss directors of its leadership team. Engberg joined the firm in 2006 and has over 12 years of service with a concentration in assurance and advisory services for nonprofit, real estate and manufacturing clients. Goldfuss has worked for Whittlesey for 11 years, and specializes in assurance and advisory services to nonprofit, credit union, medical and real estate clients. Maura Fitzgerald Downes has been named senior vice president of McDowell Jewett Communications, a Hartford public relations firm. Downes has been involved in Connecticut public affairs as a public information officer, public relations consultant and communications advisor to top elected officials for more than 20 years. She previously worked as director of communications for the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Scott Blois was hired as senior vice president, commercial lending at Ion Bank, a Naugatuck-based bank with an office in Farmington. Blois previously worked 15 years for Farmington Bank as senior vice president, commercial lending team leader. In his new position, he will work closely with local businesses to develop and expand commercial relationships with new and existing customers. Edward J. Heath was elected president and board of directors chairman of Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA), a legal aid organization serving residents of Hartford County. Heath is an attorney at Robinson+Cole in Hartford, and serves as chair of the firm's business litigation group and leads its government enforcement and corporate compliance teams. Mark Maybury has joined the board of directors of The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford. Maybury is Stanley Black and Decker's first chief technology officer. Michael Trinks has been promoted to partner at Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina, a Glastonbury-based accounting and advisory firm. Trinks joined the firm in 2003, and most recently worked as director of assurance and advisory services. Prior to joining Fiondella, Trinks was an accounting manager at Cigna. Christopher Nardi Amanda Cleveland Holly Callanan Scott Blois Edward J. Heath Mark Maybury Andrew T. Olivastro Maura Fitzgerald Downes Government Total revenue (2016) $75,641,325 Per capita tax $1,439 Total expenditures $76,352,373 Total indebtedness $16,736,500 as % of expenditures 21.9% Annual debt service $3,596,130 Moody's bond rating Aa3 Actual mill rate 34.35 Net Grand List $877,917,109 Housing stock Existing units 9,581 % single unit 42.2% New permits (2017) 5 as % of existing units 0.1% Residential sales NA Median price $158,900 Median rent $774 Top 5 grand list Company Amount Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) $26,359,120 Yankee Gas (Eversource) $10,791,530 Vesta Windham LLC $9,463,770 MHC Stonegate Manor LLC $9,083,900 United Abrasives Inc. $7,457,730 Town Profile Windham Town Hall address: 979 Main St., Willimantic, CT 06226 860-465-3006 News Around Town (3 news items) ■ ■ According to recently released U.S. Census data, Windham, which is home to Eastern Connecticut State University, is among the state's youngest communities, with a median age of 30. ■ ■ Windham lender Savings Institute Bank & Trust Co. announced plans in December to merge with Massachusetts regional lender Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. in a $180 million all-stock deal. ■ ■ Windham was one of nine towns recently awarded a license to open a medical marijuana dispensary sometime this year. General Land area (sq. miles) 27 Households 8,740 Median household income $40,603 Poverty rate 25.4% Crime rate (per 100,000 residents) 1,224 Population 2000 22,857 Projected 2020 27,830 Median age 30 Largest age demographic 15-24, (26%) Educational attainment (2016) Persons age 25 or older 59% of population High school graduate 33% Associate degree 6% Bachelor's or more 20% Labor Force (Residence) 56 Employed 11,544 Unemployed 754 Unemployment rate 6.1% Places of work Total employers 563 Total employed 10,231 Economics Business profile Sector Units Employ- ment Construction 33 141 Manufacturing 20 614 Retail trade 82 1,676 Health care and social assistance 93 2,389 Total government 35 2,552 Major Employers • Windham Board of Education • Wal-Mart Supercenter • General Cable • Eastern CT State University • Windham Hospital Source: Connecticut Economic Resource Center

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