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22 Hartford Business Journal • July 6, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE CHFA PROGRAMS RECEIVE STATE & NATIONAL RECOGNITION The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) received an award and has been nominated for a national award for two programs that focus on small-scale, affordable multifamily rental housing developments. CHFA's "Come Home to Downtown" program was awarded the Jack Shannahan Prize for Public Service. The program, which is a collabora- tion with the Connecticut Main Street Center, provides funding to assist building owners in finding ways to add housing on the upper floors of small, underutilized buildings. The Urban Land Institute also named CHFA's Small Multifamily Rental Development Strategy program as a finalist for its Robert C. Larson Housing Policy Leadership awards. That program provides low-cost capital that can be blended with funds from community development finance institutions to finance acquisition, rehabilitation, construction and permanent financing for affordable and mixed-income housing. • • • HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL CARE LEADER EARNS TOP HEALTHCARE CREDENTIAL Lynn Ricci, chief operating officer of Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a national professional soci- ety for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. To obtain fellow status, candidates must pass a comprehensive examination, meet academic and experiential criteria, earn continuing education credits and demonstrate professional and community involvement. • • • ADAMS & KNIGHT WINS BEST OF SHOW AT ADVERTISING CLUB OF CT AWARDS Avon ad agency Adams & Knight was honored with the Best of Show distinction and 41 total awards at the 61st annual Advertising Club of Connecticut Awards Show. The Best of Show award was given for Adams & Knight's Connecticut Office of Tourism "Still Revolutionary" integrated campaign, which pairs contrasting but complementary des- tinations in the state to promote visits to Connecticut. Other top awards included two Best of Industry distinctions in consumer and healthcare marketing for the "Still Revolutionary" campaign and Hartford Hospital's "Thumbs up. Phones down." campaign, respectively. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to accolades@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ Stanley Black & Decker employees recently teamed up with its nonprofit partner, House of Heroes, and spent a day renovating the homes of three local veterans in New Britain and East Hartford. Stanley volunteers (including one shown left) fixed things around the homes including windows, fencing, railings and landscaping. House of Heroes provides no-cost home repair services to military and public service veterans and their spouses. The Connecticut chapter, located in Hamden, has renovated 50 homes in the state since 2012. ▶ ▶ More than 100 Pratt & Whitney employees and family members (shown above) recently participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Hartford by running, walking, volunteering and raising money for the local fight against breast cancer. Among the Pratt & Whitney employees in the 5K walk and run was employee Pat Sawyer, a nine-year Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure volunteer and breast cancer survivor. SIMSBURY BANK SPONSORS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM STANLEY BLACK & DECKER EMPLOYEES RENOVATE VETERANS' HOMES PRATT & WHITNEY EMPLOYEES RACE FOR THE CURE ▶ ▶ Simsbury Bank recently sponsored Hartford Stage's Financial Literacy Program with the Bloomfield Carmen Arace Intermediate School's sixth grade. The program is a five-day residency that employs theatre techniques to actively engage middle school students in learning about financial literacy. Representatives from Simsbury Bank visited the school and watched students' presentations of what they learned during the residency program. The presentations included enactments of the money cycle and demonstrations on how banks operate, as well as skits on credit and fiscal responsibility. A total of 95 students (shown above) participated in the program. Pictured (from left) are CHFA's Dara Kovel, Norbert Deslauriers, Jack Shannahan, Diane Smith, Jon Cabral and John Simone. Lynn Ricci ACCOLADES & MORE