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28 Hartford Business Journal • June 18, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & Shakers Don C. Sawyer III has been appointed associate vice president and chief diversity officer at Quinnipiac University. Sawyer will be responsible for coordinating efforts to advance diversity and inclusion initiatives in support of the university's core value of a strong sense of community. With more than 18 years of experience in higher education, the last six at Quinnipiac, Sawyer is a certified diversity trainer and conflict mediator. Kathryn Luria, senior vice president of community affairs and director of philanthropy for Webster Bank, was recently voted new board chair for the Connecticut Council of Philanthropy. Joining Luria in CCP's executive board leadership are: vice chair, Fahd Vahidy, adviser to the Graustein Family Office; secretary, Judy Rozie-Battle, senior vice president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; treasurer, Paul Ballasy, a partner with CohnReznick LLP. CCP also welcomed six newly elected members to the board: Janice L. Elliott, executive director of The Melville Charitable Trust; Tiffany S. Donelson, vice president of program for Connecticut Health Foundation; Elaine V. Mintz, vice president of operations for Fairfield County's Community Foundation; Lauren Patterson, president and CEO of New Canaan Community Foundation; Richard J. Porth, president and CEO of United Way of Connecticut; and Diane Sierpina, director of justice initiatives for The Tow Foundation. Matthew Loitz has joined the Glastonbury branch office of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, a wealth management, financial services and investment banking firm, as executive vice president/wealth management and certified financial planner. Loitz was previously affiliated with Wells Fargo Advisors and has 22 years in the industry. Gil Keegan recently joined The Schuster Group, an independent employee benefits, insurance and financial services firm based in Farmington, as a senior consultant. Keegan will be responsible for identifying opportunities to help accelerate growth within the firm. He brings more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience from Aetna, most recently as the vice president of sales and service for the Connecticut and Maine markets. Paula Fahy Ostop has been added as a name partner on the Ellyn Marshall real estate team at the William Raveis office in West Hartford and the team has changed its name from Ellyn Marshall & Associates to Marshall + Ostop Associates. The team will continue to operate out of the West Hartford William Raveis office. Ostop, the top-producing team member, joined William Raveis in 2011. Prior to joining Raveis, she was vice president of a Connecticut-based advertising agency. Don C. Sawyer III Gil Keegan Kathryn Luria Elaine V. Mintz Judy Rozie-Battle Richard J. Porth Janice L. Elliott Fahd Vahidy Lauren Patterson Paul Ballasy Diane Sierpina Tiffany S. Donelson Paula Fahy Ostop Government Total revenue (2015) $17,929,121 Per capita tax $2,618 Total expenditures $17,870,601 Total indebtedness $6,570,390 as % of expenditures 36.8% Annual debt service $0 Moody's Bond Rating NA Actual Mill Rate 26.9 Net Grand List $541,079,975 Housing stock Existing units 2,259 % single unit 97% New permits (2015) 5 as % of existing units 0.2% Demolitions 0 Residential sales NA Median price $290,600 Top 5 grand list Company Amount CT Light & Power $14.8M City of Bristol $10.9M Supreme Industries Inc. $7.9M Pickett Brook Properties $2.7M AJT LLC $1.9M Town Profile Harwinton Town Hall address: 100 Bentley Drive Harwinton, CT 06791 (860) 485-9051 News Around Town ■ ■ Harwinton, despite its small size , has a wealthy population. The median household income in town is $91,875 vs. the statewide median of $70,331. ■ ■ In January, the owner of the Landing Zone Grille fought the Torrington Area Health District's assessment that the restaurant violated health and fire codes. ■ ■ Harwinton's housing stock is younger than the rest of Litchfield County with less than one-in-five homes built before 1950, compared with almost one-in-three in Litchfield County. General Land area (sq. miles) 31 sq. mi. Households 2,025 Median household income $91,875 Poverty Rate 6.8% Crime Rate (per 100,000 residents) 898 Population 2000 5,283 Projected 2020 5,526 Median age 48 Largest age demographic 45-64 (35%) Educational attainment (2012) Persons age 25 or older % of population High school graduate 26% Associate's Degree 13% Bachelor's or more 34% Labor Force (Residence) Employed 3,046 Unemployed 137 Unemployment Rate 4.3% Place of work # of units 106 Total Employment 585 Economics Business profile Sector Units Employ- ment Construction 27 157 Manufacturing 4 6 Retail Trade 6 21 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 10 56 Accommodation and Food Services 4 40 Total government 11 111 Major Employers • Harwinton Consolidated School • WSNG • Terminix • Supreme Industries Inc. • Fairview Farm Golf Course Source: Connecticut Economic Resource Center