Amy's Blog

According to an article today in the Hartford Courant, the West Hartford Taxpayers Association (WHTA) is about 400 signatures away from forcing a referendum on the recently adopted town budget.While I understand the concern that property taxes will rise by approximately 6.6% for all West Hartford...

Yesterday a client and I visited the Newington Ridge town homes, a new Toll Brothers community of 72 town homes off of Routes 5 and 15 in Newington.  Sales of the first phase are moving quickly and they will be deciding in the next few days if they will continue construction to build out the enti...

Spring is here and with it comes one of my favorite events, the week-long Brimfield Antiques Show, located in Brimfield Massachusetts.  For those of you that have never been to Brimfield, it's quite an experience.  Thousands of antique dealers come from across the country to peddle their wares fr...

Here's the article that was published after I was found through a Localism blog post... Just a little blurb about me, but better than nothing.  And now I can use it for publicity!Conceiving of a RenaissanceWest Hartfordoffers glimpseof the future for Naugatuck Republican-American (Waterbury, CT)A...

I just learned about Iggy's House today, an online site that lists homes on the various MLS' for free.Have any of you seen this in action?  I had heard of BuySide Realty, but never Iggy's House.  It appears that no one is using this in my area, yet.  When I do a search, I get no results.Have you ...

From the Hartford Courant on April 12, 2007...West Hartford town officials announced an electronics recycling day on Saturday, May 5.  Residents who have old household electronic equipment they want to dispose of can recycle the items at no charge.Recycling will take place at the town's public wo...

No Chicken Little, the sky is NOT falling...Home Prices FallHome prices are expected to drop 0.7% and the national media is all riled up.  That's what happens to asset values.  They go up, then they go down.  Over the long term they will appreciate if they are valuable (and well maintained in the...

Last week I talked about property taxes in West Hartford making housing unaffordable for some folks.  This week it seems that we might want to look at affordable housing in CT in general.  The Courant ran an interesting article a few days ago......

I realized the other day that I get to see how Blue Back is progressing every day, simply because I work in the Center.  Some West Hartford residents might not visit quite that often, or you may just be curious if you're from an adjacent town.  Here's a quick visual update of the progress on Blue...

This past Thursday evening I attended the Town Council budget hearing at town hall. The hot topic was the recent property revaluation and new mill rate. It was well attended, I would say over 60 people showed up, even though it was Holy Thursday and Passover. By my observation, the majority of pe...