A series of entries designed to capture the ongoing adventures of NINA! See how we came to be where we are today, and follow along as we enter the new century of social media!
Page: 29Our intrepid carpenters at work on framing and trusses.
Kyle Bergquist posted a piece on his blog today about 115 Sigourney Street and our work in Asylum Hill. Kyle and his wife Amy are Hartford real estate agents (they not only sell homes in Hartford but live in Hartford, too!), and they have been terrific supporters of NINA's work over the years. For Hartford Heritage Homes, they pitched in by helping us out with a market analysis on the project that we submitted to our funders for this project. This analysis persuaded the funders that our homes would sell, and that in turn led to our ability to get this project underway!
Hartford and NINA are very fortunate to have partners like the Bergquists who are committed to the revitalization of Hartford.
Not that we encourage this sort of thing, but it is pretty.
Today a group came over from Aetna to help out with painting, which included the porch post for 115 Sigourney as well as color on the walls at 117.
We really lucked out this year! This was our third group from The Hartford as part of Day of Caring. The Hartford is committed to community service, and it gives its employees the opportunity to volunteer for Day of Caring as fits their schedule. This has been a tremendous boon for NINA over the years, as every volunteer helps us to keep our homes affordable for their future owners.
We are very fortunate that The Hartford is one of our member institutions! As has happened for the previous several years, we got a second group of volunteers for the Day of Caring. This group included Andy Daly, president of our Board of Directors, and his boss, David Robinson, who is General Counsel at The Hartford.
A group from The Hartford went to work painting at 117 Sigourney Street today as part of The Hartford’s annual Day of Caring event.
This year, we got the offensive lines of the Trinity College men’s hockey team. They got more than just a work day out of their volunteering – turns out that one of our carpenters, David Cunningham, works for the Hartford Wolf Pack as an official scorer.
There was a crew at work on Hawthorn Street today installing underground infrastructure to help bring water and sewer connections to 86 and 88 Hawthorn Street today. This work will also help the future 80 and 82 Hawthorn Street.
We had our annual group of Trinity College freshmen volunteering today at all of our project sites. These two students were at 115 & 117 Sigourney, while the rest were down on Hawthorn -- and yes, I was too lazy to go down and get a group shot.
I did learn something today: this group volunteered as part of Bantam Beginnings, the official name for the freshman orientation program. They've been volunteering with us for at least eight years, and I never knew it was called Bantam Beginnings!
