East Hartford Mayor Michael Walsh heard many concerns from businesses and residents during his town’s state-mandated property tax revaluation in 2021.
East Hartford’s residential properties increased in value far more than commercial and industrial buildings.
As a result, the town’s $136.1 million tax levy which funds a majority of East Hartford’s $211.1 million budget shifted proportionately away from commercial and industrial owners to residential property holders, who already comprise a greater percentage of the grand list.
The untimely death of Rob Larose, president and CEO of BioSafe Systems, a 25-year-old, family-run chemical company headquartered in East Hartford that he had founded with his father, left his daughter and her brothers executives at BioSafe, which has more than 70 employees with more than just their own personal grief to process.