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West Lane Inn, a boutique 17-room inn in Ridgefield, is a recipient of the Connecticut Green Bank s annual awards.Contributed photo
ROCKY HILL - In recognition of their contributions to the deployment of clean energy and demonstrated leadership in their industries in 2020, the Connecticut Green Bank has announced the honorees of their annual PACEsetter Awards and the Smart-E Loan Top Performers. Since 2012, the Green Bank has supported the creation of more than 23,000 job years and over 50,000 clean energy projects, thanks to our network of contractors, interested home- and building owners, and lending partners.
PACEsetter Awards Recipients: The Connecticut Green Bank’s PACEsetter Awards acknowledge contractors, building owners and other stakeholders who are advancing the green energy movement through C-PACE, and whose leadership establishes a “pace” for others in their field to follow. The award winners are
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Connecticut’s red hot housing market ended 2020 on a high note.
In December alone, Greater Hartford home sales were up 51%, while home prices increased 16%, according to the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors.
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For all of 2020, sales volume was up 13.7% (7,548 homes traded hands) and the median sales price rose 10.2%, to $270,000.
The housing market has been a surprising bright spot in what’s been a tough last year.
Up until 2020, Connecticut housing prices, along with the overall state economy, struggled for more than a decade to recover from the Great Recession, so to see a resurgence during one of the worst economic periods in recent memory was refreshing.