Robert Knebel (second from right), president and chief executive of Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, accepts a donation from representatives of the Connecticut Association of Realtors.
The Connecticut Association of Realtors is participating statewide with Habitat for Humanity this year. CAR donated a total of $10,000, with $1,000 going to each of the 10 Habitat affiliates throughout the state of Connecticut.
Renee Markitan of C-21 HomeServices-Richter Real Estate in Stratford, Tina Veronesi of C-21 HomeServices-Richter Real Estate in Fairfield and Marc Trojanowski of Maurice Trojanowski Real Estate in Bridgeport presented the check on behalf of CAR to Robert Knebel, president and chief executive of Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, on Sept. 21. The money will be used toward a home in the Bridgeport area.
“The Connecticut Association of Realtors and Habitat for Humanity are a perfect fit,” said CAR President Mark Foreman. “Realtors help people achieve the goal of homeownership every day and Habitat for Humanity helps families obtain the America dream of owning their own home.”
Approved families work in partnership with Habitat staff and volunteers to build or rehabilitate their homes using materials donated or purchased with contributed funds. Each prospective homeowner family invests a minimum of 150 hours of “sweat equity” during the building process. Homes are sold at no profit via a zero percent interest mortgage held by Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. Since its founding, Hartford Habitat has completed 121 homes housing over 430 individuals with the support of more than 10,000 area foundations, corporations, congregations, civic/professional associations, schools and individuals.
H. Pearce Opens New Office
H. Pearce Company Realtors celebrated the grand opening of its Orange Regional Office on Sept. 26.
Located at 3 Old Tavern Road in the Firelite Shopping Center, the new office is being managed by former Orange First Selectman Mitch Goldblatt. The office opened in early July and the company invited the public to the grand-opening celebration to see the transformation that the building has gone through and to meet the agents ready to service the real estate needs of Orange residents.
Founded by Herbert H. Pearce in 1958, H. Pearce Company Realtors is an independently owned and operated company. Pearce’s daughter, Barbara L. Pearce, is the president and chief executive officer of the company.
The grand-opening celebration was attended by approximately 200 people and included conversation, food, drink and festivities. The ribbon at the event was cut by Orange Selectman Joseph Blake, with Goldblatt, Pearce and her father, and the Orange agents looking on.
The Orange office is the company’s seventh residential office. All of the offices are located in the Greater New Haven area.
H. Pearce Company Realtors is a full-service real estate firm with more than 150 agents and branch offices in the Greater New Haven and Shoreline areas. Corporate, relocation, and industrial and commercial offices are located in North Haven, where the company was founded in 1958.
