Calcagni Real Estate Announces 2013 1ST Quarter Award Winners

The following Calcagni Real Estate realtors recently received the Quarterly Achievement Award by the Greater New Haven Association of Realtors (GNHAR) for the 1st Sales Quarter of 2013. The award is given to Realtors who secure a minimum of nine completed sales within a quarter of each year.

 

Beth Cantor, CRS, GRI, REALTOR

Beth CantorCalcagni Associates Real EstateBeth has received the award 11 times during her career with Calcagni Real Estate. She holds the Realtor designations of Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), which less than 5% of all realtors hold, as well as Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI), which requires hundreds of hours of continuing education.

Beth, a graduate of Cornell who also earned an MBA from Columbia University, has resided in Hamden, CT for the past 25 years. She loves living and working in the Central Connecticut area and has close ties to her local community, and is a member of the following organizations: Treasurer of the Hamden Education Foundation, Co-chair of the Women in Business Committee at the Hamden Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Education Committee, and Membership Coordinator for BNI (Business Networking Group).

 

 LARRY MADOW, REALTOR, DIRECTOR of REO SERVICES

Larry has been a Realtor with Calcagni Associates since 1992 and is the Director of Calcagni’s REO Division and manages all aspects of listing and sales of bank-owned properties and foreclosures. He has built a fantastic team of real estate professionals specializing in servicing the REO community.

Larry holds the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation and is a member of the Greater New Haven Association of REALTORS, Connecticut Association of REALTORS, and the National Association of REALTORS.

Lisa Whitney of Calcagni Real Estate Sells Branford Puppet Theatre

The old Stony Creek Puppet Theatre, located on Leetes Island Road, Branford, CT

The old Stony Creek Puppet Theatre, located on Leetes Island Road, Branford, CT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cheshire (April 22, 2013) – Steven Calcagni, President of Calcagni Real Estate, Central Connecticut’s leading independent real estate brokerage, is proud to announce the sale of the Stony Creek Puppet House, located at 128-132 Leetes Island Road in Branford. The property sold for $475,000.

Commercial Broker Lisa Whitney of Calcagni Real Estate represented the buyers, The Legacy Theatre, a professional shoreline theatre company that offers educational opportunities and live theatre and related programs. The seller, the estate of James Weil, was represented by Joel Galvin and Leah Boyd of Pearce Real Estate. The Legacy Theatre has plans to renovate the historic building, which was built in 1903, and turn it into a state-of the-art music, art and theatrical venue for all ages.

 

To that end, there is an ongoing campaign to raise the funds necessary for the restoration, and turn the building once again into a cultural gem in the local shoreline community. Those who wish to contribute are encourage to visit www.legacytheatrect.org

 

Calcagni Spring 2013 Food Drive was a SUCCESS!….

THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our company-wide food drive. The outpouring of support and generosity from our community is overwhelming! We couldn’t have done this without the support of our neighbors, friends, and our amazing team of agents and staff! A huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone who participated, supported, donated and helped to promote our food drive.

We’re in the process of dropping off all the donated items to: Cheshire Community Food Pantry, Inc.; Keefe Community Center in Hamden; Southington Bread For Life ; and Master’s Manna in Wallingford.

Cheshire Realtor Gina DeVito Shumilla and her little helper, Baylor

Cheshire Realtor Gina DeVito Shumilla and her little helper, Baylor

Southington Realtor Mary Lombardi picking up bags of non-perishable food items.

Southington Realtor Mary Lombardi picking up bags of non-perishable food items.

Our Cheshire office lobby FULL of food donations... And these weren't all of them! Thank you Cheshire Residents!

Our Cheshire office lobby FULL of food donations… And these weren’t all of them! Thank you Cheshire Residents!

Realtors Lisa Holden, Toni Fazio, Dave Drumheller, and Ellen Gomes, with bags of collected food items

Realtors Lisa Holden, Toni Fazio, Dave Drumheller, and Ellen Gomes, with bags of collected food items

 

Even the kids got into the mix helping out! :-)

Even the kids got into the mix helping out! :-)

Cheshire Realtors Lori Watts and Fran Leventhal, along with Fran's buddy Spanky, dropping off bags in Cheshire neighborhoods. — with Lori Siniscalco Watts and Fran Leventhal in Cheshire.

Cheshire Realtors Lori Watts and Fran Leventhal, along with Fran’s buddy Spanky, dropping off bags in Cheshire neighborhoods.

Realtors Lisa Holden and Beth Cantor collecting bags in Hamden neighborhoods.

Realtors Lisa Holden and Beth Cantor collecting bags in Hamden neighborhoods.

Non-perishable food items collected from local Spring Glen, Hamden residents.

Non-perishable food items collected from local Spring Glen, Hamden residents.

Help us by participating in our local Calcagni Food Drive…

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Spring is in full bloom here in Connecticut

Happy EARTH DAY!.. Spring is in full bloom at Wooster Square Park, in New Haven..

Photo courtesy of Barbara Grant, REALTOR.

Beautiful cherry blossom tree in full bloom in Wooster Square, New Haven

Calcagni.com nominated for the prestigious Awwwards for website design!

Calcagni.com

We’re SUPER honored to announce that our newly launched www.calcagni.com has been nominated for the prestigious Awwwards for website design!

Voting is open for 9 more days – Please click the following link to vote for us—-> http://bit.ly/104EW7R

[A big shout out to the co-creators of our site, think creative group, for a job well done & Edwina Stevenson Photography for the awesome local photos!]

 

Calling All Central CT Home Buyers!…

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It’s Nationwide Open House Weekend, and the agents of Calcagni Real Estate will be hosting more than 30 open houses this Sunday, April 21, for your viewing & buying pleasure!

Check out all of the open houses at this link:
http://bit.ly/178gOHG