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　　The New Milford resident, who acknowledged that he and his wife are “very disappointed” about having to cease their retail business, said that they don’t have any plans for what they might do next.

　　Ms. Walsh had been a fashion coordinator for Bloomingdale’s, a buyer for Henri Bendel’s, and a founding buyer of the women’s department at Barney’s and later worked for a trend-setting New York home furnishings store, ABC Carpet and Home, according to Homeward Bound’s Web site, www.hb-interiors.com. Mr. Rothschild’s family (principals in the former Abraham & Straus) had a long history in retail in New York City, and he himself previously owned Housatonic Valley Publishing Company in New Milford.

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　　The news of Homeward Bound’s closure “came as a surprise but not a shock,” said Vincent Nolan, the town’s economic development supervisor.

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　　For a short period last year, when a potentially attractive rental opportunity became apparent in Madison, the couple opened a location in Madison.

　　In April 2006, they opened at 20 Bank Street in their home town, building on the success of their first venture. They opened their third store, on Blue Back Square in West Hartford, in November 2007, which was, Mr. Rothschild said, “at the beginning of the recession.”

　　“Village Fair Days is a disaster for the downtown businesses,” he said. “It drives away customers, rather than attracts people who attend the fair. It is not a plus for the Village Center and never has been.”

　　 Homeward Bound, one of the lynchpins of the downtown New Milford business scene, will be closing, having enjoyed a period of considerable popularity that led to expansion before being buffeted by the winds of a harsh economy that started to blow in late 2007.

　　“People come in and say how much they like what we sell―and now how much they’ll miss us―but when we check our numbers, the sales don’t reflect that,” Mr. Rothschild said.

　　“Replacing a business there is not the worst challenge, but with the loss of a business person like Kathy, that’s hard to duplicate,” he said. “Kathy helped organize the Bank Street Festival last year, and they hosted the cocktail party announcing TheatreWorks’ new season and did other events at the store as well as getting involved in other things. She was great about creating connectivity.”

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