Author David Cecchi developed a love for his hometown growing up on one of the last remaining farms in Feeding Hills. He lives in Agawam Center and enjoys what is perhaps Agawam's oldest surviving (1957) inground pool with his wife and sons, Joseph and J. Bailey, named for Joel J. Bailey, who in the 1800s owned the land Cecchi's family now farms. Cecchi currently serves as chairman of the Agawam Historical Commission and is a board member of the Agawam Historical Association and the 1805 Captain Charles Leonard House.