Connecticut Main Street Center
(from the Connecticut Main Street website)
We are the state’s leading resource for cities and towns seeking to comprehensively revitalize their “main street” districts.
We provide solutions to help Connecticut’s main streets once more become thriving centers of commercial and social activity. A member of the respected National Main Street network which has been in place for over 25 years, we are a nonprofit organization committed to bringing Connecticut’s downtown commercial districts back to life.
Connecticut Main Street Center helps communities analyze core issues and set attainable objectives. We provide education and training, resources and tools, and advocacy. Our organized yet flexible approach allows communities to identify and develop their unique assets in an integrated and comprehensive way.
CT Main Street Center’s Founding Partners are The Connecticut Light and Power Company and the State of Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development. Growth Partners are The United Illuminating Company and The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.
The good news is there’s a growing movement to revitalize and renew our central business districts. Nearly 40 Connecticut communities have recognized the value of a vital downtown – and they are doing something about it. Main Street partnerships work to create more sustainable living and working environments – with more walking, more small independent businesses, and preservation of architectural gems.
Connecticut Main Street Communities:
Barkhamsted
Bridgeport
Canaan
Cornwall
Danbury
Darien
Enfield
Glastonbury
Goshen
Hartford
Kent
Madison
Manchester
Meriden
Middletown
New Britain
New London
New Hartford
New Haven
New Milford
Norfolk
North Canaan
Niantic
Norwalk
Norwich
Putnam
Salisbury
Seymour
Sharon
Simsbury
Stamford
Storrs
Suffield
Torrington
Vernon
Wallingford
Waterbury
West Haven
Willimantic
Windsor
Windsor Locks
Winsted
Connecticut Main Street Center • PO Box 1344 • Avon CT, 06001 • 860.280.2337
Public Policy Partners
1000 Friends of ConnecticutConnecticut Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA)
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM)
Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST)
Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS)
Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC)
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
HomeConnecticut Campaign
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Partnership for Strong Communities
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Board of Directors 2010-2011
Shelly Saczynski, ChairDirector, Economic and Community Development
The United Illuminating Company
Professor Alan J. Plattus, Secretary
Director, Yale Urban Design Workshop
Yale School of Architecture
John Baker, Treasurer
Senior Vice President
Webster Bank
Timothy H. Coppage
Vice President-Housing Development (ret.)
CT Housing Finance Authority
David Grant
Senior Director, Business Intelligence Design
Travelers
Kim A. Healy
Executive Director
New Alliance Foundation
Sheila Hummel
Community Development Manager
State of CT DECD
Bernard Kavaler
Asst. Vice Chancellor, Public Affairs
CT State University System
Sara Kovacic
Business & Technology Analyst
The Hartford
Thomas E. Marano, CEcD
Business Development Consultant
Northeast Utilities
Calvin Price
VP, Director of Community Development
Liberty Bank
Robert W. Santy
President & CEO
CERC
David V. Sousa, R.L.A., A.I.C.P.
Landscape Architect and Urban Planner
CHA, LLP
Staff
John Simone
President & CEO
Phone: 860-280-2023
Kimberley Parsons-Whitaker
Associate Director
Phone: 860-280-2556
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