Middletown Residents Named to Connecticut's 40 Under 40

Every year, Connecticut Magazine releases its Top 40 Under 40 list, featuring philanthropists, artists, athletes, educators and entrepreneurs. Each person is nominated by friends, family, colleagues, fans and editors of the magazine.

Two of Middletown’s finest received recognition by Connecticut Magazine, in its February 2015 edition.

Bobbye Knoll Peterson

Bobbye Knoll Peterson, 37, is the executive director at North End Action Team of Middletown. She is a champion for Middletown’s North End and created successful programs, including a farmers’ market and a gun buy-back — the city’s first one, Connecticut Magazine reports.

She is a mother to three of her own children but a cultural caregiver to many more. She works with Middletown’s Oddfellows Playhouse, on an outreach program for at-risk youth.

About Neat

“Many of the problems facing the North End are not unusual for urban neighborhoods but that doesn’t mean that the neighborhood should be passive,” the NEAT website notes in its “About” section. “If the North End neighborhood is to be a healthy neighborhood it must have good housing for its residents, standards of public safety that encourage children and families to feel safe and thrive, a Main Street that has vitality, and a population of residents and business owners who work collaboratively and actively to ensure that the quality of life on Main Street, above Main Street, and behind Main Street is positive.”

Joey Logano

Joey Logano, 24, is a NASCAR driver. He began racing at a young age in Connecticut.

“Last year was the best year of Logano’s ascendant NASCAR career — he set personal bests with five wins, 16 top-five finishes and 22 top-ten finishes, and was in the hunt for the Sprint Cup Championship until his No. 22 slipped off a jack during a pit stop with only 17 laps remaining in the final race, putting him 4th overall for the title,” Connecticut Magazine wrote.

Visit Connecticut Magazine to read the complete list of 40 Under 40.

From the Archives

• Middletown Native NASCAR Driver Joey Logano Surprises Fans
• The Joey Logano Foundation Donates $35,885 to The Connection in Hometown Showdown Event
• Middletown’s Own Joey Logano, NASCAR Driver, to Sign Autographs

Photo Credit: North End Action Team Facebook Page; Patch Archives