Community Corner
First Town Downtown Publishes ENews For September 7
Companies are giving them out as program prizes, employee incentives and holiday gifts.
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Farmers Market will be open from 3:00 – 6:30 PM each Thursday starting June 24 through October 21, 2021 at 240 Broad Street in Windsor Center.
This well-attended local marketplace in Windsor Center includes locally grown fruits, vegetables, baked goods, herbs, eggs, cheese, skincare products, candles and more. The below vendors may not be at the market every week.
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Vendors include:
Amazing Ackee
Beldotti Bakery
Blessed Creek
Busy Bee Farm
Elke's Short & Sweet
Evergreen Tree Service
Farms of Southern New England
Fanciful Flowers
Gragnolati’s Garlic Farm & Rowe's Garden Apiary
Grateful Paws
Ital Juicery Company
Little Acres Farm Market
OneSong Biscotti
The Bean 226
Samad Gardens Initiative LLC
A big thank you to our Market Partners!
Windsor Center Gift Cards
By gifting Windsor Center Gifts Card you'll :
- Delight your friends and family with the perfect gift
- Support the small businesses in Windsor Center
- Keep Windsor Center vibrant even during this awful pandemic
One gift card - lots of places to use it! Refillable Windsor Center Gift Cards make great gifts for friends, relatives, co-workers and employees, and for anyone that lives or works in central Connecticut. Companies are giving them out as program prizes, employee incentives and holiday gifts!
More shops and restaurants are being added to the list of places you can use Windsor Center Gift Cards! Here are a few:
Ace Hardware Windsor
James Selig Estate Jewelry & Antiques
Bart’s Drive In
Jordan Florist & Gifts
Dom’s Broad Street Eatery
PC Development Group
Family Pizzeria
The Bean @ 226
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The Blue Dragonfly
Geissler’s Supermarket
Union Street Tavern
Order your gift cards now! View the shops and restaurants that sell and accept Windsor center gift cards. Center businesses, get in on this exciting new program!
You can buy and spend cards at all participating businesses!
Nightmare on Broad Street
Sunday, October 31, 2021
5:30 - 7:30 pm
First Town Downtown and presenting sponsor Windsor Federal Savings are getting ready for “Nightmare on Broad Street”. There will be pictures for kids and families of themselves with a Halloween ghoul, a Halloween movie showing on a huge movie screen, hay rides and trick or treating for the youngsters! The evening’s festivities will take place from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. (Broad Street will be closed.)
For more information call
First Town Downtown at (860) 247-8982 or email info@firsttowndowntown.org
Windsor Businesses wish you a happy and safe Halloween!!
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Tick-borne Illness Support Group
Event: Tick-borne Illness Support Group
Dates: 1st & 3rd Saturdays
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: LP Wilson Community Center
Contact: Bonnie S Waterhouse
Tick-borne Illness Support Group
Voices Against Lyme Disease a 501(c)3, based in Windsor, CT is continuing their Support Group for those with a tick-borne illness or a family member and friends. This group meets on the first and third Saturday of every month and is free to anyone wishing to join us. We use strict COVID 19 guidelines for our meetings. In addition, to support discussions we also provide up to date research information on tick borne illnesses, awareness and prevention.
If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the President and Co-Founder, Bonnie S Waterhouse at 860-930-2446 at voicesagainstlymediseasect@gmail.com
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Windsor Walk of Light
Event: Windsor Walk of Light
Date: September 11th, 2021.
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Volunteers needed! Please click here for more information and to sign up: townofwindsorct.com/walk-of-light
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Town of Windsor will host a “Walk of Light” community remembrance ceremony on the historic Windsor Town Green at 7:00 PM on Saturday, September 11, 2021.
Approximately 3,000 paper luminary bags, one for each individual who lost their life on September 11, 2001, will line the sidewalks of the green. Each luminary bag has been inscribed with the name of a person who perished on 9/11. The bags will be illuminated with glow sticks at dusk.
A remembrance ceremony honoring our fallen heroes will be held from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Following the ceremony, those in attendance can stroll the town green until 9:00 PM to view the bags and reflect on the events of 9/11 in their own way. This is a free event and open to the public.
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Upcoming Events
10/21
Farmers Market
10/23
Tick-borne Illness Support Group
This press release was produced by First Town Downtown. The views expressed are the author's own.
