Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wesley Village in Shelton to host 13th annual TEAM Festival of Trees, craft fair
SHELTON - The 13th Annual TEAM Festival of Trees and Wesley Village Craft Fair will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 at Wesley Village, 580 Long Hill Ave.
The event benefits Volunteer Caregivers at TEAM, Inc. and life-enriching programs for seniors at Wesley Village.
The two days include activities and fun for the whole family, including the viewing of beautifully decorated themed trees and wreaths donated by area businesses, organizations, and individuals.
Participants may buy raffle tickets for the chance to win any of the donated trees. All drawings will be held Nov. 20, at the close of the event. Winners do not need to be present.
The event also features a Holiday Craft Fair, with nearly 50 vendors offering a variety of unique gifts and handmade crafts.
A local photographer will be taking PHOTOS WITH SANTA from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. both days. Throughout both days there will also be a holiday bake sale and a variety of refreshments available from local food trucks.
Parking and shuttle service will be available at Long Hill Elementary School, with handicapped parking available at Wesley Village.
Please use the main entrance at Wesley Heights Assisted Living Community for this event. (Shuttle pick-up and drop-off will be coordinated at this entrance only.)
For more information, contact Silvia Paytas, 203-736-5420 x202 or for vendor information, contact the Office of Mission Development at Wesley Village, 203-925-4952.
TEAM, Inc. provides supportive services to over 5,000 low and moderate-income families in the lower Naugatuck Valley region and Milford.
Located in Derby, TEAM programming assists socially and economically vulnerable families to meet their basic needs and become more self-sufficient. Services reach all sectors of the community through affordable child development, elderly nutrition, asset development, housing crisis avoidance, energy assistance and senior supports.
For more information, visit www.teaminc.org.
The Wesley Village Campus provides a continuum of relationship-centered care: award-winning assisted/independent living at Crosby Commons, specialized assisted living and memory care at Lifestyle Transitions, independent living cottages at Wesley Heights, five-star rated skilled nursing care and short-term rehab at Bishop Wicke Health and Rehabilitation Center, and outpatient therapy and fitness services at The Wellness Center.
The campus is owned and operated by United Methodist Homes, a local, mission-based, not-for-profit organization serving all members of the community.
The campus is located at 580 Long Hill Ave.
To learn more about the continuum of care offered at Wesley Village or the mission of UMH, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org.
This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.
The campus is located at 580 Long Hill Ave.
To learn more about the continuum of care offered at Wesley Village or the mission of UMH, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org.
This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.
Seymour Congregational Church slates Snowflake Fair in November
SEYMOUR - Members of Seymour Congregational Church, 45 Broad St., are planning their 28th Annual Snowflake Fair Nov. 19.
The fair features approximately 30 craft and specialty vendor tables, a raffle room, Christmas Treasures Room, baked goods table, boutique, kids craft area on the stage, and breakfast and lunch in the Snowflake Cafe.
This information is shared from a Facebook event page.
Treasured Time to host holiday shopping, wine tasting event in Seymour
SEYMOUR - Treasured Time invites the community to find the perfect gift and/or the perfect wine with two fundraisers Nov. 17 at The Inn at Villa Bianca, 312 Roosevelt Drive.
Treasured Time’s fourth annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza will take place from 5-9 p.m., and will be “paired” with the Wines Around the World Wine Tasting & Buying Event from 6-8:30 p.m.
The Holiday Shopping Extravaganza will feature more than 40 vendors.
Attendees pay a $5 donation entrance fee and will be entered into a raffle for incredible prizes.
The evening will include a visit from Santa from 5:15-8:15 p.m., a free gift wrap table, cash bar, and DJ Phyllis Kaplan from Lone Wolf Productions spinning tunes to spread the holiday spirit.
Attendees pay a $5 donation entrance fee and will be entered into a raffle for incredible prizes.
The evening will include a visit from Santa from 5:15-8:15 p.m., a free gift wrap table, cash bar, and DJ Phyllis Kaplan from Lone Wolf Productions spinning tunes to spread the holiday spirit.
The Wines Around the World event will feature a variety of wines from different countries, appetizers, and desserts. Tickets are available with a $40 donation ($70 for two) and include access to the Holiday Shopping Extravaganza.
Attendees who place a wine order at the event will be entered in a raffle to win a wine basket donated by Valley Discount Wine & Liquor.
For every case purchased, mixed cases included, there will be a 15 percent discount and Treasured Time will receive an additional $10 donation. Wines cannot be guaranteed ready for pickup before Thanksgiving.
Wine tasting attendees will also have the chance to bid on unique silent auction items and participate in a special Wine Pull Game which features wrapped “mystery” bottles of wine for $10.
Paula Pettinella will perform live music, homemade cupcakes with a boozy twist will be available from Sugar and Spice Cupcakes, and Mark Mirabella, Jr., LMT, will provide chair massages.
Paula Pettinella will perform live music, homemade cupcakes with a boozy twist will be available from Sugar and Spice Cupcakes, and Mark Mirabella, Jr., LMT, will provide chair massages.
The wine tasting event is in partnership with Donna Pace at Gathering Harvest.
For more information about the Holiday Shopping Extravaganza or the Wines from Around the World Tasting/Buying event, contact Jenn at 203-446-1068, jenn@treasuredtime.org or visit Treasured Time on Facebook.
Proceeds will benefit Treasured Time, Inc., a Connecticut-based 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to grant the wishes of parents with life threatening illnesses who want to create a lasting memory with their children.
With your help, Treasured Time, Inc. can provide families with the “Gift of Moments.”
With your help, Treasured Time, Inc. can provide families with the “Gift of Moments.”
To see how you can help us make a difference, visit us at www.treasuredtime.org.
This is a press release from Treasured Time.
2nd Downtown Now! workshop slated Wednesday in Derby
DERBY - The City of Derby is inviting residents to the second public workshop of Downtown Now!
Derby’s Blueprint for Progress.
The workshop, Community Choices, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at The Ballroom, 33 Elizabeth St.
The Community Choices Workshop follows the successful Community Voices Workshop held Sept. 22.
More than 100 residents, business owners, and other stakeholders attended the September event to voice their opinions about downtown Derby as it exists now and how they would like to see it in the future.
“Community Choices is a critical meeting,” said Mayor Anita Dugatto. “It’s where we begin the process of reconciling the ideas we collected at the Community Voices Workshop with the realities of the redevelopment site.”
The redevelopment site encompasses nearly 14 acres of publically and privately held land on the south side of Main Street in downtown Derby.
The community’s ideas will be measured against land use, economic, and infrastructure conditions with the help of the consulting firm DPZ Partners and its project team.
DPZ Partners was selected to lead Downtown Now! through a Request for Proposal process. The project is fully funded by a grant from Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
“The activities that will be conducted at the Community Choices Workshop will enable us to to create an implementable development plan that is in sync with the vision of Derby’s residents,” Dugatto said.
The workshop will consist of several segments.
The workshop, Community Choices, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at The Ballroom, 33 Elizabeth St.
The Community Choices Workshop follows the successful Community Voices Workshop held Sept. 22.
More than 100 residents, business owners, and other stakeholders attended the September event to voice their opinions about downtown Derby as it exists now and how they would like to see it in the future.
“Community Choices is a critical meeting,” said Mayor Anita Dugatto. “It’s where we begin the process of reconciling the ideas we collected at the Community Voices Workshop with the realities of the redevelopment site.”
The redevelopment site encompasses nearly 14 acres of publically and privately held land on the south side of Main Street in downtown Derby.
The community’s ideas will be measured against land use, economic, and infrastructure conditions with the help of the consulting firm DPZ Partners and its project team.
DPZ Partners was selected to lead Downtown Now! through a Request for Proposal process. The project is fully funded by a grant from Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
“The activities that will be conducted at the Community Choices Workshop will enable us to to create an implementable development plan that is in sync with the vision of Derby’s residents,” Dugatto said.
The workshop will consist of several segments.
It will start with a summary of the ideas collected at the Community Voices Workshop.
At the September workshop, participants mapped places downtown they liked and disliked; then they brainstormed on different development opportunities that could improve downtown and ultimately the entire city.
3 presentations
The Community Choices Workshop will then continue with three presentations by the DPZ team:
1.) challenges posed by the redevelopment site;
2.) demographic and economic forces at play; and
3.) infrastructure conditions.
“One of the most important tasks we have is to help Derby residents refine their vision so that it is implementable,” said Marina Khoury, DPZ’s team leader. “To do this, we will ask participants to address any discrepancies between their vision and the realities. From there, we will have them establish preferences and set priorities.”
Each of the presentations will be followed by a question and answer session that will use electronic keypads to record responses. The electronic keypads provide instant feedback - the results of each question will be projected on to a screen within seconds.
“By the end of the evening, we will have a good idea of where we are going from here. That will set the stage for the next step of the process: design,” Khoury said.
Following the Community Choices Workshop, public engagement for Downtown Now! will continue with the Derby Charrette. The charrette is an intensive design activity involving all members of the DPZ team.
As planners design and develop alternatives, the public will have several opportunities, through drop-in sessions and formal presentations, to weigh-in and help shape the redevelopment plan.
The City of of Derby has appointed a citizen Advisory Committee to guide the development of the plan. Advisory Committee members include: Shane Mangado, Jack Walsh, Christian Meagher, Jim Gildea, Christina DiMartino, Natasha Kelly, Virginia Russo, Willetta Capelle, Beth Colette, and Sarah Widomski.
With offices in Miami and Washington, D.C., DPZ Partners is one of the country’s preeminent urban design and planning firms, having designed over 400 new and existing communities in the U.S. and abroad.
For Downtown Now! DPZ Partners has joined forces with CDM Smith who will provide infrastructure and environmental engineering support; The Williams Group who will conduct market analysis to determine what the market can support, develop, and finance; Urban 3 who will analyze the tax revenue implication of proposed alternatives; Gianni Longo and Associates who will lead public engagement; New Haven-based Robert Orr Associates who will focus on the unique character of Derby’s urbanism and architecture; and Good Earth Advisors (GEA), also based in Connecticut, who will assist with community outreach and act as a local liaison.
This is a press release from Mayor Dugatto's office.
At the September workshop, participants mapped places downtown they liked and disliked; then they brainstormed on different development opportunities that could improve downtown and ultimately the entire city.
3 presentations
The Community Choices Workshop will then continue with three presentations by the DPZ team:
1.) challenges posed by the redevelopment site;
2.) demographic and economic forces at play; and
3.) infrastructure conditions.
“One of the most important tasks we have is to help Derby residents refine their vision so that it is implementable,” said Marina Khoury, DPZ’s team leader. “To do this, we will ask participants to address any discrepancies between their vision and the realities. From there, we will have them establish preferences and set priorities.”
Each of the presentations will be followed by a question and answer session that will use electronic keypads to record responses. The electronic keypads provide instant feedback - the results of each question will be projected on to a screen within seconds.
“By the end of the evening, we will have a good idea of where we are going from here. That will set the stage for the next step of the process: design,” Khoury said.
Following the Community Choices Workshop, public engagement for Downtown Now! will continue with the Derby Charrette. The charrette is an intensive design activity involving all members of the DPZ team.
As planners design and develop alternatives, the public will have several opportunities, through drop-in sessions and formal presentations, to weigh-in and help shape the redevelopment plan.
The City of of Derby has appointed a citizen Advisory Committee to guide the development of the plan. Advisory Committee members include: Shane Mangado, Jack Walsh, Christian Meagher, Jim Gildea, Christina DiMartino, Natasha Kelly, Virginia Russo, Willetta Capelle, Beth Colette, and Sarah Widomski.
With offices in Miami and Washington, D.C., DPZ Partners is one of the country’s preeminent urban design and planning firms, having designed over 400 new and existing communities in the U.S. and abroad.
For Downtown Now! DPZ Partners has joined forces with CDM Smith who will provide infrastructure and environmental engineering support; The Williams Group who will conduct market analysis to determine what the market can support, develop, and finance; Urban 3 who will analyze the tax revenue implication of proposed alternatives; Gianni Longo and Associates who will lead public engagement; New Haven-based Robert Orr Associates who will focus on the unique character of Derby’s urbanism and architecture; and Good Earth Advisors (GEA), also based in Connecticut, who will assist with community outreach and act as a local liaison.
This is a press release from Mayor Dugatto's office.