Retail Social Media Marketing Forum | March 16
The City of New Haven's Livable City Initiative, Department of Economic Development in collaboration with Town Green District cordially invite you to attend this very important meeting designed especially with you and your business in mind.
Thursday, March 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
City of Ne Haven Hall of Records, 200 Orange Street | Ground Floor Meeting Room
Call Carmen at 203-410-6527 to RSVP |
Download flyer for details.
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
The Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM. Town Green ambassadors will be staffing the Family Fun Zone, assisting with downtown directions and providing post-parade clean up.
Families with young children are encouraged to come down to the New Haven Green at the corner of Elm St. and Church St. from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM on parade day to reserve a space in the Stroller Parking Zone on Church St., enjoy live entertainment, face painting, games, local food truck fare and more!
Important Information:
The Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, New Haven Police Department, and Town Green are working diligently to ensure that parade day is a great day! Public drinking and open container enforcement will be a priority focus for security forces downtown and along the parade route.
Please see the following street closures and times.
- Downtown New Haven Street Closure Locations and Times:
- Norton St- George St. to Edgewood Av
- Derby Ave- Norton St to Chapel St
- Winthrop Ave- George St. to Edgewood Av
- Sherman Ave- George St to Edgewood Av
- Chapel St- Church to College (1:00pm)
- Chapel St- College to Ella Grasso Blvd
- Church St- Chapel to Grove St (6:00am)
- Grove St- Church St to Orange St.
- Elm St- Temple to Church St (6:00am)
For more information on the parade, visit the
website.
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Fence along Kresge Lot
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Elm City Mosaic
Town Green was awarded a Creative Place Making Grant for the Elm City Mosaic project from Springboard for the Arts & International Downtown Association.
Town Green has enlisted the help of Michael Pavano and his class of students from New Light High School to plan, create and install a mural of colored tiles on fencing at the Kresge Parking Lot on lower Chapel Street. Installation is scheduled for May.
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image via InfoNewHaven. |
February Foot Traffic
The pedestrian counts for February 2017 have just been released.
From January 30 to February 26, a total of 244,322 visitors were counted. This brings the year's total to 435,443.
The busiest day during this time period was Friday, February 24 with a headcount of 12,615. Winter Storm Niko on February 9 accounted for the lowest footfalls of 3,792.
Counters are located at Chapel & High Sts. and Orange Street at B Cafe, Reynolds Fine Art and Ferrucci's.
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The State of Retail 2017
In-store shopping is far from dead - in fact, it's using online shopping to its advantage, and consumers can look forward to new, innovative shopping experiences in the future.
That's one of the key findings of the TimeTrade 2017 State of Retail survey report.
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Daniel Fitzmaurice is the new executive director of Arts Council of Greater New Haven.
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Brian Monahan is omnivorous. As an artist, he's a video editor, drawer, painter and sculptor.
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Even with bookcases set into the edges, the Beer Collective doesn't look like a classroom.
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Basta Trattoria New Owners
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Meet "Chef du Jour" Eduardo Saldana Pena, 31, chef and co-owner of Basta Trattoria at 1006 Chapel St. in New Haven.
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