Since its founding in 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to raise the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world.
For nearly 3 decades, Bart Busterna’s Sports Reports have been a staple of WLAD. The recipient of numerous broadcast awards from the Associated Press as well as U.P.I., Bart is the long-time voice of Western Ct. State Football and a member of the Colonial’s Athletic Hall of Fame. During his career he has also handled play-by-play duties for Fordham and Fairfield University basketball… New Britain Red Sox and Danbury Westerners baseball… Professional boxing… and various high school sports. You can catch Bart’s Blog on the WLAD sports page and email him at bart@wlad.com. URL:WLAD Contact Name: Bart Basterna Email:bart@wlad.com
City Of Danbury
The Parks and Recreation Department offers extensive programming opportunities for all Danbury residents. The young and the young at heart are encouraged to regularly participate in recreational activities or enjoy our leisure facilities. Our park maintainers work diligently every day to guarantee every facility is maintained and manicured to ensure optimum use of that playing surface, whether it is for a game or practice session. Parks staff also maintains 101 other sites at public places and schools throughout the city, planting flowers, pruning shrubs, trimming trees and mowing and trimming grass.
The City of Danbury has 1,381 acres designated for park and recreational use distributed as follows: 884 acres of special use parks, 256 acres of natural resource areas and 186 acres of city parks. The Parks & Recreation Department also oversees 55 acres of land at 15 schools for playground and sporting use.
The Parks and Recreation Department sponsors summer programs, which include Red Cross swimming lessons with an Adaptive Swim Program for children with special needs, a four-week Summer Playground Program for elementary school students and a four-week Safe Summer Program for middle school students. These programs have given over 650 children in our community an opportunity to participate in summer fun and learning while visiting many of Danbury’s resources such as Tarrywile Park, The Danbury Historical Museum, Lake Candlewood, Lake Kenosia and our spray parks.
The Recreation Department, in conjunction with Paracare International, administers the new Danbury Community Garden located on Miry Brook Road. Each year we plan on renting 10 plots to city residents at a minimal fee for the summer growing season.
The mission of the HVSOC is to promote, coordinate and host sporting events and activities that have a positive impact on the region’s economy and quality of life, and serve as an advocate for the area’s sports industry and organizations.
The organization is an IRS 501 (c) (6) approved non profit all volunteer Board of Directors Organization, comprised of former HVTC officials, corporate and athletic professionals. Additionally, they represent a cross section of the area communities.
HV Sports 10 Town Region includes Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, and Sherman.
To meet our Mission Statement and continue the HVTC Legacy, the organization has a $90,000 Annual Budget. Our funding sources include Corporate Sponsorships, Individual Memberships and Fundraising Events.
Promoting and Revitalizing Danbury's Historic Downtown
The Danbury Downtown Special Services District, more commonly known and doing business as, CityCenter Danbury was established in 1988 by a vote of downtown property owners. The one square-mile district in the heart of downtown Danbury includes 215 parcels owned by 150 property owners who pay a modest special assessment over and above their regular real estate property taxes. These special tax revenues generate about of $170,000 annually that is earmarked for downtown revitalization programs, special services and capital improvements.
CityCenter Danbury is a body politic and corporate under the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 105a (as amended) and the code of Ordinances of Danbury, CT under Chapter XIXB. CityCenter Danbury is run by a twelve-member Board of Commissioners elected by the downtown property owners, their Manager and her part-time staff. The District is concerned with any issue that pertains to the improvements of the physical and economic environment of the downtown. As a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Connecticut Main Street Center, CityCenter Danbury follows the four (4) principles of Design, Organization, Promotion, and Economic Restructuring to further the ongoing revitalization of downtown Danbury.
CityCenter Danbury works on such issues as parking, marketing and promotion, special events, business recruitment, security, streetscape improvements and maintenance. To further the goals of CityCenter Danbury, the Danbury Downtown Council is the second business organization that is part of CityCenter's working plan to implement the district's special events and promotion programs. These include the CityCenter Summer Series Concerts on the Green, The Taste of Greater Danbury, the CityCenter Farmers' Market at Kennedy Park, Halloween on the Green, and the annual 'Light the Lights' Holiday Lighting program.
CityCenter Danbury works in partnership with the City of Danbury, the Northwest Connecticut Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city office of Economic Development, and teh Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance to enhance and promote CityCenter Danbury as the downtown destination and urban core for arts, culture, and entertainment in the Greater Danbury and Housatonic Valley area. This collaboration has resulted in downtown Danbury for the second year in a row being named the host city for the highly-acclaimed Connecticut Film Festival, creating a signature event for CityCenter Danbury and helping to establish it as the premiere downtown district in western Connecticut.
Our organization's web site is a great way to publicize what Danbury Youth Baseball represents.
It serves as a tool to inform members of current events, news and goings-on within the organization as well as attracting a broader audience.
This site is our voice to all members, creating a better sense of community amongst those involved or connected with DYB.
The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce was created to promote a business environment that sustains economic vitality, promotes economic development and enhances the appeal to locate and conduct and grow businesses in the Greater Danbury Area.
The Chamber will accomplish its purpose by fostering good business practices and community involvement, contributing to quality of life and helping to create a diversity of educational, cultural and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Welcome to the Danubury Museum & Historical Society
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Inc. was formed in 1947 to acquire, preserve, exhibit and interpret New England's past; focusing particularly on the heritage of Danbury. Situated in downtown Danbury, the museum preserves the John and Mary Rider House (c. 1785), the Dodd Hat Shop (c. 1790), the Marian Anderson Studio, and the Charles Ives Birthplace. Huntington Hall, a modern exhibit building, contains the museum offices and a research library.
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a private museum chartered by the State of Connecticut. The Museum is not owned by the City of Danbury but does get support from the city. It gets a little less than 17% of its operating budget in the form of a grant from the City of Danbury.
Much of its collection was acquired during the extensive travels of wealthy industrialist John Fanton and his second wife Laura Scott. The many artifacts they brought back from Europe, Asia, and the Americas were initially exhibited in a museum which opened in their home on Deer Hill Avenue in 1921 following their deaths.
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society has evolved out of efforts to preserve endangered historic properties. One of the city's oldest structures, the Rider House on Main Street, would have been demolished in 1941 to make way for a gas station had it not been for the intervention of concerned citizens (including the Mary Wooster DAR Chapter). After raising money to purchase this property, these citizens founded the Danbury Historical and Arts Center.
When a merger was formed in 1947 between the Scott-Fanton Museum and the Danbury Historical and Arts Center, the collection was transferred to the Main Street property. During the 1950's and 60's, the museum acquired the John Dodd Shop, the Ward House, the Charles Ives birthplace and erected Huntington Hall where many of its exhibits have been displayed.
In recent years the museum has concentrated more on highlighting and preserving local history and on providing a rich diversity of programs: the annual Charles Ives celebrations, History in the Making summer activities for children, displays of children's art, Women in Danbury History, the Danbury in World War II display, and the Hydro on the Housatonic exhibit to name a few.
In 2004, the Museum was thrilled to have added the Marian Anderson Studio to its collection. Famed opera singer Marian Anderson lived in Danbury for over 50 years. The studio was formerly situated on her Marianna Farm in the Joe's Hill section. It was moved to the Main Street campus of the museum in 1999. Restoration of the studio was completed in early 2004.
Recognized as the Premier Summer College Development League in the World, the New England Collegiate Baseball League is a "Pro-prospect League" funded in part by Major League Baseball. With robust partnerships with college coaches, pro scouts and 12 New England communities, the NECBL showcases the world's elite college baseball players with a 45 game schedule including annual games with Team USA, International all-star touring teams and the US Military All Stars.
