- 🌸 50th Anniversary Cherry Blossom Celebration! 🌸 Our beautiful Cherry Blossoms are about to pop around Wooster Square Park! The Wooster Square community will celebrate the blossoms on Sunday April 16 from 12noon to 4:30pm! There will be no parking along Academy Street and Wooster Place between 8am-5pm that day. Please look for no parking reminders on those streets - and please move your cars as early as possible. You can park on other streets in the neighborhood and at the Conte West Hills School parking lot at 511 Chapel Street across from Franklin Street.
- Mayor's Final Town Hall on the City Budget: Tonight, April 4 from 6-8pm - join the Mayor for a discussion of the proposed 2023-24 City Budget at the Conte West Hills School, 511 Chapel Street.
- Wooster Square Farmers' Market Open for Spring Season: The Wooster Square Farmers' Market is open once again for its outdoor spring season at its location at the Conte West Hills School parking lot on Saturdays from 9am-1pm.
- Panel Discussion: Local Responses to Climate Change: On Monday, April 17, 5:30-6:45pm at the Albertus Magnus College (Behan Community Room of the Hubert Campus Center, 831 Winchester Ave, New Haven, CT) and Live Streamed (RSVP below to receive the link). Although climate change is a global problem, facing it will require local solutions and creative adaptations. In this panel, government officials and non-profit leaders will discuss responses to climate change in New Haven. Sponsored by Albertus' Laudato Si' Action Team. Panelists will include: Steve Winter, Executive Director of Climate and Sustainability, City of New Haven; Lee Osorio, Executive Director, New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation; Christian Vick, Community Entrepreneurship Manager, Gather New Haven; Chris Schweitzer, Program Director, New Haven Climate Movement; and Molly Johnson, Master's of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of the Environment. RSVP here.
Enjoy the warm weather and blossoming blossoms 🌸🌸🌸
Sarah
Sarah B. Greenblatt
Wooster Square Watch
Wooster Square Watch brings together Wooster Square neighbors through sharing information to enhance public safety, address quality of life issues, and promote rewarding, neighborly relationships.
Numbers to Keep Handy: New Haven Police/Downtown/Wooster Square District Manager - CAR TOWED? Call City Non-Emergency Police Service - 203-946-6316 Public Works & Parks – 203-946-7700 (Pothole Repair, Recycling, Bulk Trash or Appliance Pick-Up; Park needs) Traffic & Parking - 203-946-8055 Livable City Initiative (LCI) – 203-946-7090 - Neighborhood Specialists to assist with anti-blight, property management concerns, graffiti (Downtown/Wooster Sq) |