prospect ct activities: What Makes Prospect CT A Fine Place to Call Home? Part 2
- 09/25/23 10:03 AM
What Makes Prospect CT A Fine Place to Call Home? Part 2 Prospect CT is blessed to have services that are often the envy of some of the neighboring towns. The house that was once the home for the Hotchkiss family farm is now the towns' museum. The farmland itself is now a town recreation area and almost at the town center. The land is level and affords activities such as baseball, soccer, walking/running tracks; basketball courts; volleyball; in season ice skating, and a large playscape for kids with a gateway titled Field of Dreams. Behind town hall are tennis courts that are also … (9 comments)
prospect ct activities: What Makes Prospect CT A Fine Place to Call Home? Part 1
- 09/19/23 09:57 AM
What Makes Prospect CT A Fine Place to Call Home? The residents of Prospect CT enjoy a quality of life that is unique and different than the residents of surrounding towns. While enjoying a simple non-commercial town, there are many pleasantries enjoyed that come to be enjoyed by neighboring town's residents.
First, Prospect CT was established in 1827 and is located in the Northwest corner of New Haven county surrounded by Bethany, Waterbury, Cheshire, and Naugatuck. The town is 5 miles long and 4 miles wide with a population of approximately 9,959 as of the year 2020. The town has been recognized by Money magazine as … (9 comments)
prospect ct activities: Why We Enjoy Our Special Town of Prospect CT
- 02/28/23 05:10 PM
Why We Enjoy Our Special Town of Prospect CT Prospect CT is a town of App 10,000 residents located in New Haven County. It is as typical a small town as can be found in Connecticut. Once given the distinction by Money Magazine as one of the top 300 towns in the Nation, it has since adopted the title of Best small town in CT. This was based on quality of life, services to residents, average income of the families and the school systems. It is predominately a residential community whose residents commute to the nearby towns. It has a well-recognized Regional school … (10 comments)
prospect ct activities: Prospect CT Pumpkin Festival Oct 9, 2021
- 10/05/21 06:25 AM
Prospect CT Pumpkin Festival Oct 9, 2021 It's time for the pumpkins to be featured in Prospect CT once again. Every year except last year, the town sponsors a challenge for the elementary school children to decorate a pumpkin to be judged for style and originality. To highlight the challenge there is an all day party on the center green with all manner of activities. There will be music for the ears, a competition for rolling hay balls, A maze made from burlap fencing and the rows upon rows of judged pumpkins In the even of rain, the festival will be held on … (13 comments)
prospect ct activities: The Prospect CT Christmas Tree Burning is Cancelled
- 01/07/21 09:45 AM
The Prospect CT Christmas Tree Burning is Cancelled Due to COVID-19 restrictions the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department won’t be hosting its annual Christmas tree bonfire due. Residents can still drop off their Christmas trees for the department to burn. The fire department will burn the trees as part of a training exercise at an unannounced time.
In the past the fire department has burned Christmas trees in a bonfire in January on the field across from the Prospect Community Center on Center Street, and people are invited to attend and roast some marshmallows provided by the town. Due to limits on gatherings, the … (10 comments)
prospect ct activities: Children's Fishing Derby in Prospect CT April 16, 2016
- 04/13/16 06:11 AM
Saturday, April 16, the Town of Prospect CT will once again sponsor their annual fishing derby at the pond at McGrath Park, behind town hall. This past year, the pond was drained and cleaned out of all the weeds and deepened so it will make for a better day for the kids as well as the other anglers later.
The weather should be ideal and as there have been a few people enjoying the fishing so far this spring, it should be ready for the kids. Cone on out and watch the joy on their faces as they pull on those poles.
The Pumpkins Are Here! The Pumpkins are Here The pumpkins will be ready for buying on Sat Oct 3 for the 6th St Anthony's Pumpkin Patch
Hours: Weekdays 3 PM to 6 PM Weekends 10 AM to 6 PM The Patch will be open through Oct 31, All Hallow's Eve!!! Some of the events that will take place are exchange of pumpkin recipes; a bounce house; frisbee golf; and a scarecrow contest. A full schedule of events and entertainment can be found on the Prospect Pumpkin Patch web site. The proceeds of the sales from the Prospect Pumpkin Patch will … (14 comments)
prospect ct activities: Helping Kids Play Football Recycling Cans and Bottles in Prospect CT
- 07/16/15 08:26 AM
For the benefit of the Woodland Touchdown Club Here in Prospect CT, the Woodland high School Football Team will hold a recycling drive for cans and bottles on Saturday July 18. The proceeds will go toward their costs of travel, etc for their games and practices. Several groups collect recyclables a few times a year, and we always save our cans and bottles just for these drives. With 6 months worth of empties in various oversized plastic bags, I will load up the car and drive to the parking lot of St Anthony's church in the center of town. There the volunteers will gladly … (4 comments)
It's time for the summer concerts on the Green in Prospect CT. Through Aug 19. every Wednesday evening starting at 7 PM the music on the green will be presented.
The music is partially funded by a grant from the Connecticut Community Foundation. Here is the schedule of performers:
July 1 Steppin' Out July 8 The Survivors (7 piece swing band) July 15 CJ West and the Downtown Train July 22 Vincent Ingala July 29 Simply Swing Aug 5 River Mud Aug 12 Credence Fogetherty Aug 19 E2 The Eagles Tribute Band
A few years ago, Money magazine honored Prospect CT as one of it's top 300 small towns in the country. This was based on quality of life, services to residents, average income of the families and the school systems. There are so many things that people take for granted in their communities, especially when it is a large city or town that offers so many options. In a small town of 9,600 residents it could be very easy to venture into the neighboring larger towns for diversions. It does happen … (12 comments)
Prospect CT has been our home for 20 years. We selected this town because of its convenience to getting to the highways needed for our work commute. One to Hartford CT and the other to New Haven CT. The town was established in 1827 and is surrounded by Bethany, Waterbury, Cheshire and Naugatuck. The population of the town was recorded at 9,405 for the 2012 census and has carried the distinction as one of Money's top 300 towns. The residents of Prospect CT are proud to call themselves "The Best Small Town in Connecticut".
At 9:30 AM, the Prospect Congregational Church will hold its Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. All children are invited to attend. Children will decorate eggs and make a craft. The Easter Bunny will also have an egg hunt. Children need to bring their own baskets for the eggs they collect. This event will be held rain or shine, and is sponsored by the Evening Women's Association and the Hospitality and Fellow Ship Committee of the Church.
AT 11:00 AM, on … (10 comments)
prospect ct activities: Prospect CT Halloween Pumpkin Festival 2014
- 10/22/14 05:27 AM
Prospect's 11th Annual Halloween Pumpkin Festival Oct 25, 2014 It's time again for the judging, the hay roll, the maze and the fun at the Pumpkin Festival in Prospect CT. The town green will have the rows of decorated pumpkins again lined up with the judges ribbons attached.
Music will fill the air and a great time should be had by all. In addition to the same events that have been consistent with the event and brought so much entertainment last year's event, this year there are 2 new additions: A Haunted Hay Ride, and a Photo Booth. The fun … (14 comments)
The Prospect CT public library is resuming it's Chess for Children program, starting on Monday, January 27 and running on very Monday through March 31. The program will run from 2:45 PM to 4:45 pm and is open for all kids from age 8 to 18. The Prospect CT Library is located at 17 Center St Prospect CT 203-758-3001
Chess is a challenging game and does help to develop the mind as it requires thinking beyond the immediate. It's also good to have kids doing something other than an interactive computer game. Registration is required … (5 comments)
Fencing, Competitive Fencing, Tennis, ARC Lifesaving classes, Swimming Not to mention a variety of daily activities such as Lego days, space days, all scheduled throughout the summer.
Adults need not feel left out; however as there are also activities planned for the bigger kids as well like Yoga, Cardio fitness, a golf league, softball, and Zumba.
All applicants for youth programs must fill out an application and it also requires the … (6 comments)
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What Makes Prospect CT A Fine Place to Call Home? Part 2
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