Whitneyville.org is the website of the Whitneyville Civic Association (WCA), a neighborhood association which provides residents and business owners in the Whitneyville community with a voice in civic matters concerning our neighborhood.
We organize to maintain and promote the unique social, ecological and historic character of Whitneyville. Members and friends of the WCA meet 6 times each year to share ideas and hear about issues affecting our neighborhood.
Our next WCA meeting will be onWednesday November 12th 2008, 7:00 p.m. - Bring a neighbor!
Food Drive for the Hamden Food Bank
Please bring any non-perishable donations to the meeting so that we might help to replenish the empty shelves at the Food Bank.
Pictured above are the winners of the WCA March 2008 gardening raffle. Pictured left to right are Mike Gambino, John Proto, Dan Kazienko and Michael Ross. Dan Kazienko was the winner
of a tree, and the others won bulbs!
At the September 2007 WCA meeting, residents of Whitneyville committed to bring food the Whitneyville Civic Association meetings to be donated to the Hamden Food Pantry. At the January 9th meeting, more food was received for the Pantry. To date over 20 bags of non-perishable foods have been donated by the Whitneyville Civic Association. All residents of Whitneyville are invited to join the association and attend meetings. Meetings occur every other month beginning in January on the second Wednesday of the month. The next WCA meeting will be on March 12th at Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Dr.
Photo of Whitneyville Civic Association members
Bottom left to right: Mike Gambino, Lane Driscoll
Top left to right: Muriel Garvey, Kelly McCarthy, Kellyann Day
For additional information, contact us at info@whitneyville.org The Whitneyville Civic Association
P.O. Box 6031
Hamden, CT 06517
Regarding the Connecticut City and Town Development Act Referendum on the November Ballot
The Connecticut City and Town Development Act was adopted by the State Legislature in 1975 to allow municipalities facing economic distress to stimulate economic development. Under this Act, the Town of Hamden will be able to sell bonds to acquire, develop and operate property and to lend private parties money to develop land acquired under the Act. The Act will allow the Town of Hamden to do the following:
* To acquire property, but not by eminent domain; * To lease property it acquires and develops to an occupant and use the lease payments to cover property management costs and repay the bonds sold to acquire and develop the property; * The Town must treat the bonds as special obligations, which means that its liability for the bonds doesn’t extend to any other municipal fund or property. It may create a capital reserve fund to back the bonds, but it must be approved by a referendum if 5% of the voters petition for one within 30 days after the legislative body adopts the resolution authorizing the bond sale; * To lend money to private parties developing or operating property acquired under the act. It may do so only if a party cannot obtain a bank loan under comparable terms and conditions; * It may exempt the property it acquired and owns under the act from property taxes for up to 20 years and require the occupants to make payments in lieu of these taxes.
As news of this referendum became available, the Whitneyville Civic Association (WCA) worked with Dale Kroop of the Economic Development Department with input from attorney David Panico (of Robinson/Cole who is the Bond Council for the Town) to create this Q & A piece. Please note, that this is NOT an endorsement or rejection of the upcoming referendum, rather it is our attempt clarify for the residents of Whitneyville, as best we can, the issues surrounding this important referendum.
The 2008 Whitneyville Church ornament being sold by the Friends of Brooksvale Park.
HAMDEN'S 2008 DATED ANNUAL COLLECTIBLE PEWTER ORNAMENT HAS ARRIVED!
Friends of Brooksvale Park, Inc. (FOB) presents the Whitneyville United Church of Christ as the eighteenth in a series of dated and collectible, pewter holiday ornaments featuring Hamden landmarks and institutions.Crafted in Connecticut by Woodbury Pewterers this lovely, quality ornament comes in a plastic keepsake box perfect for gift-giving during the holiday season.For only $10 each you can be assured that all proceeds from the sale of the ornament go to Brooksvale Park.FOB, a non-profit "Friends" group is dedicated to enhancing the public's experience at the park through educational programming and physical improvements. Fundraising - such as the annual ornament sale - helps FOB accomplish these goals.
The ornaments will be on sale at the Parks & Recreation office at Hamden's Government Center on Dixwell Ave. during normal business hours.Cash or check (drawn on local bank) made out to "FOB, Inc."will be accepted.
For more information about FOB and to see photos of past year's ornaments still available,
visit their website at brooksvale.org/ornamentphotos.htm
