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Friends Center for Children has available preschool slots for 3-5 year-olds. Friends Center for Children is an early childhood education center providing year-round, full-time care for children ages 3 months to 5 years. Friends Center for Children recently received School Readiness slots for the 2013-2014 school year. Families looking for a high quality preschool experience should call the center immediately at 203-468-1966.

The Friends Center offers a child-centered, hands-on…

St James Church has office space available for rent to non-profit organizations.

To see our newly remodeled area located at 62 East Grand Avenue in the Fairhaven Heights section of New…

Watch neighborkids lead an exploration of the Sarasota (FL) Central-Cocoanut neighborhood on this year’s Jane’s Walk, a walking tour conducted around the world the first weekend in May to honor community-building visionary Jane Jacobs by getting people out exploring their neighborhoods and meeting their neighbors.…

The Chatham Square area of New Haven reminds me of the first neighborhood that I grew up in (minus the hills we had in Asheville):  wood-frame, working-class houses, with some duplexes, on tree-lined streets.  Modest, yet architecturally sturdy and proud.  My old neighborhood has seen its ups and downs since back in the day, and so has Chatham Square...

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Third floor apartment that is ready to be rented. It is a beautiful two bedroom, owner occupied. Chatham Square neighborhood. It is a must see!!!! Contact Robert Roberts @ 203-376-9399 for more information as well as a tour, you'll be glad you did. 

This debate is Tuesday, the day before our monthly neighborhood meeting. The focus is on neighborhoods.

Safe Streets Safe Neighborhoods Mayoral Debate 6pm 7/16 Metro Business Academy#nhv street safety, neighborhood economic development and resident quality of life. Come learn the position and ideas of the…

This week, Mary Wade acquired the property at 146 Clinton Avenue.  We are evaluating the best use for this property in relationship to the project that the City of New Haven Board of Zoning Appeals approved a few years ago for us to build a new structure that would house seniors.  The new acquisition may allow for more flexibility in where the new structure is located,…

The Historic District Commission needs a commissioner from the Quinnipiac River Historic District (see attached map). The local historic district is shaded black; this is the area where the commissioner should reside. The larger green area is the National Register District.

The Commission meets monthly on the 2nd …

The English St. Garden is being restored. This is the New Haven Land Trust Garden located between English St. and Peck St. just off of Ferry St. If you would like to help in the restoration or garden there permanently contact …

FYI, sorry for the repeat post, but I want to make sure everyone gets this message. Iguana Burritos (tonight's dining out 5/29/2013) is CASH ONLY!

Hello Everyone,

My Yale colleague Colleen Colbert owns Bladen Valley Farm and has plenty of eggs available for those interested in fresh, local foods. I buy from her, and they are delicious. Colleen charges $3 a dozen. If you are interested, please contact her directly at: bvfwoodbridge@yahoo.com. If you like to buy your eggs in bulk, she can deliver 6- 8 dozen eggs at a time.

All the best,

Chandra Roxanne

What good are GED classes if you can’t afford the glasses you need to study? How would it feel to search for work for a year and lose the job when your car breaks down during the first week? Cities and states across America have some form of job training and housing assistance programs, but they lack the infrastructure to address quickly, without onerous bureaucratic requirements, more immediate needs like work clothes, equipment, or even pots and pans...…

Great read. Thanks to all who helped and who came to support! http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/q_river_fest_attracts_hundreds/

Check Out Bregamos on The Stan Simpson Show 

http://foxct.com/2013/05/04/stan-simpson-new-play-about-high-school-hope/#dQJSEsErIO7pw2ee.01…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dTypQMoGOm8

Dear CSNA friends:

Do you have an idea for promoting better health in Chatham Square and Fair Haven? There may be money available to help fund it! Propose your idea through CSNA and then put it to paper! 

CARE supports projects that promote health in your neighborhood and we are looking to fund new projects. Click her for the application and more information:…

Vote YES for our very own Fair Haven #Dog Park #csna #NHV http://bit.ly/T3hSI2 @seeclickfix and help spread the word.

As an outsider, and volunteer participant in the 2012 Riverfest I can only report excitement at the direction of this initiative. In a time when individuals and families seem to be drawing inward in fear of constant social unrest, here is a group of neighbors actively engaged in community building, both physical and social. The results are evident. This is real community revitalization, as opposed to expensive, top down,  politically mandated reform.This can do nothing but improve the New…