Chatham Square Association

Fair Haven is a Diverse Community with a Rich History and a Beautiful Waterfront

Welcome (Bienvenido, Benvenuto, Powitanie, Bonjour! Willkomme,歡迎, ברוךהבא أهلا وسهلا, Bonvenon) to Chatham Square online.

Who We Are & What We Do

We are an all-volunteer group of Fair Haven residents, businesses, and nonprofits working to nurture community and pride in our neighborhood. We are a diverse community, with historic homes and a beautiful waterfront where everyone is welcome.

 

We organize monthly community gatherings--on alternating months, either a Community Dining Out Night at a local restaurant or a Community Soup Night at a resident's home or a nonprofit. These events aim to build community in our neighborhood, support local businesses, and raise awareness about local nonprofits. In the process of building community, we learn about and address local concerns. CSNA also offers neighborhood tours focusing on: art, culture, environmental justice, history, local food and more. Tours are arranged upon request. 

 

We  raise funds to: 

  • support neighborhood activities that build or sustain community,
  • improve the image of the neighborhood and/or to
  • facilitate social gatherings.

 

To learn more about community activities join this website. If you live in the area come to an event and get to know your neighbors.

 

Contributions to CSNA are welcome but not required. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you would like to make a donation, please see the instructions below.

To contact us:

Email-  ChathamSquareNeighborhood at gmail.com

Phone- (203) 936-9459

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We respectfully acknowledge that this land was once the homeland of the Algonquin speaking people known as the Quinnipiac. We also acknowledge the Africans who were taken from their homelands and forced to work here and throughout this country creating wealth for others. May we not forget the uncompensated contributions of the Quinnipiac and African people. 

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 Walk in your neighborhood  

Fair Haven Trails

Postcard Map

copies of this postcard are available at the Fair Haven Branch of the New Haven Free Public Libraries 182 Grand Avenue.

Informative links:

- Fair Haven Trails on: You Tube

- Fair Haven Trail Map Postcard

Fair Haven Trail opens

CSNA & The Community Foundation

- Practical Lessons for Turning Around a Neighborhood

Fair Haven History Daily Nutmeg 

Neighborhood Traffic study

Read more about our Neighborhood

 

Food & Health Security

Need Help with food, housing or other services?

Call...

or

"Get Connected New Haven" a continually updated, comprehensive database of services provided by the City, non-profit and community organizations for New Haven residents. It is available in multiple languages. 

If you need food or if you know of someone in need of food in New Haven go to this website for information and services.

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 Get Vaccinated

Click here for the NewHaven Health Department or go to CT State Portal for COVID19 where any resident of Connecticut can get more info or schedule a vaccination appointment when eligible. 

 

Resilient Fair Haven: Click on the CIRCA logo to see the Fair Haven plan

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Who Supports Us

Your support and the contributions of the businesses and nonprofits listed in the column on the right makes this website and our community activities possible. Please do not forget to let contributors know that we appreciate their support.

Your tax deductible donation can be made via the United Way of Greater New Haven. In the memo line write: CSNA to make sure they know that your donation is designated to our neighborhood.  Thank you for your support.

What We Believe...

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members ~ Coretta Scott King

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One of the marvelous things about community is that it enable us to welcome and help people in a way that we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strengths and share the work and responsibility we can welcome many people ~ Jean Vanier 

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Every time we decrease children's opportunity for free play by increasing time at school or some other adult-directed activities, we reduce further their opportunities to control their own lives, to learn that they ar not simply victims of circumstance and powerful others ~ Peter Gray

Latest Activity

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Makers and Dreamers Meetup Lunch at MakeHaven

March 27, 2024 from 11am to 2pm
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Lee Cruz's blog post was featured

Maps Show Climate Change’s Neighborhood Impacts

Floods in City Point. Heat waves in tree-sparse, lot-heavy Newhallville. More storms that require evacuation. More periods of drought.As climate change progresses, those conditions will become the new normal for New Haven, especially for the heat-…See More
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Brenda Brown posted events
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Information You can use

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Get Connected New Haven, a one-stop connection to resources for all of the residents in New Haven, Connecticut!

Get Connected New Haven is a continually updated, comprehensive database of services provided by the City, non-profit and community organizations for New Haven residents. It is available in multiple languages. 

If you need food or if you know of someone in need of food in New Haven click here to get information and services.

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Save the Date: Quinnipiac Riverfest 2024: June 8

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Por recomendación de un vecino de Lewis Street, acabamos de cambiar de Comcast Xfinity a Frontier Fiber (¡Fair Haven ahora está cableado!). Nuestro Internet se volvió mucho más rápido y estamos ahorrando $40 al mes en nuestra factura. Programamos la instalación en 4 días, el instalador fue muy amable y todo está bien. Lo recomendamos, ¡es una auténtica ganga!…



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Yale Research Project on Sense of National Belonging | Investigación Sobre La Identidad Nacional

Posted by Alex Guzhnay on February 3, 2024 at 3:35pm 0 Comments

Two Latina students at Yale are conducting a research project focusing on sense of national belonging, particularly among New Haven's Mexican and Ecuadorian populations. This survey is completely anonymous, as they are not collecting any identifying information. Please share! Here's the description of the survey:



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Mill River Urban Waters Initiative - Community Leader /

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The project team for the Mill River Urban Waters Initiative requests applications from Fair Haven residents to serve as a Community Leader. In this role, the Community Leader will assist with general and specific outreach and engagement efforts…

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Maria Teniza | January 3rd, 2024

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Atwater Thanksgiving Brings Fair Haven Together

Posted by Lee Cruz on November 22, 2023 at 12:00pm 0 Comments



Fair Haven school kids filed into the Atwater Senior Center to keep their senior counterparts company in advance of Thanksgiving — and to dance cumbia with New Haveners like 73-year-old Yvonne Sheppard, who said the celebration was less a loneliness intervention than it was a special occasion among a vibrant city full of friends...…

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WELCOME (BIENVENIDO, BENVENUTO, POWITANIE, BONJOUR! WILLKOMME,歡迎, ברוךהבא أهلا وسهلا, BONVENON) to Chatham Square Association. Traducción de esta página

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Fair Haven Community Health Care

Once again Fair Haven Community Health Care has been recognized as a high achieving health center by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA), and has received the gold level designation. This places FHCHC in the top 10% of the 1,400 community health centers across the country and reflects our strong commitment to high quality clinical care. The full announcement can be found here.

We are proud and happy to have FHCHC as a community partner and a major employer in our community. 

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