{"id":5885,"date":"2020-04-01T10:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2020-04-07T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:06:09","slug":"good-news-connecticut-main-street-center-announces-2020-awards-of-excellence-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/good-news-connecticut-main-street-center-announces-2020-awards-of-excellence-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News-Connecticut Main Street Center Announces 2020 Awards of Excellence Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Connecticut Main Street Center Announces2020 Awards of Excellence Winners\u00a0HARTFORD, April 1, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Eight initiatives from communities across Connecticut will be receiving this year’s Awards of Excellence from the\u00a0Connecticut Main Street Center<\/a>, the state’s leading downtown resource. Ranging from a municipality’s role in setting the stage for the downtown’s economic and social success to private citizens who invested in the redevelopment of key historic structures, this year’s winners represent the most transformative, catalytic, and inclusive efforts in bringing Connecticut’s Main Streets back to life over the past year.\u00a0CMSC selected organizations and initiatives from\u00a0Bridgeport, New Britain, Manchester, Norwich, Rockville, Simsbury, Waterbury, and Windsor Locks<\/strong>\u00a0to receive the prestigious awards. “At a time when downtowns and Main Streets are shuttered, we are happy bring some good news to our communities and recognize the outstanding work of this year’s award-winning people and programs. Now, more than ever, we’re realizing our downtowns are not only the economic lifeblood of our communities, but they connect us in deep and meaningful ways. We know times are tough right now, but we’ll get through this, and it’s the people and communities like our award winners that will help our downtowns and Main Streets come back stronger than ever,” said Patrick McMahon, CMSC CEO.\u00a0Created in 2003 to recognize outstanding projects, individuals and partnerships in community efforts to bring traditional downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts back to life, socially and economically, the Awards of Excellence are presented annually. In 2020, CT Main Street Center will present each award locally in the community in which the project is located.\u00a0Below is the full list of 2020 Awards of Excellence winners:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a02020 Connecticut Main Street Awards of Excellence<\/strong>Preservation & Adaptive Reuse<\/em>:\u00a0690 Hopmeadow Street:\u00a0The Ensign House<\/a>, Simsbury<\/strong>Branding, Marketing & Communications<\/em>:\u00a0Colorful Bridgeport:<\/a>\u00a0a community identity program celebrating people, streets, places & spaces<\/strong>Public Space & Placemaking<\/em>:\u00a0The Beehive Bridge,<\/a>\u00a0New Britain<\/strong>Events & Programming<\/em>:\u00a0Global City Norwich Program<\/a><\/strong>Redevelopment & Adaptive Reuse:<\/em>\u00a0The Montgomery Mill<\/a>, Windsor Locks<\/strong>Preservation & Adaptive Reuse:<\/em>\u00a0Hockanum Mill<\/a>, Rockville<\/strong>Planning:<\/em>\u00a0Downtown 2020 Initiative<\/a>, Manchester<\/strong>Stewardship:<\/em>\u00a0Post University Downtown<\/a>, Waterbury<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About Connecticut Main Street Center
\nCMSC’s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to be the catalyst that ignites Connecticut’s Main Streets as the cornerstone of thriving communities. CMSC is dedicated to community and economic development within the context of historic preservation, and is committed to bringing Connecticut’s commercial districts back to life socially and economically.
\nCMSC is supported by its Founding Sponsors, the\u00a0CT Department of Economic & Community Development<\/a>\u00a0(DECD) and\u00a0Eversource Energy<\/a>.\u00a0CMSC is also supported by its Growth Sponsors,\u00a0UIL Holdings Corp.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and the\u00a0State Historic Preservation Office<\/a>. More information is available at\u00a0www.ctmainstreet.org<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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CT MAIN STREET CENTER<\/a>\u00a0| 860.280.2337 |\u00a0info@ctmainstreet.org| \u00a0ctmainstreet.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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