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Dear Neighbor,
I want to share some highlights including state and local updates.
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In this email you'll find updates on district resources and news. Please click the links below to read the section that corresponds with the highlighted headline.
A NOTE: If you're having trouble clicking through the following links, open this email in a browser, use a computer or scroll through this email to the relevant section.
The topics covered are as follows
On Legislative Business
On Community Resources
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Alan L. Hart: Pioneer in Medicine and Transgender History
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Alan Hart from the dust jacket of Dr. Finlay Sees It Through - Dr. Alan L. Hart Collection, Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives, Portland, Oregon
By Emma Wiley
Alan L. Hart was a 20th-century physician, radiologist, and author who pioneered the use of x-ray in early detection for tuberculosis. He spent the latter part of his career in Connecticut working for the state’s Tuberculosis Commission to expand public health screenings and services. Hart was also one of the first people to undergo gender affirmation surgery in the United States.
Hart did not self-identify as “transgender” because the term did not come into use until the 1960s. While social terms and concepts of gender shift and change over time, Alan Hart fits into a long, persistent history of trans and nonbinary people. After he transitioned in 1917, Hart had to fight gender discrimination and the constant risk of others questioning his gender or outing him to his patients and community.
Early Life and Transition
Hart (2nd from the right) in the Albany College Chemistry Laboratory – Dr. Alan L. Hart Collection, Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives, Portland, Oregon
Assigned female at birth, Hart was born on October 4, 1890, in Halls Summit, Kansas, to Albert and Edna Hart. Hart spent most of his childhood growing up in Oregon, where he and his mother moved after his father died of typhoid in 1892. Described later in physician notes, Hart “regarded herself as a boy” throughout adolescence, preferring to dress in boy’s clothing and play the male role in games.
Hart attended and graduated from Albany College (now Lewis & Clark College); he also studied briefly at Stanford University during his undergraduate years. A few years later in 1917, Hart graduated with an MD from the University of Oregon Medical Department (now University of Oregon Health Services) with the highest standing in all departments.
Shortly after medical school, Hart sought treatment from Dr. Joshua Allen Gilbert for psychiatric guidance because according to Hart, “life had become so unbearable that I felt myself confronted by only two alternative courses—either to kill myself or refuse to live longer in my misfit role of a woman.” After hypnosis and psychotherapy did not help, Hart requested a hysterectomy (described by Hart and Gilbert at the time as a laparotomy) to stop menstruation and sterilize him. At the time, Hart’s rationale aligned with the dominant medical belief of the time—anyone with a gender identification that did not match the gender assigned at birth had a mental disease and should not reproduce.
Following the hysterectomy, Hart cut his hair, wore men’s clothing, and adopted the name Alan. He married a woman (Inez Stark), registered for the military draft, and applied to physician positions as a man. A couple years later in 1920, Gilbert published his medical account of Hart’s transition in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, taking care to protect “H’s” anonymity.
Facing Discrimination in the Medical Profession
Alan Hart Draft Registration Card, 1942 – Dr. Alan L. Hart Collection, Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives, Portland, Oregon
As Hart tried to establish himself in the medical field, he faced discrimination and the persistent threat of being outed. In early February 1918, a former classmate recognized Hart and outed him to the San Francisco hospital where he was interning, forcing Hart to resign. Newspapers around the Northwest passed the story around, sensationalizing the “scandal” with headlines such as “Girl Posing as Male Doctor is Exposed.” Hart’s hometown newspaper, the Albany Daily Democrat, quoted him saying, “I have been happier since I made this change than I have ever been in my life, and I will continue to live this way as long as I live.”
While Hart did not back down from his transition, it was difficult for him to find hospital work. His family hired legal counsel in an attempt to get Hart’s name legally changed; the medical school, however, threatened to rescind Hart’s diploma and get him barred from practicing medicine. Constantly threatened with discrimination when his gender was questioned, Hart bounced around various physician positions across several states. Hart and Inez separated and eventually got divorced in 1925—Hart married a woman named Edna Ruddick later that year.
As Hart continued to build his medical career, he acquired a master’s degree in radiology from the University of Pennsylvania. Back in the West, Hart worked in Idaho and Washington, specifically treating and preventing tuberculosis patients. While the director of radiology at Tacoma General Hospital in Washington, Hart also began to publish novels—Doctor Mallory, The Undaunted, In The Lives of Men, and Dr. Findlay Sees It Through. Hart’s novels blended his professional and personal lives—they all revolved around themes of medicine and sexuality with loose autobiographical elements.
Hart’s Time in Connecticut
In the mid-1940s, Alan and Edna moved to Connecticut, eventually buying a home in West Hartford in 1950. Hart obtained a license to practice medicine in Connecticut in 1945 and earned a master’s degree in public health from Yale University in 1948. The couple spent the rest of their lives in Connecticut—Alan worked for the State Tuberculosis Commission and Edna was a social worker and an adjunct sociology professor at the University of Hartford.
Alan and Edna Hart in the 1950 US Census in Connecticut – FamilySearch
As a common 20th century practice, newspapers—such as the Hartford Courant—regularly noted the couple’s social and professional activities. They publicized Alan’s public health programs and tuberculosis x-ray screenings and mentioned Edna’s attendance at social functions and charity events. Notably, the newspapers did not question Alan’s gender and often referred to Edna as “Mrs. Alan Hart.” After spending the last part of his life and career in Connecticut, Alan Hart died in Hartford at the age of 71 on July 1, 1962, from heart failure.
Hart’s Lasting Legacy
During the first half of the 20th century, tuberculosis—a highly infectious disease also known as TB or “consumption”—was one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Widely seen as a serious public health concern, Hart’s research and early use of radiology to detect tuberculosis allowed the infected to get earlier treatment and prevented many others from getting and spreading the disease. In his role as x-ray director of the State Health Department Office of Tuberculosis Control, Hospital Care and Rehabilitation, Hart hosted TB x-ray screenings and public education programs in Connecticut’s communities.
Even though Hart did ask his lawyer at the event of his death to destroy certain documentation of his life (including letters and photographs), a fair amount of historical sources about Hart’s life—both in his own words and in other’s words—remain extant. While contemporary early 20th-century newspapers reported on Hart’s transition—largely treating him as a curiosity and outing him to his community—in 1976, historian Jonathan Katz was the first scholar to connect Hart to the anonymous “H” referenced in Gilbert’s journal article. Despite gender-based discrimination, Dr. Alan Hart changed the medical field through his groundbreaking research and public health outreach.
Emma Wiley is the Digital Humanities Assistant at CT Humanities and holds a B.A. in history from Vassar College.
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ICYMI: We passed several great bills this week. Learn more about them below:
SB 869: Expanding career options for workforce advancement is one of our top priorities. SB 869 will direct the Office of Workforce Strategy to help identify additional career training opportunities and training providers through the Connecticut Career Accelerator Program.
SB 9: This is a multipronged healthcare bill. This measure addresses our state's response to the fentanyl and opioid abuse crisis, ensures access to reproductive healthcare, improves the overall health of Connecticut residents, grows and protects our health care workforce.
HB 6397: This requires Connecticut state agencies to create a roadmap to decarbonize Connecticut’s economy and secure federal funding for this decarbonization effort.
SB 100:This bill provides funding for cities and towns to test for and remediate drinking water contaminated with PFAS. This will help the communities throughout Connecticut struggling to address well water with elevated levels of PFAS.
HB 6941: We delivered on a state budget that includes the largest income tax cut in the state’s history, significant increases in funding for schools and special education, and important investments to support children, families, seniors, and safety net programs.
SB 7: Secures energy predictability, affordability, and transparency for rate payers. This bill empowers PURA to look out for the rate payers in our state.
HB 6664: Connecticut takes a big step towards sustainable waste management with the passage of H.B. 6664. This bill establishes a funding mechanism through the CT Green Bank for new waste disposal and food scrap diversion facilities.
SB 972: Requires police officer training on strategies including crisis intervention and develops recommendations on how police officers and social workers can collaborate to help people with mental illness who are in crisis.
SB 1162: This bill continues in the realm of getting communities together for roundtable and stakeholder meetings to deal with the growing issue of gun violence, particularly in our urban centers. SB 1162 establishes criteria for communities to have these meetings to collect accurate data about the community gun violence.
SB 2: We’re continuing our focus on the mental, physical, and emotional wellness of children. SB 2 is part of a series of bills the General Assembly has passed over the last several years that focus on helping children meet all aspects of their needs.
HB 6580: The affidavit residential property sellers must sign attesting to the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors is a complex document. HB 6580 simplifies the affidavit so sellers can be confident in the safety and compliance of the property.
HB 6718: Prescription drugs that fall into the wrong hands can cause personal damage and or death. HB 6718 will direct pharmacies to affix warning labels on containers or packaging if the substance poses a danger to children and should be kept out of reach.
SB 1088: Senior citizens are often the target of scammers and financial predators. This bill allows for qualified financial institutions to put a hold on suspicious transactions to protect seniors in cases where fraud is suspected and investigate further.
SB 988: People who own mobile manufactured homes often don’t own the land under their homes. SB 988 would require mobile manufactured home park owners to give the park’s residents notice and an opportunity to purchase the park before completing a sale of the park.
HB 6805: This bill expands the ability to install solar panels on condominiums and cooperatives and ensures swimming pools continue to be required to have fences around them and not just pool covers or alarms.
HB 6741: Healthcare providers have some of the most important jobs in the country. This bill requires the Department of Public Health to take actions to discourage aggressive or violent behavior toward our healthcare providers.
HB 6669: Is a sweeping measure that protect patients and prohibits unnecessary health care costs by promoting more equitable access. It establishes a drug discount card program, lowers prescription drug costs, allows for negotiating discounts with drug manufacturers, and centralizes drug purchasing.
HB 6835: Makes changes to public health and vital record statutes to ensure that those working in healthcare are properly trained, licensed, and certified.
HB 6567: Free speech is a fundamental right. That’s why H.B. 6567 requires the UConn Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents for Higher Education to develop policies protecting freedom of expression on campus while also ensuring a safe and respectful environment for all.
SB 968: Requires all licensed security officers to undergo state and national criminal history records checks during license renewal.
S.B. 1 Promotes transparency in school districts and helps foster equitable educational experiences for school communities by reevaluating disciplinary measures, conducting opt-in social climate surveys, and setting guidelines for training and documentation with local school boards.
SB 984: This bill streamlines the state hiring process to make it easier for state agencies to hire qualified candidates and ensure that adequate staffing levels are achieved and maintained.
Say goodbye to sneaky subscription charges! H.B. 5314 requires businesses to obtain your consent before charging your card for automatic renewals or continuous services. Plus, this bill makes it easier for you to opt out with toll-free phone numbers, email addresses, and online options.
HB 5003: To protect students and provide a healthy and safe learning environment, HB 5003 seeks to update state laws around school climate and bullying. Additionally, this comprehensive bill aims to help recruit a more diverse teaching corps and improve transparency involving local school budgets.
HB 6942: This bill authorizes state bonds for state capital projects and grant programs, including housing development and rehabilitation programs, school air quality improvement, school construction grants, economic development, and municipal aid programs.
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After months of negotiations, the House of Representatives delivered a state budget that includes the largest income tax cut in the state’s history and significant increases in funding for local schools, also known as Education Cost Sharing funds.
This balanced, bipartisan budget maintains our commitment to promoting fiscal responsibility and stability to continue strengthening our economy, while delivering on key investments to support children, families and seniors.
With this good budget stewardship and honoring the fiscal guardrails, we will maintain our excellent credit rating and pay down debt.
Key highlights:
- Deposits $3.3 billion into the Rainy Day Fund, helping us maintain a high credit rating and preparing us for any possible economic downfall.
- Pre-pays an additional $2.072 billion in unfunded pension liability.
- Includes the largest Personal Income Tax Cut in CT history ($190.6 million in FY 24 and $421.7 million in FY25).
- Exempts more retiree income from the state income tax.
- Continues our car tax cap
- Increases funding to towns – helping stabilize and lower local property taxes
- Continues property tax credits for homeowners
Supports Our Robust Safety Net Services by:
- Funding our nonprofit providers – 2.5% cost of living increases for critical service workers
- Providing funding to group home employees – roughly a 4.5% pay increase
- Making historic investments of over $30 million for residents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
In the coming weeks, I plan to share more details on provisions in the measure to help you understand what this means to you. I am looking forward to the Senate voting on this bill and moving forward to implementing it.
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Manchester
Please arrive early to be in line for 9am as the truck leaves promptly at 9:30am. Open to the public; Bring a sturdy grocery bag! This program is made possible by Foodshare and Winn Residential - Resident Service Program. For more information call 860-646-1280.
Squire Village, 48 Spencer Street, 06040 (1st parking lot off Imperial Drive #78)
• Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
• Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
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East Hartford
The Connecticut Foodshare truck will be in the parking lot to distribute the food. Please bring your own bags and be prepared to possibly wait in line.
Mayberry Village –St. Isaac Jogues Church Parking Lot (41 Home Terrace East Hartford).
- Monday June 12th | 12:30 pm-1:15 pm
- Monday June 26th | 12:30 pm-1:15 pm
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If you have papers to shred and you missed the May Shred Event, then you're in luck! The event has been rescheduled for June! And don't forget that it's FREE!!
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Manchester Police Activities League
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ON 3 SUMMER BASKETBALL SERIES
We are just 2 weeks away from the start of this summer's 3 on 3 basketball series at Charter Oak Park. This program is free and open to any Manchester youth between ages 5-18 with games beginning at 5:00 pm. The waiver is below, or you can sign up any night at the event! See you at the park!!!
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Manchester Parks & Recreation
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The Recreation Division is committed to increasing public awareness around swimming lessons and swim safety and ensuring access to programs and facilities for all Manchester residents. All lifeguards are American Red Cross Certified and have undergone extensive training to ensure the safety of all community members using our swimming facilities.
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Play at Cheney Hall June 2-18
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The Little Theatre of Manchester Presents: Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice
Experience Christopher Baker’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved masterpiece.
By Jane Austen
Adapted by Christopher Baker
Directed by Debi Freund
June 2 — 18 – Cheney Hall 177 Hartford Rd. Manchester, CT , 06040
For tickets visit www.cheneyhall.org or call 860-647-9824
· Friday, June 02, 2023 | 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
· Saturday, June 03, 2023 | 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
· Sunday, June 04, 2023 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
· Friday, June 09, 2023 | 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
· Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
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This event is the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. Guest speakers, educational events, food, music, dancing along with other activities are all a part of this wonderful day!
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The Town of East Hartford is excited to present to you their new and improved Farmers' Market. There will be new vendors and updated hours. Our 2023 farmers’ market date and hours will be held Tuesdays beginning July 11th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00p.m. We invite residents to celebrate Connecticut-grown fruits, vegetables, and locally produced foods, as well as enjoy our market - a place to connect with others in our community.
Location: Raymond Library at 840 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Dates: Tuesdays, July 11 through Tuesday, October 24
Hours: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For more information click here
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2023 Garden Bucket Community Event
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Back by popular demand! This will be the third year for the EH-Hunger Action Team's Garden Bucket Sale! Over the last two years, the East Hartford community has come out and shown they enjoy having access to fresh veggies. So, East Hartford Youth Services has again teamed up with the East Hartford Hunger Action Team (EH-HAT), the Farm to School group, and new to the team this year is Handel Family Farms, to increase access to fresh, homegrown vegetables. This year we will again draw attention to the three community gardens in hopes of increasing their use by local community members.
This year's events will be held at Goodwin Elementary School. First, on June 7, 2023, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM we will host a planting event and need community volunteers (service learning hours available!) to help us get all our plants ready to sell!
To register to help with this please CLICK HERE.
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Milling and Resurfacing Route 5 in East Hartford
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is announcing that a milling and resurfacing project will be performed on Route 5 in East Hartford from Pitkin Street to Ranney Street.
The project DOT01710497CN “C” consists of milling and resurfacing a 2.32-mile segment of Route 5 in East Hartford from Pitkin Street to Ranney Street. This project is scheduled to begin milling by Rafferty Fine Grading, Inc. on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, to Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The resurfacing segment of this project is anticipated to begin on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, to Thursday, June 29, 2023, by Galasso Materials LLC. This project is included in the Department of Transportation’s 2023 Vendor Resurfacing Program.
LANE CLOSURE INFO/DETOUR INFO
Motorists can expect lane closures on Route 5 in East Hartford from Pitkin Street to Ranney Street. Traffic control personnel and signing patterns will be utilized to guide motorists through the work zone. The work schedule for this project is 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (Sunday – Thursday).
Motorists should be aware that modifications or extensions to this schedule may become necessary due to weather delays or other unforeseen conditions. Motorists are advised to maintain a safe speed when driving in this vicinity.
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Summer is Near for East Hartford
Pools and Aquatics Programs
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East Hartford Parks and Recreation will be offering swim lessons and other outdoor pool programming for the 2023 summer season and planning is now underway!
- East Hartford Outdoor Aquatic Facilities will open for the season in mid-June. Aquatics programming will be offered at the outdoor pools this year, including group, private and semi-private swim lessons, adult lap swim and senior swim. Our summer camp programs also utilize our pools during the mornings and afternoons.
- Semi-Private Swim Lessons will be held at Drennan Pool Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning Monday, June 19th. Semi-Private lessons are available as a two-week session (four lessons) for $59 for residents and $69 for non-residents. As Semi-Private lessons are limited, residents and non-residents are permitted to sign up for a maximum of two sessions.
- Private Swim Lessons: Private lessons are available as a two-week session (four lessons) for $100 for residents and $110 for non-residents. Private lessons are limited, residents and non-residents are permitted to sign up for a maximum of two sessions. Please check our website www.ehparks.org for the schedule of private lessons.
- Group Swim Lessons will be held in the mornings at Goldstar Pool, afternoons at Lord Pool and in the evenings at Drennan Pool and Goldstar Pool. Group Swim Lessons will begin on Monday, June 26th and are held Monday through Thursday evenings for two weeks, for a total of 8 classes. If more than one class in the session is canceled due to inclement weather, a Friday make-up class may be scheduled. Group swim lessons are $40 for the 8 class session for residents and $50 for non-residents.
Swim Lesson Registration for residents will begin on May 31st at 9am and for non-residents June 6th at 9am. Registration for swim lessons is accepted online at www.ehparks.org.
Birthday Party Pool Rentals are available for residents at Goldstar and Lord pools on Saturdays and Sundays beginning June 24th. The fee is $140 and includes exclusive use of the pool with 2 lifeguards for up to 15 children (ages 14 and under). We will begin accepting registration for birthday parties on Wednesday, May 31st at 9am. Registration for birthday party rentals is accepted online at www.ehparks.org.
For more information on our pools, swim lessons, birthday party rentals or other aquatic programs, please call Parks and Recreation at 860-291-7160 or visit www.easthartfordct.gov/parks-recreation.
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East Hartford Parks and Recreation- Run The
Town Basketball Clinic Series
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The East Hartford High School Lady Hornets are coming to a park near you for the 2023 “Run the Town” FREE Basketball Clinic Series!
During the month of June, the Lady Hornets will visit various outdoor parks in collaboration with the East Hartford Parks and Recreation to provide a series of free youth (Ages 5- 17) basketball clinics.
All East Hartford residents are welcome and encouraged to attend as many clinics as possible. We ask that you please bring your own basketball and water bottle if you are able to. Most importantly bring a positive attitude and be ready to RUN IT with the Lady Hornets!
If you have any questions about the program, contact Coach Myette 860-622-5323.
In the case of inclement weather there will be no program. Monitor the parks and recreation website:
www.easthartfordct.gov/parks-recreation
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Summer Reading is for Everyone!
Find Your Voice at East Hartford Public Library!
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Summer reading is for everyone! The East Hartford Public Library has a summer reading incentive program with prizes for adults, teens, school-aged children and preschoolers. New this year, we'll have incentives and prizes for toddlers and babies, too! Registration begins on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 when participants can start logging their reading into our mobile-friendly online system. The library summer reading program also counts towards the Governor’s Summer Reading challenge, a project of the Connecticut State Library and the CT Department of Education.
Preschoolers, school-aged children, and teens will earn a prize just for signing up! To earn points on ReadSquared, children and teens can set a reading goal and log book titles they've read. Prizes aren’t just for the kids! Our adult summer reading has prizes, too. New this summer, we'll also be launching our "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" program for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. This is a year-round program to help promote early literacy skills in our youngest patrons. Register and receive prizes for hitting milestones along the way to reading 1,000 books together.
To register for summer reading, visit the library’s website (www.easthartfordct.gov/library) and click on the “Summer Reading” menu item on the left side of our website. Click on the link for the relevant program: preschool, children’s, teen, or adult. We’re using ReadSquared software again this summer, which can also be downloaded as an app to easily log activity wherever you are this summer. The ReadSquared app is available in the iTunes and Google Play stores. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program also uses ReadSquared, just choose which program you'd like when you sign-up.
Children registered for Parks & Recreation camp will be registered at the camp. Parents/caregivers will receive a confirmation notice of registration at the e-mail they provided to Parks & Recreation including log-in information and instructions for how to participate.
Celebrate the start of summer with us at our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party on Wednesday, June 7 from 5:30-7pm. Join us on the front lawn of the Raymond Library to register in-person for summer reading, meet community partners and enjoy a performance! In the event of rain or inclement weather, the event will be held indoors. Not sure what to read? The Children's Department will host a "Book Tasting" event from June 8th - June 16th. School-aged children are invited to stop by and sample different books to find what you like best. We'll have mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, biography, and more!
Preschoolers, school-aged children, and teens can join us during our programs throughout the summer for opportunities to log more books towards your goal, such as Book Buddies, Summer Stories, Pajama Storytime, and more! For all of our upcoming summer events, visit our calendar online at https://easthartfordct.libcal.com. For detailed program information, visit our website and click on “events calendar.” This summer, we have programs for all ages. For our outdoor programs, register for a reminder, and to be notified in the event of weather-related cancelations.
To register for summer reading and programs for all ages, visit our website: www.easthartfordct.gov/library or call us at 860.290.4330. Visit us at both our locations, Raymond Library and Wickham Library. Our newly remodeled Wickham Branch is located on 656 Burnside Ave., East Hartford, CT and is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10AM –5PM and Tuesdays, Thursdays from 1PM –8PM. The Raymond Library is located at 840 Main St., East Hartford, CT and is open Mondays and Fridays from 9 AM – 5 PM, and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9 AM – 8 PM, and Saturdays 10 AM – 2 PM. Happy reading!
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The Town of East Hartford Invites You to Our Second
Annual Juneteenth Family Celebration
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The Town of East Hartford in collaboration with East Hartford Public Library, East Hartford Parks and Recreation, the Committee on Culture and Fine Arts and the East Hartford Black Caucus invite you to attend the town’s second annual Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth, officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, is also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans.
The event will take place on Saturday, June 17th from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, at the East Hartford Town Green, 1047 Main Street. Admission is FREE.
The observance of Juneteenth is about the journey and achievement of African Americans throughout the horrific period of sanctioned enslavement to where we are today. However, the stories of pain, pride, resilience, determination and hope that define our historical and spiritual blueprint are the catalyst for understanding that we can overcome negativity in spite of our differences to make our town a better place for all our children.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event as we pay tribute to our journey, remember our history and reflect on our independence. We pay homage to those who have paved the way for us today. We celebrate freedom.
The Juneteenth Fest is the perfect family-friendly, community event that offers fun activities for children and adults alike. Among many activities, there will be a variety of vendors, food, entertainment, bounce house, face painting, powerful storytelling and so much more.
If you are a vendor interested in participating in the event, please fill out the following forms or call Parks and Recreation at 860-291-7160 for assistance:
Vendors are asked to apply by May 26, 2023.
In case of inclement weather, the event will be Sunday, June 18th from 11:00 am -4:00 pm.
For more information, please call Parks and Recreation at 860-291-7160 or visit www.easthartfordct.gov/parks-recreation.
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My office is always open if you or your family are in need of assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact me by email at Jason.Rojas@cga.ct.gov or by phone at 860-240-8541.
Sincerely,
Jason Rojas
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