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Youth Activities
Girl Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts, Clubs, Little League, Junior League Baseball, Little Ladies Softball League, P.A.L., YMCA, Midget Football, Soccer & Soapbox Derby.
Theatre, Concerts & Arts
The Charles Ives Center for the Arts, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1974 and incorporated in 1976 to honor the memory of Danbury native Charles Edward Ives. The Ives Center produces the highest quality music and other arts-related programming at Ives Concert park, a unique outdoor amphitheater situated on a beautiful area of state-owned land which includes 40 wooded acres, a pond, breathtaking gardens, and public hiking trails. Located on the Westside Campus, Western Connecticut State University offering a season program featuring world-renowned artists, symphony orchastras, pop, jazz & folk. The Musicals at Richter, is Connecticut's longest running outdoor theatre providing quality family entertainment to the Greater Danbury Area in the form of musical theater, operettas, musical revues & children's theatre.
Education
Western Connecticut State Uniersity (WSCU) is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WSCU has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school & several professional programs including elementary & secondary education, nursing, music performance & social work. WSCU has two campuses (Midtown & West Side) located five miles apart & connected by a bus service on campus.
Medical Facilities
Danbury Hospital, serving the residents of the Greater Danbury Area including residents bordering New York State. Danbury Hospial conducts scheduled health education programs addressing a wide range of subjects & opened to the general public. AmeriCares Free Clinic, providing free quality health care to low-income, uninsured residents of southwestern Connecticut. Women's Center of Greater Danbury, providing free & confidential services to prevent or lessen the trauma associated with domestic violence, sexual assault & other major life transitions.
Libraries
Danbury Public Libarary, offering books, movies, music & more!
Transportation
HART (Housatonic Area Regional Transit), transports residents throughout Danbury & surrounding towns. Metro North provides commuter rail service to Southern Connecticut & New York. Danbury Municipal Airport, a tower controlled facility with two runways & serving the general aviation user.
Museums
Danbury Railway Museum, offering railroad history, tours, train rides, collection of original & restored rolling stock. Danbury Scott Fanton Museum & Historical Society aquires preserves, exihibits & interprets New England's past, present & particulary the heritage of Danbury, Connecticut.
Military Museum of Southern New England with an extensive collection of anti-tank weapons, WWII military vehicles & much, much more.
Parks & Recreational Facilities
Bear Mountain Reservation offering approx 140 acres of open fields, quiet forest, wild flowers, birdwatching, great Candlewood Lake views. Location: Route 37 Candlewood Lake is one of the most popular lakes in the area for boating, fishing, waterskiing, wakeboarding & jet-skiing. The lake is the summer social hub of the five communities (Danbury, Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford & Sherman) that surround it. View Candlewood Lake homes for sale (click here). Hatter's Park offering playgrounds, ball fields, picknicking, fishing pond, bowling alley & hall for social functions. Located at 7 East Hayestown Road, Danbury CT. Candlewood Park offering swimming, beach, picnicking & boat launch. Located on Hayestown Road, Candlewood Lake. Kenosia Park offering swimming, picknicking, boating, playground, pavilion & ice skating. Located on Kenosia Boulevard, Lake Kenosia. Old Quarry Nature Center offering hiking trails, bird watching & nature programs. Located on Mountainville Avenue. Richter Park offering 230 acres of hiking, arts center, exhibits, concerts & 18 hole golf course. Located on Aunt Hack Road. Rogers park offering 58 acres of ball fields, tennis, picnicking, playground & pool. Located on Memorial Drive. Tarrywile Mansion & Park offering 545 acres of hiking, workshops, events, historic victorian mansion & gardens. Located on 70 Southern Boulevard.
Community/Civic Groups
Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Kights of Columbus, Lions Club, Jaycees, Exchange, Masonic Orders, League of Women's Voters & Welcome Wagon.
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