Project Storefronts presents: A Street Fair inside Union Station

The City of New Haven is inventing new ways to connect creative entrepreneurs with resources to grow their businesses by giving them space inside New Haven’s train station through the Project Storefronts program.  Hosted by Park New Haven, the first-ever Street Fair Inside Union Station takes place July 18-19, 2014.

Says Elinor Slomba, Project Storefronts’ Program Manager, “Here in this beautiful station we wanted to create some of that Grand Central-style buzz while showcasing New Haven’s entrepreneurs and cultural organizations from different neighborhoods.”

Music and brightly-colored banners will attract people to the West Lobby where the Street Fair will be taking place.  Foot traffic and sales will be measured so that improvements can be made in the future.

Sixteen entrepreneurs will be featured, including:

• Gordon Skinner who designed a new line of merchandise featuring his collages while stationed at Popup55 last month on Church Street.

• Alfreda Warner of Fair Haven, who had envisioned starting a business with her sister after they both retired from Yale.  The company, V’s Accessories, is named in her sister’s memory.

• Nadine Nelson, a chef from Newhallville who designs culinary experiences based on cultural themes.  She will offer a selection of cookbooks, spices and kitchen accessories.

• Angelina Ludwig who makes colorful scented handmade soaps.

Information on upcoming exhibitions and a selection of prints and postcards will be also available from the New Haven Museum, Silk Road Gallery, The Hill Museum of the Arts and the Gallery at Ele-Mar.  

In keeping with the transit-themed location, Devil’s Gear Bike Shop will display foldable bicycles.

New Haven Works.

Today, at 2:30, New Haven Works, located at 205 Whitney Avenue, held an opening announcing the program's arrival.  Three successful cases of New Haven residents looking for reliable employment gave speeches at the event.  Each was a unique example of how the program works (see video).

This doesn't seem to be an ordinary job recruitment center, however.
The mayor spoke: "We're a place that builds housing and finds a spot for everybody. We're not just for some people. We're for everybody. So we look a lot different from one another, we talk differently. We come to our lives with different skills with different possibilities and different challenges."

Coliseum Footprint: What Happens Next?

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You Decide!  It's like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, except it's architecture and city planning.  New Haven is so open to public opinion and democracy that if you would like to help LWLP determine what will be next at the site of the old New Haven Coliseum, then by all means please attend!  This meeting is open to the public.

Thursday June 6 6:30pm at Hill Central.
Contact Info@LWLP.Com for Details.

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