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Welcome!
We are delighted to present our first ever SPRING INTO
SUMMER New Haven Guide Book. Ours is a vibrant and
spirited community – this annual publication is a resource
for families to help you locate and enjoy the multitude of
educational, cultural, and outdoor events and resources that
New Haven has to offer.
Many thanks go out to all of the businesses and organizations
who contributed to this inaugural issue. With your help
and the continued support of the many businesses, schools,
museums, theaters, artists, and recreational organizations we
are so fortunate to have available to us, this guide will grow and
become ever more inclusive.
We know that the activities that families share can have a
powerfully positive impact on a child’s overall development
while creating the foundation for lifelong traditions and
memories.
We wish you a wonderful summer – get out and enjoy!
Gladys Deutsch
Director, Leila Day
Everything in the SPRING INTO SUMMER New Haven Guide Book
is also on our website: www.leiladay.org.
Cover art by 230Studio, Graphic Design by Sadagursky/MCC, Printing by Phoenix Press
© 2014 Leila Day Nurseries, Inc. All rights reserved
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New Haven
Summer
Staycation
A week’s
worth of fun
when all
you have is
time and a
picnic lunch
1. Sleeping Giant State Park
200 Mt Carmel Ave, Hamden
Features: hike to the Tower at
Sleeping Giant, picnic, various
trails to hike, facilities, stream
fishing, camping, dog friendly
so you can bring Fido as long
as he’s on a leash.
www.sgpa.org or visit www.ct.gov/
deep (and follow the link to State
Parks and Forests under the Outdoor
Recreation tab)
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2. East Rock Park
New Haven
Features: hike to the summit
where you can picnic, fly
kites, overlook New Haven,
dog friendly so you can bring
Fido as long he’s on a leash,
generally gather and enjoy
being outdoors; plethora of
other things to do at East
Rock Park.
www.cityofnewhaven.com/parks/
parksinformation/eastrockpark.asp
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3. East Haven beach
Cosey Beach Avenue,
East Haven
Features: lifeguarded beach
swimming, play scape on the
beach, facilities, splash pad
(ideal for younger crowd) with
restrooms; pavilion, smaller play
scape and green area across
the street, next to Sandpiper
Restaurant.
4. Rose Orchards
33 Branford Rd, North Branford
Features: farm animals the
kids can feed, ice cream from
their creamery, farm stand,
baked goods, a tractor the kids
can “ride”, pick your own fruit
(strawberries, apples, pears and
raspberries), picnic tables and
plenty of green space to bring a
picnic lunch.
www.roseorchardsfarm.com
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5. Veteran’s Memorial Park
Beacon Road, Bethany
Features: lake swimming,
pavilion, large multi-age play
scape, soccer fields, horse trails,
ample parking.
A selection of recommended reads for kids of all ages, hand-picked by
teachers and parents in the Leila Day community:
Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood
Story From China
by Ed Young
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
The People Could Fly: American
Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton
Rickshaw Girl
by Mitali Perkins
Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
The True Story of the Three
Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Betsy Grauer Realty, Inc. | Serving Greater New Haven
Providing exceptional and personalized service in the
Greater New Haven real estate market for more than 30 years.
The Greater New Haven Real Estate Experts
Buying or selling a home is a truly personal decision. At Betsy Grauer
Realty, we understand the special relationship between homeowners
and their present homes and between buyers and their future homes.
Our agents are experts in Greater New Haven Connecticut real estate
and they go beyond what you may expect from realtors: Think of us as
your real estate counselors, brokering the connection between people
and properties. Everyone on our team is knowledgeable about all of
the wonderful New Haven neighborhoods.
I love about selling real estate in New Haven is the wonderful
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diversity of homes. You can have grand mansions on one block and
the next block over are perfect bungalow homes. In that same neighborhood there will also be condos, multi-family homes, single family
homes, multi-generational homes – everything. It makes New Haven
a very unique housing market also allowing for a wide diversity of
prices within neighborhoods.
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Let’s start your new story together. We look forward to hearing
from you. Whether you’re ready to buy a home, sell your house or are
researching specific neighborhoods, our team of specialized Realtors
is ready to help.
Our spring listings are up. Please visit our website for lots of wonderful
homes for sale!
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Phone: (203) 787-3434 | Fax: (203) 865-7640
Ellen Barrett is known worldwide for her
innovative workout videos, including
Prevention magazine’s best-selling Flat
Belly Diet series. She also has a longrunning Fit TV show, All-Star Workouts.
A 2010 graduate of The Institute for
Integrative Nutrition (IIN), she has
emerged as the go-to expert for women
and weight loss issues. Ellen lives in New
Haven and is the proud parent of son
Luca, a Leila Day Kindergartner.
LD O.K., so let’s get to the skinny. As a
fitness instructor with a lot of knowledge
about nutrition, what’s your best weight
loss tip?
EB First, go to bed early and drink at
least 8 cups of water a day. Second, eat a
healthy diet. Third, exercise.
Ellen
LD Where can I take your next fitness
class?
LD I am surprised exercise ranks third.
EB I write and teach a lot about wellness,
and it can’t just be all about exercise.
Wellness is about forming good living
habits. Taking the “hell” out of “healthy”
and enjoying life is a big part of being
healthy. Ironically, often times, fitness
people have the most “hell” in their lives.
They abide by a fitness life style and diet
that is not sustainable. Forming good living habits is sustainable.
EB The New Haven Free Public Library
(133 Elm Street) has yoga classes for
$5.00 at 1:00 pm every Wednesday.
Every few months there is a different instructor. I will be teaching on Wednesdays
in May and June. The class is in a great
space, you can meet-up with a friend and
it is very affordable.
LD Is there anything you have come to
appreciate about New Haven that you did
not prior to being a parent?
LD How do you form good living habits?
EB New Haven is a great city to form
good living habits – it is such a walkable
city and has a great biking community.
There are also so many family oriented
fitness events – I love the Rock to Rock
bike ride and the New Haven Road Race.
The various weekend CitySeed farmers
markets provide a great opportunity to
buy healthy, fresh food – they even take
FMNP, Senior FMNP coupons, WIC
CVV and SNAP, making good food accessible regardless of your income.
EB Public space! It is so important to
families and kids. Now that I am a
mom, everywhere I go I appreciate the
city’s playgrounds and open areas to run
around. East Rock Park is a favorite.
LD Describe your perfect New Haven
Saturday.
EB Heading to the Wooster Square
playground with my family, then going to
the Wooster Square farmer’s market and
getting to Pepe’s Pizza by 11:45 am, just
before the line starts. I grew up in Upstate
New York where everything was generic,
and good Italian food was the Olive
Garden. I love that everyone in New
Haven is a pizza snob.
Barrett
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LD What attracted you to home rehabilitation, and how did that lead to selling
real estate?
A lifelong resident of the Greater New
Haven area, Betsy Grauer is the owner
of Betsy Grauer Realty, Inc., which she
started as a solo real estate agent in 1981.
Today, Betsy Grauer Realty, Inc. has
grown to have over ten realtors and is the
“go to” residential real estate agency for
New Haven and its surrounding towns.
BG I have always loved architecture, and I
had exposure to construction because my
father was a builder. New Haven has so
many beautiful homes, but by the 1980s,
when I started out, many of those homes
were in need of renovation. At that time,
I thought to myself – “I know building,
I love architecture – I can do this.” So, I
started renovating multi-family homes in
New Haven. I was so proud of my work,
Betsy lives in New Haven with her
husband and is the proud grandparent of
four grandchildren, two of whom (Abigail
Kruger and Benjamin Kruger) are Leila
Day alums.
Betsy Grauer
LD Everybody knows of you as a real
estate agent, but I heard you started your
career as a house buyer yourself. Is that
true?
I would show it off to family and friends,
or, really anyone who was interested.
Before I knew it, I became known as the
person to ask about available New Haven
homes with similar preservation potential.
One day my husband observed, “You
should get your real estate license. You
certainly know New Haven real estate and
refer a lot of business to realtors.” And as
they say, the rest is history.
BG I started my career over thirty-five
years ago buying, renovating, and maintaining older homes in New Haven. I
learned so much about the functionality
of space and the intricacies of structure,
mechanicals and building codes. I also
developed a deep understanding of the
varying housing needs of different buyers.
LD What do you think accounts for the
ever-increasing popularity of living in the
city of New Haven?
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and use space. No two families utilize
or decorate a home in the exact same
way. My job never gets boring.
BG I think there is a rededication
to living in places with sidewalks.
Sidewalks speak of a community: kids
playing and riding bikes, and for adults
sidewalks mean there are destinations
you can get to with ease – whether that
is walking to a store, bringing your
kids to school, seeing your neighbors
or visiting a local park, and so on.
People do not want to spend time in
a car; they want things close-by and
they want to have multiple interactions
within their immediate community.
LD When you meet people who are
new to New Haven, what is their biggest surprise about the city?
BG I meet many people who come to
New Haven from major cities, and I
think what surprises them is the ease
at which one can become part of the
community here. Because this is in part
a university town, there is a vibrancy to
New Haven, and neighbors are more
attuned to welcoming new people. I
also think people new to New Haven
are surprised at how cultured the city
is. The amount of theater, music and
fine arts is a wonderful and appreciated
bonus that many do not know about
prior to living here.
LD Would it be fair to say you have
been inside almost every house in the
East Rock neighborhood close to a
dozen times? I mean, that part of your
job must get boring, right?
BG Definitely not boring! That is what
I love about selling real estate in New
Haven – whether it is East Rock or
any neighborhood in the area – is that
so many homes were built between
1880 through 1940, and they have
such character. There is also a wonderful diversity of homes. You can have
grand mansions on one block and the
next block over are perfect bungalow
homes. In that same neighborhood
there will also be condos, multi-family
homes, single family homes, multigenerational homes – everything. It
makes New Haven a unique housing
market and allows for a wide diversity
of prices within neighborhoods. I also
enjoy seeing the ways people interpret
LD Where might we find you when
you are not working?
BG That’s easy – with my grandchildren. I am so lucky both my children
settled in the area and all four of my
grandchildren live no farther than a
few miles from me. We love walking
everywhere – to The Peabody Museum,
The Yale Art Gallery, The British
Museum, the markets on Orange
Street, out to dinner, etc. I have the
most wonderful conversations with my
grandchildren when walking about and
exploring New Haven – it is so much
fun and also lets me appreciate the city
on a whole new level. Continued
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Betsy Grauer’s top five favorite free! ways to enjoy the arts in
New Haven this summer:
Elm Shakespeare Company
August 14-17, 19-24, 26-31
Edgerton Park
New Haven
August 16,
New Haven Green
Pericles
New Haven Jazz Festival
Yale University Art Gallery
International Festival of Arts
and Ideas
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven
June 14-28
www.artidea.org
(various free programming)
Artspace
50 Orange Street
New Haven
At the North Class . . .
What makes Leila Day special? What is your favorite thing about Leila Day?
Yanelis I like to play
outside on the slide.
Leila My favorite thing is
to play in the house corner.
Arjun Playing on the
swings.
Theo Playing outside.
There’s (sic) new areas
where we can play, like
today me and Arjun played
cowboys and Indians.
Louis Drawing.
Alan I love Legos so
much! And playing outside
with Louis.
Sumaya I like that
drawing is always open.
And I like doing projects
at the drawing table.
Shiloh I like to draw
a rainbow and a pink
unicorn.
Jaxon I like building a
plane in big blocks.
Hannah I like swinging
on the swings with Nylah
and sliding on the slide
with Yanelis, and playing
in the sandbox with the
dinosaurs.
Felix I love going on the
swings and playing with
Mobilos.
Michele I like everything!
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Charlotte I love big
blocks and the house
corner, I love riding the
bike down the hill, I love
the climber, the swings,
the tire swing, I love
headphones and the
easels, I love meeting,
I love breakfast and lunch,
I love everything!
And I love you! [to teacher]
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Our mission is to change the lives of under-­‐represented college bound students and empower, encourage, and equip them to obtain a post-­‐secondary education.
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save for post-secondary education. Financial education, asset specific training, peer support meetings and
individual financial counseling are a major component and requirement of this initiative. Participants enrolled
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Pastor Eldren D. Morrison, First Lasy Stachia Morrison and
the Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church Congregation
would like to congratulate
Leila Day for another successful school year.
Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church 246 Dixwell Ave., New Haven, CT www.varickmemorial.org
Leila Day would like to thank the following businesses and individuals
for their support:
Businesses that made in-kind donations to
support our 2014 Spring Fair:
Content pages in this ad book were
made possible by the following individual
donors:
FASTSIGNS of North Haven
(203) 239-9090
500@fastsigns.com
fastsigns.com/500
Vicki Hoffer
Jennifer Deakin
Verton, Inc
Liz & Niall Ferguson
(203) 467-0077
Sidney Horowitz & Gladys Deutsch
Nica’s Gourmet Market
Jaxon Mann - North Class Student
(203) 787-5919
nicasmarket.com
Suzie and Jason Alderman
Mary Alice Donius
Romeo & Caesars Gourmet
(203) 776-1614
romeoceasersgourmetshop.com
The DelMonico Family
The Miller Family
Angelo’s Pizza
Kai Fairloch
(203) 777-5141
angelospizzanewhavenct.com
Hannah Crocker
Honest Tea
The Garcia Girls
honesttea.com
Barbara & Stephen Radigan
P & M Fine Foods
Daqian Han
(203) 488-6183
pmfinefoods.com
Corner Market
(203) 562-2384
Hoffman Press, Inc.
(203) 865-0818
thehoffmanpress.com
Want your business to be part of our
Spring Into Summer and Fall Into Winter
2015 Edition? Contact Wendy Garcia at
wendy@leiladay.org for information.
Trader Joe’s
(203) 795-5505
traderjoes.com
Whitneyville Food Center
(203) 248-4471
whitneyvillefood.com
Peabody Museum
203-432-5050
peabody.yale.edu
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Established in 1895, Alderman-Dow Iron & Metal Co., Inc.
is proud to be the oldest family owned and operated scrap
metal yard in New Haven. Our family has helped keep New
Haven green by recycling material collected through both our
retail scale and our industrial account recycling programs for
businesses throughout Connecticut.
It is the goal of Alderman-Dow to be your No.1 choice for
scrap metal recycling. We will work hard to earn and keep
your business.
Alderman-Dow encourages you to enjoy some of our favorite
New Haven parks and playgrounds:
Criscuolo Park Lighthouse Park
corner of James Street & Chapel Street
2 Lighthouse Point Road
Hannah’s Dream East Rock Park
350 Woodward Avenue
41 Cold Spring Street
Edgewood Park Jocelyn Square Park
720 Edgewood Avenue corner of Humphrey Street and East Street
Wooster Memorial Park Scantlebury Park
213 Wooster Street 139 Ashmun Street
Alderman-Dow Iron & Metal Co., Inc.
358 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph (203) 562-1594
Fx (203) 624-4382
Toll-Free (800) 332-1594
metal@alderman-dow.com