First Town Downtown Windsor CT

Windsor CT Main Street Program
Phone: 860-247-8982


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Heritage Brick Installation and More

Heritage Brick Ceremony


Heritage Brick Ceremony


We had a lovely installation ceremony on Saturday to install the latest batch of heritage bricks into our brick patio at Central and Broad Streets.

If you want to honor or memorialize someone, you can buy a custom engraved brick on our website.

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Windsor Center Banners


Windsor Center Banners
Banner example


We're offering an incredible price on our new banner sponsorship: only $275 for the entire year starting with our spring banners in March. (1 sided banner)

Our 7 ft tall street pole banners make a huge impact on our center. Show your commitment to Windsor by proudly displaying your logo in Windsor center. Choose one sided or double sided for 1, 2 or 3 years at a time, and the number of banners you'd like. Order by Feb 1 to be in th 2025 lineup!

Discounts
Order a Double-Sided banner for Two Years and get 25% off! $750 instead of $1,000! Get 10% off if you sponsor for three years!

The Brighten Windsor Center Banner Program is providing outdoor signage opportunities for businesses, large and small, from any business sector. The banners are displayed right in the center of town offering our sponsor's businesses positive exposure 24/7.

The tall, double banner displays include one banner Welcoming visitors to Windsor with a sponsor logo/text (see sample), and a second tall banner illustrating the season.

Sponsorship of Windsor Center banners includes your one-color company/organization name or logo in the sponsor area (28" x 18") at the bottom of one 28" wide x 96" high fabric rectangle. Name or one-color logos are printed in white on a field of blue, in a 28" x 18" area.

Pay online or use the download the pdf form and email us your logo or name the way you'd like it to appear.


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Nightmare on Broad Street


Nightmare on Broad Street


October 31 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm (no trick or treating before 5:30pm!)
Broad Street will be closed to traffic for our Annual Nightmare on Broad Street!!.


First Town Downtown and presenting sponsor Windsor Federal Bank are preparing for “Nightmare on Broad Street”!
Come out with the whole family to trick or treat your way down Broad Street and the green while enjoying some family fun activities!

At this event you can:
* Get a Halloween portrait taken
* Enjoy an outdoor Halloween movie
* Visit a haunted House and/or Haunted Bus
* Take a tractor-drawn hay ride
* Go trick or treating (for kids)!
... and much more!

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Volunteer!

If you'd like to volunteer to help us that night, please click the link above or email info@ftdt.org and we'll get back to you ASAP!

Sponsor!

The deadline for signing up to participate and/or sponsoring Nightmare on Broad Street is October 18th.

Hand Out Candy!

(BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS ONLY - to hand out treats)
Whether you have a location on Broad Street or not, you can sign up to give out candy to the trick-or-treaters that haunt Windsor center on Halloween night! Just fill out this form letting us know that you will participate!

Please don’t miss this great opportunity!!! More than 2,000 people visit the center for this event!
Check out the WinTV 2024 Video

Thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers who make this event possible!
We couldn't do this without you and our members!


2025 Nightmare on Broad Street Sponsors


2025 Presenting Sponsor - Windsor Federal Bank


2025 Hayride Sponsors
Homestead Comfort

2025 Halloween Family Photo Sponsors
Ace Hardware
Sharon Dillon Rispoli - Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices
Dewey's Barrels
Founders Square
Grimshaw Tree Service

2025 Halloween Movie Sponsors
Jordan Dental Health Group
Joyce & Richard Armstrong

2025 Pumpkin Sponsors
Hosting Connecticut LLC
Likkle Patty Shop
the BOP Coffee
Voices Against Lyme Disease

For more information call First Town Downtown at (860) 247-8982 or email info@firsttowndowntown.org

Windsor Businesses wish you a happy and safe Halloween!!

View 2024 Ghoulish Portraits! and more 2024 Event Photos by Arden Sage Photography!
Check out the WinTV 2024 Nightmare Video

2023 Ghoulish Portraits!


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Last Farmers Market of 2023!


Last Farmers Market of 2023!


Last chance to attend our fun and diverse Farmers Market! This Thursday from 3:00 - 6:00 pm come out and see our fabulous market vendors and hear some great live music!

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Upcoming Events

10/29
Intro to Acrylic Painting (6 weeks)
10/29
Three-Wick Wood Bowl Candle
10/30
Veterans Coffee Hour
10/31
Nightmare on Broad Street
11/1
Family Movie Night
11/2
Open Art Classroom
11/3
Drawing II
11/3
Voice-Overs
11/5
Intro to Acrylic Painting (6 weeks)
11/6
Artifacts of Freedom: 250 Years of Windsor's Military History


Mission Statement
The mission of First Town Downtown is to position and promote Windsor Center as a premier New England town center that protects and utilizes its proud heritage as the basis for developing vibrant recreational, economic and cultural activity.

Become a member of First Town Downtown and be a part of the growth of Windsor's downtown area and Windsor as a whole! Join or Renew your membership in First Town Downtown, Windsor's Main Street program.

  • Address:161 Broad St, Windsor, CT

  • Phone: 860-247-8982

  • Email: info@ftdt.org