Page 40 - North Haven Magazine Issue 20 Autumn 2021

A Message From

t is always a pleasure to be able to present an overview to our citizens in terms of what is
Ihappening here in North Haven.
This edition will serve to focus on three different areas of your town government.

1) This past week, we experienced a ma- This year in 2021, we will see additional
jor announcement that there would be a new businesses coming that include some Michael J. Freda
devasting Hurricane heading towards Con- of which I already presented and they are: First Selectman
necticut.
A. A new Panera Bread restaurant in looking for an alternative to replace our
We mobilized our Emergency Management front of the Cinemark Theatre antiquated Show Mobile where our bands
operations, myself and our Fire Depart- B. A new Hampton Inn hotel near the play. I will have more on this at a later date.
ment, Police Department, Public Works Chick-fil-A
Department and the United Illumining C. A new 5 Guys Restaurant currently Thank you all for being such wonderful cit-
Company all gathered together to prepare under construction on Washington izens during such difficult times.
for the worst case scenario. Down through Avenue
the years, whether it has been in my busi- D. A new Starbucks with a drive through Please be assured that for as long as I am
ness career or my career serving you as your on Washington Avenue your First Selectman, I will always do every-
First Selectman, I have had a great deal of E. A new Jimmy Johns restaurant cur- thing that I can for each and every one of
experience in crisis management in terms of rently under construction on Wash- you and continue to work to always improve
preparing for it, being presented with it, and ington Avenue our town and to always get better person-
in responding to any crisis scenario. F. A new O’Reilly’s auto store opening ally.
soon on Washington Avenue
A certain calmness always comes over me G. A new Torito’s Mexican restaurant I care deeply for each and every one of you
in these situations and I always conclude opening in September on Universal and your families.
that whether or not the worst case scenario Drive
unfolds, we will be always prepared to deal H. A new Jersey Mike’s on Universal Sincerely,
with any situation. We were very fortunate Drive opening during the first week of Michael Freda
that the hurricane did not have a direct im- October
pact on us but we were certainly prepared
on that Sunday, August 22nd. Additionally, we have worked closely with
Amazon for a major expansion with them
2) On the new business side, I am in on their site, and are working on a variety
the process of working closely with a vari- of other projects that involve major new ad-
ety of both large and small business to come ditions to our town in terms of bringing in
to North Haven. Both small and large busi- new businesses. 18 Church Street
nesses are very important to the town’s rev- 203-239-5321
enue growth, job creation and the ability to 3) Our summer concert series was a suc-
ensure that our mill rate remains very stable cess this year. It was great to see such a fan- www.northhaven-ct.gov
with no increases. One example of many tastic turnout on our green this summer for
new small businesses that we are bringing our concerts. As I went through the crowd
to North Haven is a new and unique busi- and spoke with hundreds of our citizens
ness called ‘’Golf Cove”. This concept will be each Tuesday night, I saw that our citizens,
going into 336 State Street and the projected and those who came in from other towns,
opening date is September 30th. This is a truly appreciated being outdoors and enjoy-
virtual golf facility where anyone can play ing themselves at each concert.
golf indoors and hit a variety of shots into a
computerized virtual screen that replicates Next year, I have plans to add addi-
different courses. This new business will tional concerts to our summer series.
feature food being served, a bar indoors and One of my many other goals is to im-
a variety of refreshments being served. prove the way we deliver our concerts by