Events

Save the Dates: Earth Day Clean Up

For Earth Day, the Spring Glen Civic Association has invited WCA to partner with them and take part in a clean up of our two neighborhoods, including the two commercial areas and the Lake Whitney and Canal trail areas. It will be held over three days (April 24, 25 and 26) and a prize drawing is planned for those who participate. All that snow cover has melted to expose a fair amount of litter. See if you can coordinate with your neighbors, as well as any local community groups to which you might belong (e.g. book clubs, church groups, gardening clubs, scout troops) to go out on one of those days and help make our neighborhood cleaner and more beautiful! 

Save these dates! More details to follow…

Minutes

January 5th Minutes — Meeting with the Mayor

Announcements:

  • CT Department of Transit will have draft proposals out soon for construction projects on Whitney Ave
  • Local business owner Anne Powers of the former firehouse on Putnam Ave. shared vision for a commercial space on the first floor of the building; retail store as a modern day mercantile with potential for coffee shop, community workshops, etc. Hoping to open on June 1st 2026.
  • Welcomed new local business owner Moe Daghar of the new New Hamden Pharmacy located on Whitney Ave.

New Hamden Mayor Adam Sendroff discussed various town issues, touching on topics of the budget, taxes, traffic calming, and potential plans for Whitneyville.

Meeting announcement

WCA Meeting 1/15: Meet the Mayor

Hamden’s new Mayor (and Whitneyville resident!) Adam Sendroff will attend our next WCA meeting. This is a chance for Whitneyville residents to speak with the mayor about issues you care about.

Ahead of the conversation with the major, we are also delighted to have Anne Powers, the new owner of the former firehouse on Putnam Ave., join us and talk about her early plans for that property. We will also have Moe Dager, the owner of the upcoming New Hamden Pharmacy, who will share information about their new pharmacy.

We hope you can join us!

Thursday, January 15
7pm
Board of Education building
60 Putnam Ave.
Enter through the side entrance, by the driveway

Meeting announcement

Next WCA Meeting on 11/20

News about Whitneyville’s Commercial Area

Come hear from a new business owner in Whitneyville about their exciting plans and learn from Hamden’s Economic Development Director about how we can keep the momentum going to foster growth in our commercial area!

Thursday, November 20th
7pm at the board room of the Board of Education building
60 Putnam Avenue
(side entrance)

Meeting announcement

September 18 Meeting: All About Invasives

The next Whitneyville Civic Association Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18th. We will have a presentation on invasive plants and the spotted lanternfly by Giulia Gambale, UConn Extension Services Master Gardener Coordinator, and Judy Clark, a local Master Gardener from Spring Glen. 

There will also be a brief traffic update and other news.

Thursday September 18 at 7pm
Board of Education building (60 Putnam Ave.)
enter through the side entrance

See you there!

Events

CANCELED: Whitneyville Spring Fling 5/17

WCA is hosting our first community event of the year, a party at Denicola Park on May 17th! Join us for pizza by Burning Peel Pizza Truck, games and activities by the Eli Whitney Museum, live children’s music, and more. Bring a picnic blanket or some chairs and head to the park from 3-6pm on 5/17!

Denicola Park
May 17th from 3-6pm

With thanks to our sponsors: FRAMED and the WHITNEYVILLE FOOD CENTER.

This event has unfortunately been canceled due to inclement weather.

Minutes

Minutes from March 20, 2025 Meeting

Traffic Updates

  • Mather Street: Speed tables have been installed and neighbors report they’ve been a success. Rest of speed bumps will be installed this year.
  • Leeder Hill/Whitney Center: A new design has been proposed with two or three speed tables and a better cross walk, possibly using a bump out near the Whitney Center. The design can be viewed on the engineering web site engineering@hamden.com. This may be done by public works this year.
  • Canal Trail: Cross walks are going to be installed on streets where walkers on the canal trail have to cross adjacent streets. This is a joint project with New Haven.
  • Davis St: Install sidewalks estimated to happen in spring 2026.
  • Whitney Ave Road Diet and Rte 15 exchange: Updated timeline is later than we hoped – design in 2027 with installation in 2028. We had been told last June that it would be 2025/2026 so this was disappointing. CTDOT is making changes on the Rte 15 interchange off Whitney and is tying the two projects together which we think is the reason for the delay. We have asked the town to request of CTDOT that the work on Whitney happen earlier than the Rte 15 exchange.
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Meeting announcement

WCA March Meeting

The next Whitneyville Civic Association Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 20th. Bring your talents and ideas as we follow up on our November “visioning” meeting to plan an upcoming block party in our commercial area! We hope it will be a fun opportunity for neighbors to meet each other and for us to boost the economic vitality of our local businesses. 

We will also hear some updates from the traffic committee on current and upcoming projects.

Thursday March 20 at 7pm
Board of Education building (60 Putnam Ave.)
enter through the side entrance

See you there!