Planting Replacement Trees: WVIA has an ongoing program to locate opportunities for tree replacement. Three such projects have been advanced on Church Street, Cumberland Avenue and the Pitkin Community Center.

Business Beautification Award: Every year the WVIA presents its "Beautification Award" to a business in town that has beautified its property or buildings. In so doing, the WVIA seeks to both honor the recipient as well as point out to other businesses what we consider to be good design and construction worthy of emulation. 

The honored company's name is added to an elegant plaque which was carved for this purpose by the Wethersfield Men's Woodworking Club. The wood of the plaque is from the famous "Old Elm" which once stood on the Broad Street Green and was in its time the largest elm in the United States. The WVIA plaque is displayed on the premises of the award recipient for a period of one year. Recent recipients have included Blades salon; Comstock Ferre Company; Jensen and Miller; Cross Automotive and D'Esopo.

Beaver Brook Fence at Welles Road: This project, completed in 2008, replaced a dilapidated fence on both sides of Welles Road with a sturdy and attractive cedar fence. more...

Circular Wooden Tree Bench:  Like the Broad Street Green map project, this too was inspired by Thayer Chase. The WVIA's goal here was to improve the appearance of the entrance of the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center on Main Street in Old Wethersfield. more...

Pitkin Community Center:  This wonderful project was originally proposed by the WVIA in 1997. Our goal was to develop a long-term plan for the beautification of Wethersfield's Pitkin Community Center and to continue the execution of that plan in a meaningful way.  more...

Arbor Day Ceremony:  The Wethersfield Village Improvement Association celebrated Arbor Day, 2009 with a planting of a Maple tree in front of the Webb House on Main Street in Wethersfield.

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New Flags for the Town of Wethersfield: The Wethersfield Village Improvement Association presented new flags to the town on a recent National Flag Day.  The new flags, poles and stands replaced worn out flags located in the town council chamber.  The flags were presented by Lisa Leonard and John Lepper, members of the WVIA to then Mayor Russ Morin and Town Manager Bonnie Therrian.

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The Corinne Willard Bench:  The Association installed this bench in front of the Old Academy and dedicated it to long time member and activist, Corinne Willard.   more...

Emerson-Williams Trees:  The WVIA planted trees along the Emerson-Williams parking lot and driveway.   more...

Past Projects

Hubbard House Street Signs:  Albert Hubbard built about 240 homes on about 35 acres in Wethersfield's old village in the 1920's. One of his legacies was the creation and placement of 20 specially designed street signs around 1926. Some 70 years later, in one of its most ambitious efforts, the WVIA led effort to restore the worn, damaged and missing "Hubbard House" street signs.  more...

Broad Street Green Map: This project, completed in 2001, was inspired by one of the WVIA's long-time members, W. Thayer Chase. A distinguished landscape architect, Chase designed the landscaping of the award-winning Merritt Parkway in Connecticut. For many years, Chase advocated that a map of Wethersfield's "Broad Street Green" be developed which would educate visitors and residents about the Green's value and beauty.   more…