Hamden Town Center

The Hamden Town Center Park Stormwater Retention Project is the largest of its kind in New England. Join us on Saturday, September 27 from 1-3pm. HLCT Board Member Jim Sirch, along with Hamden Town Engineer Stephen White and Nicole Davis, Watersheds Project Manager for Save the Sound will lead a presentation to help the public better understand how this innovative stormwater renovation project, filled with hundreds of plants, works to infiltrate polluted stormwater runoff from Dixwell Avenue, helping to make Town Center Park safer for children and families. A portion of the project was installed by your land trust. The presentation will include a tour of the site. Rain date is Sunday, September 28. Watch for further details. 

Help for Pollinators

Your land trust is partnering with the Pollinator Pathway to make a difference. In addition, planting your own yard, local schoolyard or other area with flowering plants that attract birds, butterflies and bees can help. Spring is a great time to find native perennial plants at local nurseries. Often, we think that all pollinators are attracted to all flowers, but many species have evolved to prefer certain plants. Check out our Plants for Wild Yards for some of the most popular native perennials that are easy to grow and attractive to many species.
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Six Lakes

Owned by out-of-state Olin Corporation, Six Lakes is a beautiful, wooded property in Hamden that could one day be available for the public to enjoy once it has been cleaned up. Your land trust is part of a coalition working toward that outcome.

Last year, the Six Lakes Park Coalition conducted a two-part visioning process to hear from neighbors about what they hope to see from the Six Lakes property once it has been cleaned up. Check out the report that resulted from that process: “A Community Vision for Six Lakes."

Find out more at sixlakespark.org.