Windsor CT Economic Development

08/31/2026

Thinking about applying for the WBDC Ignite Grant but not sure where to start? WBDC is hosting free info sessions every week through September to walk you through the process — available in both English and Spanish.

The HostingCT team has been through this process ourselves, and these sessions make a real difference. Grab a spot before applications close on September 13!

🔗 Register: ctwbdc.org/ignite (see session dates)

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08/30/2026

🕷️2026 NIGHTMARE ON BROAD STREET DATE CHANGE!️🕷️

Don’t wait until Halloween to get your spooky on! This year, our annual Nightmare on Broad Street celebration is happening on EARLY!

📅 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2026
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Windsor Town Green & Broad Street area
🚨 Mark your calendars NOW so you don’t miss it!

First Town Downtown is getting ready for an evening of family-friendly Halloween fun! Broad Street will be closed to traffic so families can trick-or-treat their way through Windsor Center and enjoy tons of spooky activities!

👻 Get a Halloween portrait
🎃 Enjoy an outdoor Halloween movie
🕷️ Visit a Haunted House and/or Haunted Bus
🌾 Take a tractor-drawn hay ride
🍬 Trick-or-treat for the kids
🎉 And MUCH, MUCH MORE!
⚠️ IMPORTANT: There will be NO trick-or-treating before 5:30 PM!

👻 WINDSOR BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS — WE NEED YOU! 👻
Help make Nightmare on Broad Street extra sweet by signing up to hand out candy to our trick-or-treaters! You do NOT have to be located on Broad Street to participate, we have lots of spaces on the Town Green for you!

🕸️Planning a special activity on the Green or Broad St? Let us know by October 18 so we can include you on our event map and help promote your business!

Visit: https://firsttowndowntown.org/about/programs/nightmare-on-broad-st/
🎃 Decorate your storefront, table, or booth for our Spooky Spirit Contest!
👻 HELP MAKE THE NIGHTMARE HAPPEN -Sign up to Volunteer!
👀BECOME A SPONSOR -Sign up to become a sponsor!

Can’t be there? You can still help! Consider sponsoring the event or donating candy for our volunteers to hand out.🍬❤️ More than 2,000 people come to Windsor Center for this annual tradition — and we need our amazing businesses, volunteers, members and community partners to help make it magical (and maybe just a little bit spooky)! 👻

Get your costumes ready. Grab the kids. Tell your neighbors.
🕷️ Nightmare on Broad Street is coming… and this year, it’s coming EARLY! 🕸️

Thank you to all of our incredible sponsors, volunteers, members and community partners who make this beloved Windsor tradition possible. We couldn’t do it without YOU! ❤️

08/30/2026

🎶❤️ LET’S ROCK THE GREEN ONE LAST TIME THIS SEASON! ❤️🎶

Still Kickin’ with The Big City Horns is coming to the Windsor Town Green on Tuesday, September 1st, from 6:30–8:30 PM!

This is the FINAL concert of the First Town Downtown Summer Concert Series, and we want to celebrate with YOU! Bring your lawn chairs, your dancing shoes, your family and friends, and get ready for an evening of classic rock, blues, soul, funk and BIG horn sounds! 🎺🎸🥁

📍 Windsor Town Green • 275 Broad Street
🗓 Tuesday, September 1
⏰ 6:30–8:30 PM
🎟 FREE!

❤️ HELP US GIVE BACK!
Please bring a non-perishable food donation for the Windsor Food and Fuel Bank. Every donation helps support our neighbors in need. And don’t forget to stop by the Lions Club tent for FREE popcorn for the kids! 🍿❤️

🫶A HUGE thank you to our wonderful concert sponsors, Windsor Federal Bank and Joyce & Richard Armstrong, for helping us bring free music and fun to the community all summer long! We couldn’t do it without you! ❤️

📣And the music doesn’t stop here! 🎶 Be sure to check out the FREE Thursday Roots & River concerts on the Green, presented by the Windsor Arts Center. Let’s keep the Green filled with music!

Come on down, bring your people, and let’s make our last FTDT concert of the season one to remember! 🌳🎶💃🕺

👍Don’t miss a concert, event, rain delay, grand opening, or community celebration! Be sure to Like & Follow First Town Downtown on Facebook and Instagram for weekly updates and everything happening in Downtown Windsor.

08/30/2026

08/28/2026

🏓 A sneak peek inside the new Boston Pickle Club—opening soon in Windsor! The courts are ready, the nets are up, and a great new destination for pickleball players of all skill levels is taking shape. Stay tuned for opening details!

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