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- Backus Avenue, Danbury, CT
- A 'new neighborhood' in Bethel
- From an Amazon grocer to housing, these are the projects to watch in the Danbury area in 2023
- Join us at the Danbury Fair Mall
- Barnes & Noble will be moving just down the road apiece into a 19,000 sq. ft. space inside the Danbury Fair Mall.
- October 28th - November 14th
Stiv Bello and Ronni Bello, brothers from Italy, weave their comedy throughout the circus show. The X-Metal Motorcycle Riders from the country of Columbia travel at high speeds inside a steel ball. Aerial acts include the Alexa Swing Pole act and Shirley Larible’s aerial net act. The Flip Circus is a product of the pandemic, created by family members who own Circus Vazquez, a touring circus that debuted in Mexico in 1969. No racist, discriminatory, vulgar or threatening language will be tolerated. Julia Perkins has been a reporter with The News-Times since June 2016 and covers the towns of Bethel and Brookfield.
Barnes & Noble has been actively opening new stores in communities across the country. In the nine years from 2010 to 2019, the bookseller opened just 15 new stores in total. In 2022, Barnes & Noble opened 16 new stores and the bookseller has announced opening plans for over 30 new bookstores in 2023. Come and see the great jugglers, acrobats, aerialists and the motorcycles inside the Globe of Steeal, laught with our gleeful Clowns like you never had before.
Backus Avenue, Danbury, CT
Shirley Larible, an eighth generation circus performer, also believes the smaller venue is good because it helps performers connect with their audience. The new location, occupied previously by Arhaus, is situated between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Primark, on the outside of the mall, and is expected to open its doors to coincide with the end of its current lease. This will be the bookseller’s second new bookstore in Connecticut, having opened its Westport store in 2021. Danbury, in Fairfield County, is located in southwest Connecticut, on the Still River. It was named in 1687, incorporated in 1702, and chartered as a city in 1889.
The lease at its current location at #15 Backus ends in the spring of 2023 after 31 years. A project to keep an eye on is a mixed-use development proposed for 9 and 11 Diamond Ave. in Bethel, where developer Adriano Echavarria wants to create a “new neighborhood” with residential and commercial spaces. The townhouse proposal on 33 acres has attracted a small but vocal group of residents opposed to the plan. Farrell, which completed a 74-unit apartment complex south of downtown Sandy Hook in 2021, argues that townhouses are a good fit for the Hawleyville property, which was approved for “a vastly larger project” in 2018 that was never built. The townhouse proposal was reviewed by Newtown’s Planning and Zoning Commission in mid-December. The original plan called for a 196,000-square-foot warehouse on 29 acres off Saw Mill Road.
A 'new neighborhood' in Bethel
Shirley Larible, an aerialist with Flip Circus, which is coming to the Danbury Fair mall from Oct. 28 through Nov. 14. Barnes & Noble will be moving just down the road apiece into a 19,000 sq. Kendra Baker is a reporter for the News-Times who previously worked as a general assignment reporter for The Wilton Bulletin. Before The Bulletin, Kendra freelanced for The Redding Pilot and interned for the New Haven Independent.
The talented, multi-national cast of performers include world-class clowns, acrobats, jugglers, aerialists and daredevils displaying their talents. It is a dance troupe comprised of five female members who escaped Ukraine in March as the current war broke out. Ridgefield's Planning and Zoning Commission approved the project in the fall. D. Keeler grain elevator building, it will include three commercial units on the first floor totaling 3,600 gross square feet along Bailey Avenue and 25 residential units above, with mainly two-bedroom units of 850 to 1,100 square feet. Along with a gym, restaurants and other amenities, developers are approved to build 404 apartments in the building. The plans had included space for the construction of the city’s Danbury Career Academy before the idea fell apart earlier this year.
From an Amazon grocer to housing, these are the projects to watch in the Danbury area in 2023
A planned residential development in Brookfield at 857 Federal Road will see the construction of 100 apartments, including 20 incentive rate units, according to Greg Dembowski, the town’s economic and community development specialist. His concept plan for the site features four, four-story rental residential apartment buildings, two rows of townhouses, and two, three-story buildings with lower-level retail spaces. In addition to a mix of retail and residential development, Echavarria’s proposal calls for lots of green space, as well as a focus on sustainability and creativity. The Savings Bank of Danbury plans to construct a $14 million office building at the corner of Main and White streets. When the project was introduced, officials said the four-story 35,000-square-foot building would be the "gateway" to the downtown that the city is trying to breathe new life into. One distinction with the Flip Circus is its intimacy with the audience with no audience member more than 50 feet from the ring.
"For us in the troupe, we see things differently from most people each day, worrying about how the war is impacting our families. I call my family every day and they stay positive. War is horrible and I just hope people don’t forget what is going on there." Flip Circus set up their red and white striped tent at the Danbury Fair mall, on Wednesday, where they will be performing from October 28 to November 14. "While we are sad to be leaving our current home after a very happy 31 years of bookselling, the move to a new location gives us the opportunity to start afresh with a new store," said James Daunt, CEO, Barnes & Noble. The new store at 7 Backus Avenue will occupy 19,000 square feet and include a Barnes & Noble Café.
We wanted to create a circus that was for everyone, a circus with an international flair that involved performers from around the world, and Flip Circus was forged. We call it Flip because flipping is a huge part of so many performances with acrobats performing back flips." DANBURY – Connecticut residents young and old get a rare treat as the new Flip Circus takes its big top national debut tour to the Danbury Fair mall from Friday through Nov. 14.
This is the largest gathering of home improvement companies in Western Connecticut. No matter what project you need for your home, you’ll find a surplus of options at the Home Show Expo. Alexa Vazquez, an aerialist and owner of Flip Circus, which is coming to the Danbury Fair mall from Oct. 28 through Nov. 14. "Our experience with Flip Circus has been wonderful with great crowds, we consider everyone here at the circus our second family," said 21-year-old Anastasiia Savych, a dancer in the Bingo Troupe. "We are all beautiful Ukrainian girls and we just love going out there performing high energy shows for the crowds. While the Flip Circus experience for the five Ukraine women in the Bingo Troupe has been an exciting and uplifting experience, this year has also been tough having to leave family members and worry about them in war-torn Ukraine.
The circus will be at the Danbury Fair mall from October 28 to November 14. The Flip Circus takes place inside its distinctive red and white-striped climate-controlled big top tent set up in the parking lot located on the Macy’s side of the mall. There are no animals in the circus with the focus on the performers. A worker climbs the rigging for the Flip Circus red and white striped tent. A worker climbs up the Flip Circus red and white striped tent to secure two sections of the tent. Danbury has experienced rapid development in recent years, especially on its West Side, but new apartments and retail spaces are expected to start construction or open across the region in the New Year.
The plan by Farrell Building Co. to cluster 220 units and a clubhouse with a pool and tennis courts on Mount Pleasant Road in Newtown’s Hawleyville neighborhood would be just east of Interstate 84’s Exit 9. That is the same area where a Manhattan investor’s plan to build a trucking warehouse on 100 acres was rejected in 2022 after widespread neighborhood criticism and opposition. A New York-based moving company withdrew its controversial proposal in November to build 4.5-acre warehouse near The Summit development. However, the attorney for Clancy Relocation and Logistics said the company intends to resubmit the application. The most anticipated residential development in downtown Danbury should be completed in the New Year, despite the developer missing two deadlines to have the Main Street project built by 2022. The Summit at Danbury is converting to mixed use to include offices, residential and retail.
Located in Danbury, CT - Danbury Fair is one of New England's largest shopping centers including Apple, lululemon, Anthropologie, Macy's, Pottery Barn, Primark, Urban Outfitters, LL Bean, Dick’s Sporting Goods and over 180 other shops. Eateries include The Cheesecake Factory, Barbarie’s Grill, Golf Lounge 18, LongHorn Steakhouse, Shake Shack, Chick Fil-A, Chipotle, and Starbucks. “Our Circus Vazquez has mostly Hispanic performers and influence, so we also wanted to open the borders.
As with other development proposals in Bethel, there are people in town with concerns ranging from aesthetics to traffic impacts. As part of its plans, the bank purchased the former Tuxedo Junction bar and plans to demolish it. The Danbury Fair mall will become Target’s first location in the city and its second location in greater Danbury, along with Bethel. Target will open a two-level, 126,000-square-foot store in the space at the Danbury Fair mall formerly occupied by Sears.
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