Niantic Main Street

277 Main Street, P.O. Box 634, Niantic, CT 06357 [View Map]

t: (860) 739-2550    e: NianticMainStreet@DiscoverEastLyme.com 

We've made a ripple.
Help us make a splash!

Niantic Main Street is onto something big.

We've helped prepare plans for a new streetscape, we've helped secure grants for construction, and today - the dream of a new streetscape and more pedestrian-friendly, eye-catching Niantic village is visible everywhere you look.

The ripple began.

In 1997, East Lyme residents and business people successfully collaborated with the Yale School of Urban Design to envision a more lively and prosperous community. Following the study's recommendation, Niantic Main Street was created and tapped into the expertise of state and national revitalization experts. With an America the Beautiful grant, Niantic Main Street created a Master Streetscape Plan with input from design specialists. The ripple began!

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Based on Niantic Main Street's work, the East Lyme planning department applied for and secured a state grant that will fund over 61% of the nuts and bolts of basic construction. Niantic Main Street requests your help to raise $250,000 for special materials that will make the difference between a good project and a great project: new streetlights, trees that are tolerant of drought and salt, curbing, a bicycle parking area, and both crosswalks and sidewalks that are accessible to families with strollers and those who are handicapped.

The streetscape is accented with planters, filled with colorful flowers and greenery. Attractive benches and trash receptacles are being provided courtesy of the East Lyme Beautification committee.

Your support will be helping to strengthen Niantic's identity as a seashore village: increasing a sense of neighborhood, encouraging pedestrian activity, and best of all, contributing to our overall quality of life. We've made a ripple, now let's make a splash!

You can help make a splash! Here's how:

Put your name or your family's on one of these design elements by making a contribution today.
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Crosswalk (4): $15,000 / ea
New Decorative Street Light (6 sponsored, 10 available): $5,000 / ea
Ramps for handicapped and strollers (6): $3,500 / ea
Beautiful, healthy trees (19): $2,500 / ea
Bicycle Parking Stand (1): $2,000
Granite Curbing (16 sections): $500 / ea
Bluestone accents for sidewalks (40): $450 / ea
Every gift makes a splash! $1 - $450 (every dollar helps!)

Every contribution helps make a splash! Your support will be acknowledged along with all other gifts.

Board of Directors

• Candy Shapiro, President
• Dick Gada, Vice President
• Becky Frechette, Secretary
• Sonya Hoisington, Treasurer
• Colleen Gresh
• Pauline Lord
• Meg Mahon
• Sue Kumro
• Rachel Rinoski
• Teri Smith 
• Rob Waller, Esq.
• Dave Labrie

Niantic Main Street is a nonprofit, tax exempt (501)(c)(3) organization. Your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.