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Parks & Rec Director: Pickleball Players Suggest Constructing Four Courts in Waveny

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Municipal officials are hearing from pickleball enthusiasts that the town should consider installing four courts in Waveny. Parks & Recreation Director John Howe said Wednesday night that he’s heard from a local man on the issue “and he thinks he has a lot of other people.”

The five courts already installed in Mead Park “are going to be busy during the season,” Howe told members of the Parks & Rec Commission during their regular meeting, held at Lapham Community Center and via videoconference. “We think we could fit them in—and there needs to be more research—in the grass area basically between the roadway, the dog park, and the paddle courts, in that area,” Howe said. “But, I just want to throw it out there that what we’re seeing is, pickleball is not going away. And it might be, if we ever do have the new picnic area installed by the paddle courts, and maybe a possible another paddle court, this would possibly be a great place to do it.

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Parks & Rec Approves Second Annual ‘Waveny Arts Festival’ for Oct. 6

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Parks officials last week approved an Oct. 6 arts event for Waveny that saw more than 1,000 attendees turn out during its debut last year. The Parks & Recreation Commission voted unanimously to approve the second annual Waveny Arts Festival, which will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on that Sunday in October. Organized by the Carriage Barn Arts Center, the inaugural festival was “a great success,” according to the nonprofit organization’s executive director, Hilary Wittmann. “It was a relatively turnkey event that the whole community loved—we had an amazing turnout and are looking to repeat the event again and expand it a little bit,” Wittmann told members of the Commission at their regular meeting, held Feb.

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Parks & Rec Pushes Back on June ‘Caffeine & Carburetors’ in Waveny; Oct. 20 Event Approved

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The chair of the New Canaan Parks & Recreation Commission said Wednesday night that a proposed June 2 date for the popular Caffeine & Carburetors car show in Waveny is problematic. Hosting the specialty and antique auto show in the spring “has been filled with a lot of issues that we’ve heard from the town,” according to George Benington. 

“Those issues need to be resolved before they come back to us,” he said during the Commission’s regular meeting, held at Lapham Community Center and via videoconference. “There’s a lot of opposition based on concerns about the field that time of year with the weather and what not. So we cannot vote on June tonight.  We can vote on October, but not June. … I think we all agree that this is a great event.

Charles Crookenden

Parks & Rec Approves Installation of Two Sculpted Benches in Waveny

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Parks officials last week approved the installation of two new benches in Waveny. The Parks & Rec Commission during its regular meeting March 15 voted unanimously to allow a local nonprofit organization to purchase and install the benches, created by a British sculptor. They are expected to add “a really interesting new dimension to the park that enriches current residents’ experience of the park and actually can attract new visitors,” Charles Crookenden, treasurer of the Waveny Park Conservancy, told the Commission during its meeting, held at Lapham Community Center. Nigel Ross’s benches “are functional and attractive sculptures,” he said. “By that I mean that they are designed to be played on, to be sat on,” Crookenden continued.

Doug Kerridge

Parks & Rec Approves June 11 ‘Pops In The Park’ Concert in Waveny

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Following a successful inaugural concert last summer, ‘Pops In The Park’ is on track to return to Waveny this year. The Parks & Recreation Commission at its most recent meeting voted unanimously in favor of a June 11 orchestral concert from the balcony at the back of Waveny House. Featuring the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, the event will be “very similar to what we did last year,” Pops In The Park Chair Doug Kerridge told members of the Commission at their Feb. 8 meeting, held at Lapham Community Center and via videoconference. “It’s a week earlier than what we did last year, part of our thought being that we wanted to try it before the end of the school year which is the 14th [of June] this year, so we know we lost the families who went on vacation as soon as school let out,” Kerridge said.