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Consummate Connecticut: Day Trips with Panache
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The Windsor Chamber of Commerce is now carrying autographed copies. Additionally, we are scheduled to sign copies of the book at the historic Windsor Green on Thursday, August 17. Mark your calendars.

If you would like to know more about Windsor (CT's "First Mother
Town"), read the first chapter in Consummate Connecticut.


Warning: Our society is doomed to become one mammoth conglomerate department store/fast food chain. Never in the 13 years that Stacy Lytwyn Maxwell worked as a travel writer did she dream that defending mom and pop shops would become one of her missions in life. Today, however, the mostly lifelong Connecticut resident describes herself as "a conserver of independently owned and non-profit businesses."

"It used to be that when you crossed a town or state line, each new place had their own unique businesses and dynamic landscape built by freethinking individuals. I suddenly realized that our businesses and restaurants were becoming one carbon copy throughout America. It's boring. It's stagnant. The bottom line is that landlords sellout to the so-called big guys and gals, but who pays the ultimate price?"

So, what's a writer to do? Lytwyn Maxwell says that when she started writing Consummate Connecticut: Day Trips with Panache (Cat Tales Press, 2006, www.cattalespress.com), she gravitated towards spotlighting the privately owned and non-profit businesses. Nearly every attraction in Consummate Connecticut, which also highlights accommodations and restaurants in 48 cities, towns and villages throughout the state, is a celebration of entrepreneurship and private business.

"I want my book to motivate people to get out of living in one uniform box. I want to tell college kids that there are choices beyond the national brands."

"Over the course of one decade, I have come to realize what a constant struggle it has become for small entrepreneurs and people involved in running non-profit attractions."

Her greatest apprehension is that small businesses and not-for-profit companies are being squeezed out by mega-stores and other land developments. When you go into a restaurant, if the owner is on the premises, chances are-you're going to have a great meal and service."

"I want to spotlight some of these small businesses and attractions. If people frequent these places, than odds are, they will thrive. And in Connecticut, where we can drive anywhere within two hours, there's no excuse not to check out the local pleasures that make us proud!


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First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Feb 8 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Feb 9 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Feb 11 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
Board of Directors Mtg
Feb 11 at online
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Feb 16 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Programs Committee Mtg
Feb 17 at online
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Feb 18 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Feb 22 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Feb 23 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Feb 25 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Monthly Veteran's Coffee Hour
Mar 2 at L.P. Wilson
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Mar 2 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Mar 4 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Feb 8 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Feb 9 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Feb 11 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
Board of Directors Mtg
Feb 11 at online
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Feb 8 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Feb 9 at Windsor Train Station Studios