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We're making positive things happen in Winsted since 1999!

Friends of Main Street Winsted is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the historic preservation, beautification, and economic growth of Winsted.

We achieve this by helping to attract new businesses, support existing businesses, and encourage traffic to downtown.

Donations are always welcome!​
Spring on Highland Lake – photograph by JMarkwell
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🌱 ​Spring is Here - Make More Memories!

Main Street is a place where we all gather to celebrate our town and make memories year after year. It is where we shop, dine, watch parades, see movies/concerts, bowl, visit museums or a craft brewery, go to the community college or YMCA. 

​Enjoy our Community Events from a Ribbon Cutting, Contemporary Christian Music, Taking on Big Pharma event & book signing, LIVE @AMP, 85th Winsted Rotary Pet & 89th Laurel Festival Parades, Kids Fishing Derby, the Memorial Day Parade to Jazz on Sundays this month! ​
Date
Event | Start Time
May 7
​John Tibbs & Davepettigrew Live, Second Congregational Church, 800 Main St (7pm)
May 8
Town Budget Meeting (2023-2024), Town of Winchester, Gilbert School Auditorium (7pm) ​
May 11
Come Grow With Us, Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, 39 Field St., Suite 120, Torrington (5pm)​
May 13
Taking on Big Pharma & Book Signing, The American Museum of Tort Law,  645 Main Street (6pm)

Ed Fast & Conga Bop “Rumbafied!” LIVE @AMP, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting Street (8pm)
May 21
Winsted Elks Kids Fishing Derby, Winsted Elks, Tatro's Pond (7:30am)

5K Run With the Animals @ Action Wildlife, 337 Torrington Road, Goshen, 5/21-22 (10am)
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​3rd Sunday Makers Shoppes at Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (11am)
May 26
Racial Justice Quilt Exhibit, Winchester Center Congregational Church, State Route 263 and Chapel Road, Winchester Center ​​(6pm)
​May 27
Spring Tag Sale, First Church of Winsted, 95 N. Main Street (8am)

Annual Town Budget Referendum, Town of Winchester, Pearson Middle School, 2 Wetmore Ave.(8am)

Racial Justice Quilt Exhibit, Winchester Center Congregational Church, State Route 263 and Chapel Road, Winchester Center ​​(10am)
​May 28
Racial Justice Quilt Exhibit, Winchester Center Congregational Church, State Route 263 and Chapel Road, Winchester Center (12pm)
May 29
Memorial Day Parade, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 296, ​85th Winsted Rotary Pet Parade and 89th Laurel Festival Parade, Main Street (Munro St. to East End Park (11:30am)