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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!​

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Picture Credit: "Fall on Highland Lake" by jmarkwell

A strong supporter of the Entrepreneurial Center of Northwest Connecticut

☃️ ​ Ready for Winter? Make Some 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. This holiday Make Main Street Your Christmas Store and Help the Homeless – Donte to Freezin' for a Reason! From our home to yours –
🦌 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!​

December	Event | Start Time
Dec 3	​🚒 Christmas Breakfast, Winsted Fire Station 2 at 187 Prospect St (7am) 🦌 First Annual Holiday Fair & Kids Craft Making, NWCT YMCA , 480 Main St (8am) ⛪ 101st Christmas Fair, First Church of Winsted, 95 N Main St (8am)​ ​​⛪ ​Christmas Bazar, St. Joseph Church, 31 Oak St. (9am)​ 🚔 Stuff-A-Cruiser, Winchester Police Dept at CVS, 47 Main Street (9am) ​🖼 Mural Tour, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (10am) 📚 ​Holiday Open House, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (11am) 🚗 Holiday Open House, American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St (11am) 🔔 Holiday Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (11am)​ 🎅🏼​ Pictures with Santa, Little Fox Portraits, 424 Main St (1pm) 🐴 ​Horse Drawn Wagon Rides, Elm St/390 Main St, Northwest Community Bank (1pm) 🔥 S'mores, Winsted Fire Dept, East End Park (2;30 pm) 💃 Dance Performance, Center for Dance Arts, East End Park (2:45pm) 🎄 Tree Lighting, Winsted Recreational Dept, East End Park (4pm)
Dec 4	​🔔 Holiday Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (11am)​ ​ ​​🎀​✂️ ​Ribbon Cutting • Sue Grossman Greenway Extension (12pm)​ ​ ​​🎀​✂️ ​​Ribbon Cutting • Annie Simard, KW Realtor, 562 Main Street (3 pm)​
Dec 7-18	🎁 Main Street is Your Christmas Store, 12 Days Before Christmas (Dec 7-18), Friends of Main Street (12 days)
Dec 9	​​⛺ ​11th Annual Freezin' for a Reason, Winsted Y Homeless Shelter, East End Park (6pm) ​
Dec 11	🎄 Holiday Makers Shoppes at Whiting Mills, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (11am)​​
Dec 17	🚒  Winsted Fire Department "Gator" Christmas Parade, same route as last year, Step off (5pm)
Dec 18	🎄 Holiday Makers Shoppes at Whiting Mills, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (11am)​
Dec 19	🎅🏼​ Breakfast with Santa at NWCT YMCA , 480 Main St (9am)
Dec 20	🎁 Main Street is Your Christmas Store, Winner Announced, Friends of Main Street (12 pm)
Dec 21 ​	🎇 Winter Solstice 4:47 pm
Dec 25-Jan 1	🦌 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

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