Hello From Our Economic Development Chairman

Dear Prospective Business Owners And Those Seeking To Relocate To Seymour Connecticut:

The Town of Seymour Connecticut is a classic New England town with a lot of spirit, charm and a historical background dating to that of the United States of America's Industrial Revolution of the 19th century circa 1850-1860. Today, in modern times of the second decade of the 21st century, Seymour remains a lovely place to plant your familial roots, raise a family and reside affordably and comfortably as we are comprised of apartments, condominiums, 55+ communities, single and multi-family housing and high-end custom-built homes and neighborhoods. In 2010 Seymour joined the Connecticut Main Street Association and several other organizations in the past two years.

Seymour is nestled between major cities like New York City to the south by a mere 75 minutes, Boston to the North by 2.5 hours, just a little over 1 hour to famous Casino Resorts like Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods. We are 25 minutes from historic downtown New Haven that is home to one of the most prestigious collegiate higher education centers in the world, Yale University. We are are a 25 minute ride to Bridgeport and Waterbury, a 45+ minute ride to Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury and Hartford. The Town of Seymour continues to evolve into the 21st century yet retains a balanced approach to economic development versus quality of life.

Our downtown is continually being revitalized where one can stroll around our sought after Seymour Antique District (http://shopsatseymour.com/), visit a historic movie theater "The Strand", shop, dine and visit one of the largest waterfalls in the State of Connecticut known as Tingue Dam in which a multi-million dollar fish by-pass is slated to be installed by CT DEP in the very near future and continued renovations to the adjacent park known as the Broad Street-Vietnam Memorial Park. Additional concepts are underway for several more downtown parcels to be rehabilitated for extensive commercial and retail development in the range of $20 million affording Seymourites and many others in neighboring towns additional modern retail conveniences.

Seymour has recently also seen reinvestment from national chain tenants such as Starbuck's, CVS and Walgreen's that have constructed new buildings. Several new restaurants have opened up as well as Philly's Car Wash to service the needs of tens of thousands in several towns. Seymour enjoys the scenic beauty of four-seasons nestled in the mountains of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Route 8 Corridor from its spring flowers to fall foliage colors to winter snowfall.

Seymour is presently comprised of five quality schools and soon to be four as two older elementary schools are consolidated into one state-of-the-art 80,000 sqft facility scheduled to be completed by September 2012. By that time, Seymour will have nearly invested $100 million into our school system over the past 15 years. There are 6 Connecticut State highways running through Seymour, two rivers (Naugatuck and Housatonic), a Metro-North train station and the Connecticut/New Haven/Valley Transit District public transportation. The town is considerably serviced by public water/sewer and natural gas.

The Town of Seymour remains a financially sound municipality that remains affordable. It is charming and historic dating back to 1850. Seymour is a great place to start a new business, expand your existing business and to raise a family. We invite you to be part of our vision. So come join us!

With Kindest Regards,

Jon David Szuch
Chairman - Town of Seymour Connecticut Economic Development Commission

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