Torrington, Connecticut Torrington, Connecticut Official seal of Torrington, Connecticut NECTA Torrington, CT Torrington is the biggest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Litchfield Hills region.
It is also the core town/city of the biggest micropolitan region in the United States. The town/city population was 36,383 as stated to the 2010 census.
Torrington is a former foundry town, as are most other suburbs along the Naugatuck River Valley.
It is presently[when?] competing with the neighboring town/city of Winsted to re-create a pleasant Main Street surrounding.[clarification needed] Downtown Torrington is home to the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, which trains ballet dancers and whose Company performs in the Warner Theatre, a 1,700 seat auditorium assembled in 1931 as a cinema by the Warner Brothers film studio.
Downtown Torrington also hosts the biggest Lodge of Elks in New England.
Torrington has two airways broadcasts, WAPJ 89.9 FM, directed by the non-profit Torrington Community Radio Foundation, and WSNG 610 AM, owned by Buckley Broadcasting.
There is a University of Connecticut county-wide ground in Torrington.
Torrington has two daily newspapers.
The Republican-American, which circulates a Litchfield County version and has a agency on Franklin Street, and The Register Citizen, a Journal Register Company printed announcement that serves Torrington and Winsted, in addition to most of the Northwest Corner.
In 2008, Torrington was titled by Bizjournals as the number one "Dreamtown" (micropolitan statistical area) out of ten in the United States to live in. Torrington was first settled in 1735 by Ebenezer Lyman, Jr., of Durham, Connecticut. Its early pioneer resided on the hills west of the Naugatuck River where the first school, church, store, and tavern were constructed.
Torrington was given permission to organize a government and incorporate as a town in October 1740.
This event sparked the beginning of the brass trade in Torrington, which later would spread throughout the entire Naugatuck Valley.
In 1849, the Naugatuck Valley barns was completed, connecting Torrington with other populace centers, ending its isolation, and stimulating further industrialized growth.
Soon, Torrington was producing a range of metal products, including needles, brass, hardware, bicycles, and tacks.
Between 1880 and 1920, Torrington's populace exploded from 3,000 to 22,000 as immigration from southern and easterly Europe increased; most immigrants amid this reconstructionwere Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Italians.
Torrington was chartered as a town/city in 1923.
Torrington is home to a several state parks, one of which is the very prominent Burr Pond State Park.
In the year 2000, the Torrington Historical Society acquired the property in consolidation with the John Brown Association.
The easterly and sides of the city, at its borders, are at the tops of peaks, while the downtown and central sections of the town/city are in the Naugatuck River Valley.
Downtown Torrington Torrington is planning to revitalize its downtown region in an accomplishment to attract inhabitants and visitors to the city's shopping and cultural opportunities.
The City of Torrington will receive $500,000 for improvements and streetscape enhancements to Torrington's Main Street and downtown.
The grant, which will flow through the state, will be designated for downtown improvements on the east side of Main Street and will include, among other enhancements, new sidewalks.
The Coe Memorial Park Subcommittee and the City of Torrington, worked closely with Ferrero Hixon Associates, to restore the Park to a Victorian walking park, much as it was when it was ted to the Town in 1906.
Torrington hopes to attract a wide range of merchants into its downtown setting.
This plan had come under fire by some because it involves the demolition of the former Torrington barns station, which is considered by many to be historical.
Even with this, the 113-year-old former Torrington barns station was demolished, as a safety hazard, on January 4, 2011.
A parking garage is slated to be constructed in the heart of downtown on either Main Street or Water Street.
The municipal parking lot next to the Torrington Library would also serve as a downtown parking area.
To relieve congestion, the town/city plans to convert the Main Street/Water Street/East Main Street downtown intersection into a "+" shape, clean water its current criticized setup.
The town/city expects to convert Main Street into a one-way road with parking lining one side of the street.
Main Street is shut down and the marketplace extends from Water Street to Alvord Street.
The City of Torrington typically collects 100% of taxes owed through the use of private tax collectors.
Torrington's bond rating is A1.
In 1984 1985 Torrington's Police Department was sued by Tracey Thurman, who was nearly killed in 1983 by her estranged husband Charles "Buck" Thurman.
City of Torrington (finalized 1985), the federal court levied a $2.3 million judgment against the town/city for refusing to enforce its previous restraining orders because the perpetrator was married to the victim.
In March 2013, Torrington received a degree of nationwide notoriety for a statutory rape case involving three teen-aged boys accused of sexually assaulting two 13-year-old girls. Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, both 18, were among the accused.
Several dozen Torrington High School students rallied around the accused and allegedly aggressively bullied the victims online. One of the victims was called a "hoe" on her Facebook page and blamed for "ruining the lives" of the accused.
Even with receiving nationwide criticism, Torrington High School students continued to use civil media to support the defendants, posting online photos while diminishing the validity and severity of the victim's claims. Three major state highways meet in downtown Torrington: Route 8, Route 4, and Route 202.
The Torrington Titans play in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England.
In 2009, an organization called Our Baseball Haven, introduced a unique concept and proposal through which a collegiate baseball team could once again call Torrington its home.
The concept, called "crowdsourcing" was supported by some five hundred individuals and the Peekskill (NY) Robins of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) were moved to Torrington and their name changed to the Torrington Titans.
The Torrington Twisters were a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) from 1997 to 2008.
Torrington twice played host to the league All-Star Game (1998, 2008) and generally placed high in their division each season.
A experienced baseball team once positioned in the town/city was known as the Torrington Braves, and were a member of the Colonial League.
The Torrington Road Race is a five-mile (8 km) run, which coincides with Donor's Week in August.
In 2006, the Torrington High School Men's Basketball team captured their first Connecticut State Championship since 1944, beating rival high school Holy Cross of Waterbury.
Downtown Torrington Historic District Roughly bounded by Church and Alvord Sts., Center Cemetery, Willow St., E.
The Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT.
Torrington Fire Department Headquarters 117 Water St.
John Brown, abolitionist, was born in Torrington in 1800.
Curtis (1857 1913), a homesteader and politician, lived in Torrington, Connecticut, and later established and titled the town of Torrington, Wyoming after his former residence.
Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports, was born in Torrington.
Frank Fixaris (1934 2006), Maine sportscaster, was born in Torrington and interval up at 600 Prospect St.
Horace Holley(1887 1960) prominent follower of the Bahai Faith was born in Torrington.
Karl Swenson (1908 1978), actor, who died in Torrington.
Lyn Nagel (1984-), Broadway Performer who was born and raised in Torrington.
Francesca Jacovino(1994-), TV personality starred in Bad Girls Club (season 17) who was born and raised in Torrington.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Torrington has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. the downtown section of Torrington was known as Wolcottville, after the Wolcott family of Connecticut, which produced a several governors between 1813 and 1881 in the order given. "City Of Torrington Downtown Municipal Development Plan" (PDF).
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