Vote at:  http://www.fairfieldweekly.com

UPDATE

Update by Gen Barthe on 2/19/10, who has provided instructions and a more comprehensive list of Black Rock businesses and business owners who live in Black Rock. 

 Instructions on how to vote and the categories to use when voting for your favorite Black Rock businesses...

1) Go to www.fairfieldweekly.com, scroll down to that "Uncle Sam" wannabe, click on him.

The Gallery is open Thursday - Sunday 11 until 5:30 through Christmas.  We have transformed the space into a gift boutique featuring pottery, small works, prints, collectibles, clothes, and jewelry. Over 300 new items in stock.  We have something for everyone with work from $3 to 100 dollars, as well as the current exhibit of Charlie Walsh's work on display.

Please take a minute this weekend to stop by and see what we have.  Your support keeps the arts community and the gallery going and we thank you very much for it!

December3, 4, 5, 6 Bridgeport’s Artful gifts trail.  City art organizations will open their doors for holiday shoppers and art lovers this season.  The city will be alive with original art and hand made gifts at ten Bridgeport art venues.

Update: Note corrected hours for Feral Care Adoption Event.  Sat., Dec. 5 11-4 pm Feral Care Adoption Event, wonderful cats and kittens looking for a good home. Sun., Dec.

The Black Rock Business Association has chosen to spotlight commerce and culture in the neighborhood with a new logo featuring the Fayerweather Island Lighthouse. A contest was held in which a logo design by Kirsten Navin was chosen.  Kirsten is a graphic designer from Easton.  There were 13 designers, who submitted 27 entries in the contest.

Please Join us at The Gallery at Black Rock for an Artist Reception with Michael Raleigh
If you missed out on the opening of Greeting from Ghostland now is the chance to meet Michael, see his beautiful work and talk ghost stories with him.

The Gallery will host the reception on:
Friday July 3rd 2009
6pm until 9pm

The Neighborhood will be hopping with Artwalk that night weather permitting so there is lots to see an do  in the "hood".

Volume Two of Fairfield Weekly's Reader Poll for the Best of Fairfield County 2009 reveals more Black Rock winners.  65,000 readers of the Fairfield Weekly cast their votes and Black Rock had a strong showing:

http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/ 

A number of Black Rock businesses won in their categories in Fairfield County Weekly’s annual survey.  Volume One was just published.  We will update this post when Volume Two is published next week.  There were approximately 100 categories in Volume One with first, second, and third place winners.  Black Rock totally rocked in several categories.  First, of all, we took #1, #2, and #3 -- all three places in BEST PLACE FOR BREAKFAST.  Actually 17% of the first place winners were in BLACK ROCK!  That is pretty amazing for 1.3 square miles of land.  We really do have one of the best places to live given the Sound, the Ash Creek tidal estuary, two yacht clubs, a marina, and all these fabulous places for the arts, entertainment, and dining.  Not to mention the fact that we enjoy seeing each other on our walks or when we are out and about.  This is a great lifestyle.  Congratuations to: Home on the Range (#1), Dish (#2), and Harborview Market (#3) who swept the Best Place for Breakfast category and to Lady Luck for winning ten awards!  This is pretty amazing that out of all of Fairfield County our neighborhood had such a fabulous placement in so many categories.  Congratulations to:

On Saturday, March 7, two members of each Black Rock community organization were invited to attend a meeting to develop strategies and plans for working together. Our community has become a model for other neighborhoods in the city to emulate because of the deep involvement in civic activities by our residents. The Black Rock Community Council, which was established in 1978, took the lead role in sponsoring the Black Rock Summit and inviting the participants, which included our State Representative Auden Grogins and City Councilperson Sue Brannelly.