The One and Only Brattleboro

Not only is there no other town named Brattleboro anywhere in New England or in the rest of the world, but there's really no other place on earth quite like it! Please come visit, explore and discover, and we think you'll agree.

Get Into the Swing!

We're kicking off The ONE and ONLY BRATTLEBORO'S
"September Swing into Fall" with Festival Boston's swingin' best!

Beantown Swing Orchestra

THE BEANTOWN SWING ORCHESTRA
(featuring American Idol finalist John Stevens).

Live at the Latchis on Saturday, September 4 at 7:30 p.m. Sing (and dance, too) to some of the best big band era music you've heard since Goodman, Shaw and Miller put us "in the mood!" Check them out at www.beantownswing.com

Tickets on sale at the Chamber (180 Main) and at the Latchis Hotel front desk (50 Main). Or go straight to BrattleboroTix.com right now, and order yours!

Pricing: Orchestra front (A-J) $25; Orchestra rear (K-X) $20. Balcony front (A-D) $20; Balcony rear (E-K0 $15.

Proceeds go to support three great causes: the Chamber's Campaign for the Pliny Park Mural and our "Skills for Success" scholarship fund, as well as Brattleboro Arts Initiative's campaign to replace the seats in the Latchis Theatre's main hall.

Local Service Clubs Announce 2011 Ice Out Fundraiser

Local Non-Profit Organizations and Civic Groups Invited to Participate

A group of local civic organizations announced the start of a creative new fundraising effort entitled Vermont Ice Out Meadow Madness. The promotion is based on entrants guessing when a block of Grafton Village Cheese will drop through the ice in the Retreat Meadows in Brattleboro.

Tickets, priced at $5 each, may be purchased online or from a participating non-profit organization or civic group. When a guess is made, the entrant designates which participating organization they wish to benefit from their ticket. The contest winnings will then be divided so that the winning ticket holder receives 50%; 25% goes to the selling organizations; and the remaining 25% will be donated to the Ice Out Committee's selected organization. This year's lucky recipient is the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro.

Organizations wishing to participate may go to www.vticeout.com to review the participation guidelines and to download an application. Applications from organizations must be received by August 31. Ticket sales begin October 1, to coincide with Gallery Walk.

Vermont Ice Out is a benefit program coordinated by the Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary, the Brattleboro Rotary, the United Way of Windham County, the Kiwanis Club, and Grafton Village Cheese.

For more information, please contact: Carmen Derby, United Way of Windham County, (802) 257-4011, carmen@unitedwaywindham.org.

VISIT The One and Only Brattleboro

Something for everyone - June through the holiday season!

Reachable by wheel, rail, cycle or trail, Greater Brattleboro is a short hop Visit from Boston, Hartford, the New York Metro Area and even from Montreal.

Come for a day, week or a season to hike, bike. Discover our pedestrian-friendly, vibrant, uniquely interesting downtown.

Shop, feast, take in some music, a play or a swim in an old-fashioned swimming hole, or just contemplate the green-into-gold-into-red magnificence of the fall leaf changes -- all in all, you'll agree that Brattleboro is one in a million!

PLAY in The One and Only Brattleboro

The great outdoors beckons... park, trail, field and stream!

Set where the waters of the Connecticut and West Rivers and the Whetstone Play Brook meet, Greater Brattleboro offers never-ending opportunities to play your favorites!

In summer and fall that means kayaking, rowing and canoeing, tennis, golf, baseball, walking, hiking, biking, swimming, soccer and bird-watching.

And it wouldn't be the Brattleboro area without circus and trapeze training, dancing, yoga, pilates, bowling and tai chi - indeed, anything that makes having fun, fun!

WORK in The One and Only Brattleboro

Industry and industriousness - hallmarks of Greater Brattleboro!

Brattleboro has always been a town at work. The first European settlers harnessed the Work waterways for shipping and the springs for health. Paper millers and organ makers set the stage for today's manufacturers of precision products.

Butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, brewers, glass blowers, furniture crafters, potters, painters, writers, teachers, builders, musicians, farmers - if it's to be done, folks in Greater Brattleboro are doing it. So bring you talent, your dream and get to work!

LIVE in The One and Only Brattleboro

"Family," welcoming, warmth and a true sense of community!

The towns, villages and hamlets that make up Greater Brattleboro are as commodious Live as any anywhere. Brattleboro's the hub and heart, offering all the services and opportunities found in urban centers far larger with a personal, small-town touch.

Health care, education, arts and culture and the outdoors are prized. And the folks who live here take care of each other - our young, our seniors, those in need at any age.

Mostly we treasure the ties that bind. Ah, this is living!