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About East Hartford
East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The
population was 49,575 at the 2000 census.
East Hartford is home to the headquarters of Pratt & Whitney, part of the United
Technologies conglomerate. Just down the road on Silver Lane lies the recently
erected Rentschler Field (construction completed September 2003), home of the
UConn Huskies football team. East Hartford also contains a Coca-Cola bottling
plant, located on Main Street.
Wickham Park, located in both East Hartford and Manchester, features Oriental
gardens, fountains, open fields (including a VERY popular sledding hill),
woodlands, ponds, picnic areas, softball fields, and an aviary. The west side of
the park offers a scenic view of East Hartford and the skyline of Hartford
across the Connecticut River.
A $1 billion dollar technology, entertainment, lodging and retail development
Rentschler Field (home of the UConn football team), steps away from the
Connecticut River, and a few minutes from downtown Hartford, Connecticut.
Cabela's, a major direct marketer of outdoor merchandise in the U.S., has
committed to constructing an interactive supercenter at the site and plans to
begin building in 2006 and to open in 2007. Hotels, techonology companies, and
various retail outlets are expected to begin construction in the near future as
well.
East Hartford is home to a diverse mix of neighborhoods. Often, the entire area
is described as "blue collar." In any case, the area is extremely diverse (East
Hartford High School, with 2400 students is the most diverse high school in the
state[citation needed], and also Two Rivers Magnet Middle School, with 600
students). The northeast and southeast sections of the town are suburban and
resemble neighboring towns like South Windsor, Connecticut and portions of
Manchester, Connecticut. However, much of the town is low income. Neighborhoods
like Hockanum in the southwest of the city, Burnside Avenue in the center of the
city, and Mayberry Village in the east are on the lower end of the economic
ladder, as are the neighborhoods off Park Avenue.