East Hartford
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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.