Derby/Shelton Rotary Club

Rotary Bench & Brick on Derby Greenway

The new Derby Greenway Plaza & Hall of Fame. Rotary bench on left.

The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club is proud to be part of the beautiful new Derby Greenway Plaza and Hall of Fame located at the Division Street entrance to the very popular pedestrian walkway. The Greenway was formally opened in June of 2006, and the Plaza and Hall of Fame were dedicated on September 1, 2007. The Plaza features a brick plaza that contains not only the Derby Hall of Fame, but also commemorative bricks purchased by the public. The Plaza is complemented by landscaping the includes benches and trees. The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club is the bench on the left in the picture above. It is one of 13 benches along the 1.7 mile trail.

The Rotary bench and engraved plate (plate is enlarged from center of the bench)

The Rotary Club also purchased an engraved brick which is located directly in front of the fountain. Derby/Shelton Rotary Club members Jack Walsh is Chairman of the Derby Greenway Committee which planned the plaza which includes an historic century old fountain known as the National Humane Alliance Fountain. Given to the city in 1906, the fountain had stood in disrepair on the city's colonial town green until being restored as the center piece for this gateway entrance to the Greenway.

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