Exploring New Canaan

It wasn't so much fate that brought us back to New Canaan, but a previous encounter 10 years earlier. My husband and I had rented a small cottage here before we fled the New England we had grown up with for the "while we are young" adventure elsewhere. Returning to this specific area and New Canaan in particular was an easy choice. On the surface, it was the proximity to New York City, the charm and unique ambiance of this walking village (void of the incessant traffic of Route 1) and the excellence of the school system...two had become four during in our years away.
Raising and education two daughters produced a life immersed in community activities; weekend soccer and lacrosse games on town fields, afternoons at the various town playgrounds, ice hockey and skating, Brownie Troops, dance performances with Walter Schalk School of Dance, art classes at the Silvermine Art Guild, theatrical performances at the Powerhouse Theater, horseback riding at New Canaan Mounted Troop, school trips, various school sporting competitions, go cart racing and summers swimming and playing tennis at the New Canaan Field Club.
Then there were, and continue to be, the town wide events; the May Festival at St. Mark's Church, marching in the Memorial Day Parade, the July Fourth fireworks on the lawn of the 360 acre Waveny Park, the Ice Cream Social at the Historical Society and the town wide candle light carol singing on Christmas Eve outside the Congregation Church.
New Canaan continues to unfold its charm. Restaurants with excellent cuisines draw people from surrounding areas (we have become quite a culinary destination), shopping, town amenities such as the Town Pool, The Teen Center, Historical Society, YMCA, the New Canaan Library,Lapham Center, Carriage Barn, the baseball fields, tennis courts and playground at Mead Park, Kiwanis Park’s swimming pond and playground, Irwin Park with its running trails and open space and the sports fields, paddle tennis courts, trails and meadows of Waveny Park… the list goes on and the exploration continues.
I know Realtors can shamelessly promote the area or towns where they live, but here is one case where the town speaks for itself. The most compelling reason for living in New Canaan is “community”.