Valley United Way Is Moving

Valley United Way is pleased to announce that it will be moving to the new nonprofit community center in the former Lafayette School at 54 Grove St. in Shelton after signing a lease with the City of Shelton for the space. 

In making the announcement, Fred Ortoli, Board Chairman at Valley United Way said: 

We are excited about this new location being made available to us by the City of Shelton. It provides us with an economical option for our offices as well as for the communal space that we will share with other nonprofits in the Valley. This is a creative adaptation of the former school that will benefit the entire community.” 

He said that he was especially pleased with the assistance provided by Mayor Mark Lauretti and the Board of Aldermen to make this possible.
 
Mayor Lauretti said that the City of Shelton has always been supportive of the nonprofit community and the services that they provide in the community and the use of Lafayette School as a center for nonprofit activity benefits all the residents of the community as well as the nonprofits who will use the space. 

We are pleased that Valley United Way will be the first agency to move into the second floor space, and we anticipate others will be following soon. This will bring new life into a building that has been a cornerstone of our community since the first wing was opened 100 years ago this year”.
 
Jack Walsh, President and C.O.O. of Valley United Way, said that the move should take place during the next two months. 

He noted that United Way had received grants from the Katharine Matthies and Raymond P. Lavietes Foundations to help cover the costs of renovations to the space that will be occupied by United Way. 

United Illuminating’s parent organization UIL Holdings and Better Packages of Shelton have also contributed to the project. 

The furniture for the new space is also being donated by HealthNet.

Photo: United WayWe’ll also be putting a great deal of sweat equity into this project as a large number of volunteers will be utilized for much of the work,” Walsh said. We are particularly grateful to Michael Marcinek and his team at Fletcher Thompson who have been providing the design work and supervising the renovations.”

Volunteers from Fletcher Thompson and members of Valley United Way’s Youth Leadership Program worked over the weekend on the renovations, and they will be joined by many other volunteers in the next couple of weeks to help complete the work.
 
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The space will contain the United Way offices as well as conference rooms for nonprofit meetings and events. It is anticipated that as many as six other nonprofits may move into the additional classroom space still available in the building.

Click here to see additional photos from inside the space as the work begins.

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