The Town of Manchester Connecticut

Town of Manchester: The Silk City. Why Silk City? Manchester has acquired the name Silk City because in this town, the Cheney family started what became the world's largest silk mill in 1838. As the town's tribute to the Cheney family, the mills, houses of the owners, and homes of the workers are now part of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.

Manchester–A City of Village Charm. In 1935, a man named Malcolm Mollan won $25 for his entry to the slogan contest sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce that best suited the town of Manchester to boost tourism. The town has a total area of 27.7 square miles (71.7 km²), of which, 27.3 square miles (70.6 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (1.52%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Downtown Manchester is a classic, turn-of-the century center which boasts almost 195 unique retail shops, professional services and restaurants. If you love true-to-form homemade and fresh with intoxicating aroma bread, you must stop by "Great Harvest Bread". This store molds and sculpts each morning freshly ground premium whole wheat and blend it with ingredients from nature, like yeast, salt and honey. "Great Harvest never uses chemicals or additives." The bread is superbly handcrafted to satisfy your palate.

Still at the heart of Downtown Manchester sits Manchester Mall

This place will surely delight the treasure hunters and well-preserved art works and masterpieces which passed the test of time.

Across the Manchester Mall are small restaurants emblematic of the town's diversity.

On North Main Street is a hub which housed the superstore BJ's Club

and a place for the wine connoisseur as well as the spirit subscribers.

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, is a major regional center in the northeast end of Manchester along I-84 contains over three million square feet of retail space, a movie theater, a dozen restaurants and over 400 hotel rooms.

The Village Charm exuded by Downtown Manchester, the sprawling retail stores and establishments in Buckland Hills and its accessibility to the major thoroughfare, keep the Town of Manchester an ideal place for people of all ages

as shown by the rise in home sales in 2011.

Source: http://www.mhs1955.com/City_of_Village_Charm.htm; City Data