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THE STORY
OF FAIRFIELD
Merritt Parkway Access: 5.2 miles
I-95 Access: 1.2 miles
Penfield Beach: .9 miles
Jennings Beach: 1.4 miles
Downtown Fairfield Shopping: Walking Distance
F Fairfield is also home to two highly
airfield, Connecticut is a town consistently
celebrated by Money magazine as one of regarded institutions of higher learning,
the Best Places to Live. The iconic town Fairfield University and Sacred Heart
of Fairfield is situated on the picturesque University, alphabetically and respectively.
and ecologically flourishing Long Island While these college campuses add a special
Sound, home to five town beaches dimension to the town’s diverse culture, it
and miles of sandy shores. Fairfield is abundantly clear that Fairfield in general
is renowned for its natural beauty, is not part of a College Town... but rather,
strong community, enviable cuisine, the Colleges are a part of Fairfield.
and a dynamic interplay of seaside and
countryside living. The town of Fairfield Department of
Parks and Recreation maintains 170 acres
Long noted for the Community’s of parks, 5 miles of beaches, 36 playing
scholastic prowess, Fairfield Residents are fields, 2 golf courses, 2 marinas, a Fitness
accustomed to witnessing a very significant Center, 31 asphalt tennis courts, amongst
percentage of children matriculate from other important recreational facilities.
the illustrious Fairfield school system This enviable lifestyle becomes even more
to gain acceptance at many of the most compelling when realizing that Fairfield
elite universities in the world. Fairfield’s offers great transportation access for New
commitment to provide a superior England and New York’s economic, sports,
education for all of its children accounts and cultural opportunities via Metro
for its well respected eleven elementary North’s New Haven or Amtrak service,
schools, three middle schools, and four driving via I-95 and Merritt Parkway.
high schools, two of which are private.
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