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THE STORY
OF FAIRFIELD
Merritt Parkway Access: 3.3 miles
Black Rock Shopping: 1.9 miles
Downtown Fairfield Shopping: 3.5 miles
Brooklawn Country Club: 0.4 miles
Lake Mohegan Recreational Park: 3.3 miles
Fairfield, Connecticut is a town Fairfield is also home to two highly
consistently celebrated by Money regarded institutions of higher learning,
magazine as one of the Best Places to Live. Fairfield University and Sacred Heart
The iconic town of Fairfield is situated University, alphabetically and respectively.
on the picturesque and ecologically While these college campuses add a special
flourishing Long Island Sound, home to five dimension to the town’s diverse culture, it
town beaches and miles of sandy shores. is abundantly clear that Fairfield in general
Fairfield 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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