Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association

Mission
The Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association (AHNA) empowers and connects residents and stakeholders to improve the quality of life in Asylum Hill. AHNA acknowledges that Asylum Hill is on the traditional lands of the Poqonook, Sicoag, Tunxis and Wangunk tribes.

Vision
AHNA’s vision for the future of Asylum Hill is: Asylum Hill will become a model urban neighborhood:

That is green and clean, with a large tree canopy, abundant gardens and a healthy Park River peacefully flowing along its western edge
Where everyone can live, walk and bike safely.
Where historic housing is preserved, and affordable housing is available to all income groups
Where art, culture and history of our diverse population is celebrated
Where businesses, small and large, thrive and hire neighbors to fill jobs

A high performance West Middle Elementary School that, with the Classical Magnet School and Hartford High School, attracts students and encourages families to move into the neighborhood.
An expanded, coordinated mass transit system including Union Station and CTfasTrak to bring people into the neighborhood safely, inexpensively and efficiently.
Beautification of the Farmington Avenue streetscape through new lighting, sidewalk repair, paving and medians.
Rezoning portions of the neighborhood to encourage owner-occupied homes and reduce population density.

Watch the video of AHNA's Vision for Asylum Hill below!

AHNA's 2025 CALENDER OF EVENTS

Take this opportunity and add these to your calender as we look forward to seeing you in the community!

FREE MLK Tribute Concert
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, January 23, 2025 , 7:00 pm
Asylum Hill Congregational Church

Hartford Symphony Orchestra will be honoring the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 7:00 pm on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at the historic
Asylum Hill Congregational Church (814 Asylum Avenue).

This is a FREE concert.

The event, The Fierce Urgency of Now, will feature vocalist Schauntice Marshall, special guests, and the musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Carolyn Kuan. Selections will include Seven O’Clock Shout, the Malcolm X Suite, and a Duke Ellington medley.

Again, this concert is FREE and open to the public, so please feel free to spread the word. To reserve your tickets in advance via Eventbrite,
please click on the link below.

For more information on the concert and to reserve your FREE tickets, please visit:

https://hartfordsymphony.org/portfolio-items/the-fierce-urgency/

Thank you for attending the
Asylum Hill Opportunity Fair!

Upcoming Events in Asylum Hill

Energize Connecticut℠
Community Partnership Initiative

The Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association
Wins Competitive Grant for Energy Efficiency Outreach

To make energy efficiency affordable and accessible to all, the Community Partnership Initiative grants enable local community groups, nonprofit organizations, and municipalities to further energy efficiency adoption and to educate residents and businesses on the energy efficiency solutions available to them.

For more information on the Community Partnership Initiative,
please click here or visit EnergizeCT.com.

To apply for the Multifamily Initiative in Asylum Hill, please go to:
https://bit.ly/44jWR41

Asylum Hill Families,
Thank you for attending our
The Lawn Party at Nook Farm
on Saturday, June 8th, 2024

Asylum Hill Partners Breakfast

AHNA would like to thank all who attended our
2024 Asylum Hill Partners Breakfast
on Wednesday, April 17th at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church

A special thanks to our Hartford mayor,
Arunan Arulampalam
for attending our event
and for always being so supportive of AHNA.

In addition, we appreciate the support from our Asylum Hill Partners,
and we look forward to continuing our work together
to build a stronger, more vibrant neighborhood!

AHNA's 25th Anniversary Gala
at the Mark Twain House & Museum

AHNA is very thankful and grateful for the wonderful support (both volunteers and financial) we received during our 25th Year of activism.

If you were not able to attend our 25th Anniversary Gala, please click on the button below to watch the awards presentation.

Watch Gala Awards Presentation

(L to R) Pete Benjamin, AHNA Board member Wayne Benjamin,
Dr. Winifred Benjamin, Nyesha McCauley, Stan McCauley

About AHNA

In 1997, the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association (AHNA) was designated the Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ) for Asylum Hill.

We revised our Strategic Plan in 2009 and 2020, and we continue to grow in effectiveness with broad support from residents and stakeholders invested in the success of Asylum Hill. We began updating the newest Strategic Plan in 2020, with it adopted by the AHNA members on March 7, 2022.

The Board of Directors and Members meet monthly via a public Zoom meeting to discuss issues of timely importance and to review the work of each of our committees. (Our committees also meet monthly.)

These meetings are an excellent opportunity to be informed and offer opinions about matters important to the well-being and progress of Asylum Hill, so we hope you will join us!

Click Here to Learn More About AHNA