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Aptly deemed "The Rose of New England," Norwich,
Connecticut offers a unique mix of history, high
standards in education, the arts, and economic
opportunity. With revitalization of this historic
city underway, Norwich is home to ever greater
numbers of people and businesses.
Historic Downtown
Downtown Norwich provides a lively business and
residential community in an attractive maritime
setting with striking architecture and period
streetscapes. Rose City Renaissance, the Norwich
Main Street project, has been integral in the
revitalization of our downtown into a regional
destination for entertainment, business, shopping,
tourism and residential options.
Norwich Free Academy
Norwich Free Academy is the designated public high
school for Norwich residents. It is a privately
governed, endowed, regional independent high school
with an excellent reputation. Some of the academic
options available beyond the core curriculum include
business, cooperative work experience, fine arts,
alternative education, advanced placement courses,
technology, and music arts. Sixty-eight co-curricula
activities are offered, in addition to intramural,
interscholastic and club sports.
Quality Healthcare
The William W. Backus Hospital is a 210-bed,
short-term, not-for-profit community hospital. Fully
accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the
State of Connecticut, Backus is the main source of
acute care health services for some 100,000 people
living in Eastern Connecticut. In addition to
medical/surgical, psychiatric, emergency, critical
and coronary care, Backus Hospital provides an array
of services from; community health education,
computerized tomography (CAT) scanning to diagnostic
imaging and echocardiography, just to name a few.
Business
Norwich offers diverse business locations in the
Norwich Business Park, downtown as well as older
mill properties ideal for the visionary developer.
Norwich Public Utilities is a municipally owned
full-service utility providing water and power to
the city's enterprise. Local banks offer commercial
financial assistance to a wide variety of large and
small business development ventures.
Demographics
| Population |
36,432 (as of 2009) |
| Unemployment Rate |
9.7% (as of 10/09) |
| Households |
14,414 |
| Median Housing Cost |
$178,870 |
| Median Income |
$45,273 (2007 US Census) |
| Per Capital Income |
$23,304 |
| Total Land Area |
28.33 square miles** |
| % of Land Developed |
75 |
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** Water areas add 1.14 square miles to
the city. Grand total is 29.47
square miles. |
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