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Zip06 Person of the Week features EBOT's very own President, Cheryl Harger!  Click here to read more!

Latest Zip06 article including Essex Board of Trade Members J. Alden Clothiers & J. Alden Womens and Connecticut River Artisans -  click here!

The Experience Essex eGift Card is the first digital gift card redeemable exclusively in and around Centerbrook, Essex and Ivoryton.

Congratulations to the winners of the Essex Board of Trade’s Scarecrow Contest 2025!

Dozens of paddlers launch from Eagle Landing State Park in Haddam on Aug. 16 as the Conquer the Current race begins its nine-mile downstream course to the Connecticut River Museum. The event, open to kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards, rowboats, and surf skis,...

We’re thrilled to announce that Jonathan Steele’s stunning photo, “Rounding the Bend” of the Essex Steam Train, is the winner of the Essex Board of Trade Photo Contest! ❄️

Check out this article about Jessica Hammatt and the the Ivoryton Fourth of July parade! https://zip06.com/news/757577/jessica-hammatt-everybody-loves-a-parade/

Always great to have an EBOT member featured - check out this article about Colleen Goodrich, the Ivoryton Library's new executive director!  https://zip06.com/news/754097/colleen-goodrich-its-in-the-books/

Join us every Thursday evening this summer in Essex Village for Alfresco Thursdays, a celebration of warm nights, community spirit, and everything we love about our charming town! Stroll along Main Street, North Main Street, and beyond for shopping at your favorite...

The "picture-perfect town of Essex" was recently featured in Litchfield Magazine's May/June 2025, sharing our "abundance of history, shopping, restaurants, and other attractions" on the Connecticut River and close to the Long Island Sound.  There are wonderful...