https://www.exploremoregroton.com Groton Economic Development News Feed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:07:46 +0000 en-US https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68519/groton-climate-plan-calls-for-resilience-hubs-trees-community-conversations https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68519/groton-climate-plan-calls-for-resilience-hubs-trees-community-conversations Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 A virtual resilience hub. Community discussions about sea level rise and flood preparedness. Planting trees in areas vulnerable to heat. Expanding sidewalks and crosswalks between neighborhoods, nature areas and amenities.Those are some of the actions recommended in a new climate action plan.The “Climate-Ready Groton” plan will serve as a road... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68377/lux-bond-&-green-jewelry-store-approved-for-downtown-mystic https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68377/lux-bond-&-green-jewelry-store-approved-for-downtown-mystic Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Lux Bond & Green has received approval to open a new jewelry store at the corner of West Main and Water streets in the downtown.On Tuesday, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a site plan and coastal site plan for the redevelopment of 49-53 West Main Street, the... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/67886/4m-project-begins-to-improve-grotons-sutton-park https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/67886/4m-project-begins-to-improve-grotons-sutton-park Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Drew Hasson, a resident and skater, said Tuesday Groton Skate Park at Sutton Park is much more than a recreational facility — it's a meeting place for the community."I’ve seen people make friendships here," he said. "I’ve seen people who have adopted their rescue animals from people that they’ve met... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/65070/groton-launches-350k-housing-study-to-address-shortage-prep-for-electric-boat-job-growth https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/65070/groton-launches-350k-housing-study-to-address-shortage-prep-for-electric-boat-job-growth Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000 The town is introducing a new study to help solve its growing housing shortage.Meeting in the Middle: Unlocked Housing Opportunities in Groton is a federally funded project with a goal of increasing housing stock to meet the needs of a changing population and projected job growth from Electric Boat.On Thursday,... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/64418/a-new-mystic-restaurant-is-from-a-familiar-group https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/64418/a-new-mystic-restaurant-is-from-a-familiar-group Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 On a sunny late-August day, the patio outside Jeremiah’s Restaurant & Tavern in downtown Mystic was populated by customers clustered under umbrella-topped tables, chatting and digging into their meals.This is the latest new food venue to open in Mystic, with the downstairs tavern having debuted a month ago, and its... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68875/ri-boutique https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68875/ri-boutique Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Rachel Intrieri, owner of RI Boutique, is an entrepreneur, wife, boy mom, sister, daughter and fashionista. She is passionate about making sure every woman leaves RI Boutique feeling confident and beautiful in their new threads.Rachel has nearly two decades of retail experience in the women’s boutique space. Owning her own... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68864/lamplighter-trading-co https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68864/lamplighter-trading-co Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Lamplighter Trading Co. coffee shop has a casual, comfortable vibe and is decorated with 300 year old Danish maple from the Mayflower II restoration at Mystic Seaport. Co-owner Nicole Anderson enjoys providing, “a place for the community to gather and feel at home.” Specialties include CBD iced coffee by Willie Nelson... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68865/mystic-business-park https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68865/mystic-business-park Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Cruise down Flanders Rd. from Route 184 and take your last left before the I-95 overpass, and you enter a quiet neighborhood of winding turns and cul-de-sacs, all surrounded by trees. Only this isn’t a neighborhood of multi-bedroom homes.It’s Mystic Business Park, the do-it-yourself creation Tim Tylaska started 22 years ago... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68866/mystic-cheese https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68866/mystic-cheese Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Right around Valentine’s Day, Mystic Cheese opened its doors to the public in their new facility at 225 Leonard Drive in Groton. Having hand-crafted cheese since 2013 in a custom-designed shipping container on a farm in Lebanon, the founders of Mystic Cheese were ready to expand their operations.With their expansion... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68868/mystic-disc https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68868/mystic-disc Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 The music enthusiast website Vinyl Me, Please recently recognized Mystic Disc as the Best Record Store in Connecticut. Now a new wave of fans knows what locals have known for decades.Not long into our conversation with Dan Curland, long-time owner of Mystic Disc, he revealed an authoritative memoir on the Woodstock Music Festival... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68870/north-swell https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68870/north-swell Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Geoff Maynard grew up in Norwich, but his parents had a cottage in Misquamicut, so he spent summers with sand between his toes and salt water in his hair.Maynard's early love of all things ocean-related is the inspiration for North Swell Earth & Sea, which began as a pop-up and... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68871/outer-light-brewing-co https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68871/outer-light-brewing-co Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Outer Light Brewing Company celebrating 4th anniversary with new custom drinkIt’s testing and tasting season at the Outer Light Brewing Company! The young business, which is about to celebrate four years in Groton, has celebrated each anniversary by debuting a brand new beverage. Co-founder Tom Drejer describes the process as... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68872/oyster-club https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68872/oyster-club Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Mystic Staple Wins Connecticut Restaurant of the Year AwardMystic’s Oyster Club is still a young company. The business opened its doors just seven years ago, which makes its rise to prominence in the restaurant world even more impressive. CEO Dan Meiser was named Restaurateur of the Year in 2016. And... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68873/pauls-pasta https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68873/pauls-pasta Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Were it not on Thames St. in Groton, backing up to the Thames River and nearly in the shadow of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge, Paul's Pasta Shop wouldn't be out of place on Federal Hill in Providence or the North End of Boston -- a family-run business that has fed multiple... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68874/queenies-gift-emporium https://www.exploremoregroton.com/news-and-media/news/p/item/68874/queenies-gift-emporium Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Queenie’s Gift Emporium is a fun stop when you want to lighten your mood and laugh out loud. Pet friendly and packed with irreverent ideas you may think but aren’t used to saying out loud, this is a better stop for adults and older youth than young children. Whether you want... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68861/hillery-co https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68861/hillery-co Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Over its 69 years in business, since 1956 at 739 Meridien St. in Groton, the metal fabrication shop Hillery Co. has served customers large and small, from defense contractors such as Electric Boat to homeowners needing a custom hood for a stove top.With just 10 employees Hillery generates north of $4... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68876/sift-bake-shop https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68876/sift-bake-shop Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Imagine the pleasure of eating at the best restaurant in Southeastern Connecticut, then at an iconic CT Restaurant Hall of Fame eatery, then indulging in sweets prepared by the Best Baker in America. All three spots are within a half mile of each other in the Mystic section of Groton.The CT... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68877/survival-systems-usa https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68877/survival-systems-usa Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Team-Building Is Taken to the Extreme at Survival Systems USAFounded in 1982 to provide underwater escape and survival training instruction, Survival Systems USA has operated since 1999 out of a boxy blue building across the street from the main terminal at Groton-New London Airport.Its initial customers were different branches of the military... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68878/thayermahan https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68878/thayermahan Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 If ever a local business were operating in a “sweet spot” among current and potential customers, it’s ThayerMahan, a maritime technology firm that specializes in unmanned undersea robotics.With Electric Boat nearby, the U.S. Naval Sub Base up the Thames River, the Coast Guard Academy across the river, and maritime businesses... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68879/the-sandbox https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68879/the-sandbox Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Barefoot and wearing beach gear, volleyballers in teams of various compositions compete energetically across three regulation-size courts, falling and diving as they let out groans, whoops, and laughs.The scene isn’t Esker Point Beach on a sun-kissed July day, but a fabric-covered, Quonset hut-style building on Route 184 in Groton near... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68880/treetrails-adventures https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68880/treetrails-adventures Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Gina Bertucci envisioned a 'higher' purpose for the former Fields of Fire property at 715 Noank-Ledyard Road in Mystic.Bertucci is the owner of TreeTrails Adventures, a Pennsylvania company that operates three aerial parks in that state as well as provides various services for other aerial park operators. Her company had conducted inspections... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68881/upton-bass https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68881/upton-bass Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Local company to launch a product that could revolutionize the musical worldThe double bass, with its ability to hit the lowest notes, plays a critical foundational role in orchestras and jazz bands.  But lugging the massive stringed instrument around is not easy. The double bass can stand as tall as... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68882/ym-careers https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68882/ym-careers Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 YM Careers is a small cog in the large wheel of a company that does business across the globe. Still, the Groton-based arm of Community Brands (communitybrands.com), which has more than 100,000 clients in 30 countries, is a powerhouse on its own.YM Careers’ primary function is providing niche job boards... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68862/johnsons-hardware https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68862/johnsons-hardware Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Johnson’s True Value Hardware at 40 Fort Hill Road has been in business for 100 years, and will celebrate its centennial in 2022.Since opening in 1921 as KUM-SEE-ME gas station — a name William A. Johnson and his wife Lulu saw on a restaurant on a trip to Vermont and gave... https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68855/aty-confections https://www.exploremoregroton.com/doing-business/explore-more-success/p/item/68855/aty-confections Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 As successful as Adam Young has been in downtown Mystic as a serial entrepreneur in the baking world, one thing he had never done was attach his full name to one of his ventures.That will change when his boutique chocolate brand A.T.Y. Confections (Young’s middle name is Thomas) opens its retail location...