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Articles of Association
of Stonington Village Improvement Association,
Incorporated

Be it known, That we, the subscribers, do hereby associate ourselves as a body politic and corporate, pursuant to the statute laws of the State of Connecticut regulating the formation and organization of corporations without capital stock, and the following are our articles of association:

Article 1. The name of said corporation shall be Stonington Village Improvement Association, Incorporated.

Article 2. The purposes for which said corporation is formed are the following, to wit:

(a) to promote and assist the development and maintenance of all the parks and playgrounds, trees, shrubs and gardens, public buildings and historical shrines, that now exist or may come into being in the Village of Stonington;

(b) to buy, rent, lease, mortgage, build, hold, and sell real and other property as may be necessary for the purposes of the corporation;

(c) to accumulate a fund for the purposes above specified, to receive donations, and receive, manage, take and hold real and personal property by gift, grant, devise or bequest.

Article 3. The said corporation is located in the Town of Stonington, County of New London and State of Connecticut, and the location of the principal office is in the Stonington Library at Water Street.

Article 4. The name of the agent upon whom process may be served is Morgan K. McGuire, Stonington, Connecticut.

Dated at Stonington, Connecticut, this 30th day of 1947.

Town Pier and Fishing Fleet
Around the Borough: Town Pier and Fishing Fleet (photo: Randy Bean)

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