- DIRECTIONS?: If you are in the vicinity and want to visit Mikey's Place, these directions should be fine: Click here. Or, you can go to Mapquest, for example, for a MAP and their printed directions. Mikey's Place is at the corner of Garden and Nott Streets in Wethersfield, CT 06109; Click, visit, then [X] to return.
- DONATIONS?: People like yourself have been moved by the story of Mikey's Place. Some have asked how might they make donations, for example, to honor a loved one, or, to endorse the good works embodied in Mikey's Place. Mary and Daniel Daversa, Mikey's parents, welcome such donations from individuals, organizations and companies. "Mikey's Place" is a registered, "501 c-3" charitable entity; hence donations for Mikey's Place are tax deductible. Any questions may be directed to the Daversa's at (860) 529-2711; Wethersfield is in the Eastern time zone, USA. Donations may be send to:
Mikey's Place
Please note: Coverage of Mikey's Place by wethersfield.net is intended to be community service. We have no financial relationship with Mikey's Place, the Daversa family or the Town of Wethersfield.
c/o The Daversa Family
92 Chamberlain Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
- BUILDING AND ERECTING -
- MANUFACTURER: See Landscape Structures, Incorporated (LSI), Delano, MN. for information about the design and manufacture of the equipment and its components used at Mikey's Place: - L.S.I. - [Click, visit, then [X] to return here.]
- CONTRIBUTORS IN KIND -
- Tilcon Connecticut, Inc., Black Rock Ave., POB 1357, New Britain, CT 06050-1357. Primary contact: Michael Carbone. Phone: (860) 233-3651.
- John Vullo provided the actual installation of the Tilcon-contributed blacktop via his company: New England Blacktop, POB 144, 541 Griswold Street, East Glastonbury, CT 06025. Phone: (860) 633-4554.
- Paoletti Fence Company is located at 241 Ledyard Street, Unit B8, Hartford, CT. Phone: (860) 296-0396. Their motto is: "If you can't find it, we can build it."
- Through the generosity of photographer Nick D'Eramo, nearly a dozen of his digital images have been used here in the "Building of Mikey's Place." Nick D'Eramo's Triple Stitch Sportswear is found at: 73 Waterbury Rd, Prospect, CT 06712-1218 Phone: (203)758-6303. You can see more of Mr. D'Eramo's images at Web Photo - Digital Event Photography: http://www.webphoto.photoreflect.com/ ( Click, visit, then [X] to return. )
- "Steve's Songs" is the joyous enterprise of Steve Roslonek, native of Wethersfield, who attended nearby Hanmer School and also Wethersfield High School. His own website is http://www.stevessongs.com/
- "Bagelz with a Z": BagelZ of Wethersfield, 770 Silas Deane Hwy., Wethersfield, CT 06109-3027, Phone: (860)721-0550 Owner, Wes Becher, pronounced 'bEEcher'.
- Village Pizza of Wethersfield, 233 Main Street, Old Wethersfield, CT, 06109-2339. Phone: (860) 563-1513; Art and John Tsombanos owners. (NB: 8/17/2002:) In addition to Village Pizza, Art and John will be opening the new "Village Tavern" Restaurant (a.k.a. "V·TAV") in the autumn of 2002, just across the street.
- HISTORICAL -
- EARLY THOUGHTS: Click this link to read some thoughts on the origin of Mikey's Place which we offered early on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2000. These are just as important now as then. [Click, visit, then [back] to return here.]
- Gary & Janet Pilczak had graciously created a website just for Mikey long before wethersfield.net become fascinated and involved. Their original website for Mikey and the future Mikey's Place was previously at "http://www.skyfamily.com/mikeysplace/"; it is no longer active.
- Visit the site of Boundless Playgrounds, dedicated to the creation of such universally accessible and safe playgrounds such as Mikey's Place: www.boundlessplaygrounds.org.[Click, visit, then [X] to return here.]
