Root Center New Britain’s Ground-breaking Ceremony: Welcoming a Brand-New Behavioral Health Center to New Britain, CT!

January 8, 2021

Root Center’s ground-breaking ceremony for the brand-new behavioral health center in New Britain was a smashing success! We were joined by Mayor Erin Stewart, State Representative William Petit, CMHA, New Britain Recovers, the New Britain police department, and others in celebrating this important day! Thank you to our New Britain partners and neighbors for coming out to support us; we are proud to be a part of the New Britain community!

Photo One featuring: President of Root Center’s Board of Directors, Bruce Simons, State Representative William Petit, Mayor of New Britain, Erin Stewart, Root Center President & CEO, Steven Zuckerman, T-Long President, George Taweh, and Principal Architect at Tecton, Ted Cutler.



Photo two featuring: New Britain Mayor, Erin Stewart and Root Center President & CEO, Steven Zuckerman.

 

Photo three featuring: President of Root Center’s Board of Directors, Bruce Simons, State Representative William Petit, T-Long President, George Taweh, and Principal Architect at Tecton, Ted Cutler.

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