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Gardner & Peterson Signs on as major sponsor

TOLLAND – Gardner & Peterson Associates, LLC, a professional engineering and land surveying company, has become the latest major sponsor to support the Tolland 300th Anniversary Celebration planned for 2015. The company, which has operated in Connecticut since 1958, has pledged $2,500 toward the celebration and is now designated as a Shenipsit-level sponsor. The firm has already donated $1,500 to one of the anniversary committee’s projects: dedicating a bench on July 26 at Cross Farms Recreation Complex to remember Janice Pockett. Janice was just 7 when she disappeared near her Rhodes Road home. The granite bench will be dedicated at the park on July 26 on the 40th anniversary of Janice’s disappearance. Gardner & Peterson had been a Crandall-level sponsor of the Tolland 300th Anniversary Celebration but has now moved up to the Shenipsit level. The firm will be honored June 25 by the Tolland town council, Tolland 300th Anniversary Committee and the Tolland Historical Society at a council meeting at 7:30 p.m. at town hall. “Gardner & Peterson Associates is proud to support the Tolland 300th Anniversary Celebration and to honor the memory of Janice Pockett,’’ Ken Peterson, one of the company’s owners, said. “My wife, Sheila, and I still remember the dreadful day that Janice Pockett disappeared, and it is our pleasure to be the primary sponsor of the bench being dedicated in her memory. Tolland has been our home for over 40 years, and we are pleased to continue supporting this wonderful community.” Celeste Senechal, chairwoman of the anniversary committee, said the committee and society are very pleased with Gardner & Peterson’s support. “The company is a terrific corporate citizen in Tolland,’’ she said. “We are thrilled that Gardner & Peterson has helped make the bench possible in Janice’s memory and has now increased its commitment to the anniversary celebration.” The anniversary committee and the Historical Society are planning months of events in 2015 so that the landmark will be remembered as an inclusive, townwide celebration. Events will include a Charter Day celebration on May 12, 2015 to mark the actual 300th anniversary of the day when the state granted residents a charter to form their own town. A gala is planned for May 16, 2015. A number of civic groups will hold 300th-anniversary-themed events and the Historical Society will publish an updated history of Tolland. Other 2015 projects include a commemorative program, a heritage trail of historic markers and a monument honoring the 59 original landowners who first asked the state to make Tolland its own town. The celebration will culminate on Sept. 19, 2015 with a large regional parade and a townwide picnic. Businesses can support the celebration at one of several funding levels. Residents can be part of a new Tolland 300 Club by donating $300. Checks should be made out to the Town of Tolland, with “300th anniversary committee” in the memo line. Donations can be mailed to the Tolland 300th Anniversary Committee, Town Hall, 21 Tolland Green, Tolland, CT 06084. For more information on the fundraising effort, call Mary-Pat Soucy at 860-875-3794. To learn more about the celebration, visit Tolland300.org or “like” the 300th Anniversary Celebration on Facebook. About Gardner & Peterson Associates Gardner & Peterson Associates, LLC is a Professional Engineering and Land Surveying firm owned and operated by Kenneth, Mark and Eric Peterson. Located in Tolland for over 40 years, we provide professional services from property surveys to the design of residential, commercial, educational, religious and municipal developments. Gardner & Peterson Associates has provided extensive services within the town of Tolland. We are thankful for the relationships that we have developed with the many residents, clients, commission members and town staff throughout the years. Gardner & Peterson Associates is located at 178 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30) and can be reached at 860-871-0808, or visit www.GardnerPeterson.com.

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