Don't Miss: New Castle Celebrates Family Fun and Small Town Spirit April 9

Downtown Chappaqua is the spot for the second annual It’s a Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood event from 11am to 3pm Saturday.

This second annual community awareness/spirit event aims to create a springtime small-town utopia with balloons, fire trucks, kids activities, fun and friends.

The event aims for all residents to have an opportunity for face-to-face introductions and to learn the names of key town officials, first responders, shopkeepers and other neighbors.

The “It’s A Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood” event was created and is being hosted/run by the Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce. Nabby Day Camp is the event’s top sponsor, along with Breeze gift shop.

“Our intent is to convey a sense of community connectedness; that we are all interwoven and even stewards of our town," said Chamber Board member and event organizer Dawn Greenberg. "Chappaqua/New Castle has been a special place for over 100 years and we want to honor and build on that."

Everyone will be given a map to take a self-guided tour, which includes the opportunity to personally meet fire, police, mail, town and school officials, as well as many participating merchants. Senter Street (the street housing the New Castle Community Center and the Chappaqua Fire Station leading to Bell Middle School) will be closed off to traffic so that Nabby Day Camp can set up a special play area and petting zoo.

Other participating businesses include The King’s Scribe, Scattered Books, Hall of Scoops, Camp Connection, Femmy by Design Corp., New Castle Historical Society, Squires, Dr. Barry Goldstein DDS, Sunrise Solar Solutions, Booked Parties, Kiwi Country Day Camp/Play Care Early Learning Center, Spotted Tiger, Chappaqua Summer Scholarship Program, Temple Shaaray Tefila, and The JJ Esoteric Foundation.

Inside Chappaqua Magazine is also a major supporter/sponsor of this event and will be working on stories and features about this important community event for an upcoming issue of Inside Chappaqua magazine.

Here’s a rundown of some of the day’s activities:

Town Wide Scavenger Hunt

Visit every location on the map to receive your clue and win a mystery prize

Airbrush Event at Hall of Scoops 11am-3pm

Chappaqua Orchestra Duo will perform in the Community Center, 12-3pm

Police Department

• Meet Police Chief Ferry
• Tours - 11:00 – 3:00pm Tour: Holding Cell, Booking Area, Equipment (breathalyzer, fingerprinting, etc.), Vehicles (hummer, motorcycle, patrol car).
• "KidFind" will also be featured including forms and photo so that the police will have information on file.

Town Hall

• Tours - 11:00 – 3:00pm
• An opportunity for kids to meet the Town Supervisor, Rob Greenstein and to receive a key to the city. Also, kids will get a tour of the Courtroom and other departments in Town Hall.

Library

• Self-Guided Tour with Activity Map - 11am-3pm.
• Circulation Desk - get a library card; 
• Teen Zone - how to use databases to find books;
• Kid Area - make bookmarks;
• Auditorium - pet Heeling Autism dogs.