GVRI’s Vision, Mission & Strategy
Our Vision
Georgetown Village Restoration, Inc. (GVR) strives to maintain and improve community connectedness and collaboration within the historic village of Georgetown, Connecticut, an area shared by Redding, Weston, Wilton, and Ridgefield.
Our Mission
Our mission is to celebrate the past, support and promote the community’s businesses and residents, and facilitate the continued revitalization of the Historic Village of Georgetown, Connecticut.
Our five fundamental principles reflect who we are and what we believe in: partnership and collaboration, investment, community, social responsibility, and education and preservation.
Our Values
Our Focus
We focus on three areas to support Georgetown:
Our local economy: we aim to support local businesses by promoting and advocating for the interests of business owners
Our community: we seek to maintain and improve community cohesion, social capital, and neighborly good will.
Our streetscape: we strive to maintain and better the beauty and walkability of the historic village of Georgetown.
Meet the Board
Nic Palazzo, President
Nic lives in Georgetown and owns Palazzo Landscaping, a well-oiled landscaping company that beautifies many properties in our community. He grew up attending Georgetown Day with his dad John and is greatly invested in our village and annual celebration.
Lisa Devine, Vice President
Lisa is a Georgetown resident on the Weston side and a teacher in the community. She is a driver of positive change and thoughtful initiatives and makes a mean presentation that perfectly convey our ideas.
Ralph Bosch, Treasurer
Ralph owns commercial buildings and Auburn Landing Builders in Georgetown. He helped found GVR in 1990 and is our community’s mainstay leader ever since, bringing knowledge and levity to all our proceedings. Keep an eye out for him at our annual Georgetown Day — he’ll buy you a beer!
Kate Perry, Secretary
Kate owns Little Meadow Farm on the Redding-side outskirts of Georgetown and loves our little village as the fun, remarkable place it is. She and her business partner Gerry are starting the Georgetown Owl Market & Saloon, opening soon. She offers a stubborn adherence to action steps and tries her hardest to get correspondence out in due time.
Jess Tyson, Co-Secretary Jess is a Redding resident and founded Georgetown Collective, a carefully curated coworking and community space in the heart of Georgetown, CT, in 2023. Her main passion is community building, which is why she is a perfect fit for the GVR Board!
Robert Clark
Bob brings his experience of working in the community and the Georgetown Lions Club to GVR.
Heidi Holzer
Heidi is the owner of Georgetown-based Heidi Holder Designs and Decorative Work and Trowel & Paper, both based in the Gilbert & Bennett School. She is also a longtime Georgetown resident spearheading the push for a residential historical district in the village.
Justine Tassitano
Justine is a Georgetown original who grew up right near Main Street. She’s been involved in Georgetown Day for years now, making it the very fun and very organized event that it is. We talked her into joining the board and are grateful for her humor, wisdom, and willingness to dig in on projects.
Emily Winsor
Emily runs GVR’s Instagram and Facebook accounts, putting in countless hours sharing GVR, Georgetown, and community news. She also rocks the Georgetown Day social media and is an absolute boss at it all. She brings reason and measured opinions to our GVR work as well and for that we are thankful.