With a population of just over 12,000, Brattleboro is an eclectic community located in the Connecticut River Valley and bordering the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. It is home to a diverse economic base and is a regional center for art, commerce, finance, and technology.
Our recreation opportunities are limitless: you'll find plenty of hiking, paddling, swimming, camping, caving, nature walks, and the like. Explore our rivers, hundreds of acres of forests and trails, and the lofty Green Mountains to our west. Additionally, we are less than two hours from approximately eight of New England's best ski resorts - and Brattleboro itself has a small municipal ski lift at an area park right in town.
Local businesses have provided discounts and special offers to our students, who often bring spouses and significant others to the town for our weekend sessions. We are fortunate to have as a neighbor, one of the most impressive art gallery/museums in the region.
We are proud to be engaged with our community, and we encourage our Graduate Center students, staff, and faculty to respect that sense of outreach, to share and promote GC learning and experience in local and distant settings, catalyzing community development in profit and not-for-profit areas.
Below are some useful local businesses: (all links open in new windows - close them to come back to the Gradcenter site)
Cafes & Restaurants (within walking distance from the Grad Center):
39 Main, 39 Main Street; www.thirty9main.com (restaurant).
Backside Café, 24 High Street at the Midtown Mall (restaurant).
Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, 1 Main Street, Brookside Plaza, across from the Graduate Center (coffee and bagels).
India Palace, 69 Elliot Street (Indian food).
Mocha Joe's, 82 Main Street; www.mochajoes.com (coffee shop).
Mole's Eye Café, 4 High Street, Brooks House; www.moleseyecafe.net (bar and restaurant / live entertainment)
Peter Havens, 32 Elliot Street (fine dining).
Riverview Cafe, 39 Bridge Street; www.riverviewcafe.com (restaurant).
Sarkis Market, 50 Elliot Street (Middle Eastern food).
Shin-La, 57 Main Street (Korean/Japanese food).
TJ Buckley's, 132 Elliot Street (fine dining).
Thai Garden, 7 High Street (Thai food).
Short list of hotels in Brattleboro: Latchis Hotel, 50 Main Street; www.latchis.com Graduate Center students get a special (discounted) corporate rate year-round at this historic hotel downtown.
