The Brown Building Living

Committed to health and wellness of the Greater Waterbury community, the YMCA is just a short walk from the Brown Building. The YMCA offers programs and memberships for people of all ages and abilities. It provides the students residents of the Brown Building with a healthy lifestyle. Strong in spirit, mind, and body for 160 years, the Y strives for inclusion and making healthy lifestyle accessible to all members of the community.

Throwback to UConn student and Brown Building Community Assistant, Samantha Santos during move in day. On the sides, Isaias Ospita (right) and Mario Rivera (left) short-term students residents from Columbia. All helping UConn and Post University students during move in, August 25, 2022.

Since 2019 we have partnered with the Waterbury Police Department, Training Division. The Brown Building has volunteered space for the Waterbury Academy recruit class to use during practical skill day training of the new recruits. We look forward to continued collaboration with the Waterbury Police Department and the Waterbury Police Academy.

‘Tis the calm before the snow storm.

Did you know the Brown Building is located just less than 100 feet from the UCONN’s Waterbury campus. Here’s the view of the Waterbury campus from our parking-lot. The perfect location for students commuting from New Haven, Bridgeport, Danbury or any other town.

As the Fall semester comes to a conclusion. And the Spring semester approaches. Consider applying to the Brown Building. Avoid the hassle of long commutes during snow storms. Our close location will ensure your safety.

Take some time to unwind and enjoy this unusual warm fall weather.

If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, offers free consultation and support. Clinical case manager Claudia Pina, of the Waterbury Campus Mental Health Resource Center, is also available remotely to students, faculty, and staff while UConn transitions to an online platform for the remainder of the semester.

Students that would like to set up an appointment with Claudia Pina, can contact her via email at [email protected].

Now for a little history lesson. What building in Waterbury is noted as the premier Art Deco building in the area, built in 1930 with the hopes of revitalizing the downtown in the midst of the Depression? It’s The Brown Building, or course! Located at the center of town, known as Exchange Place, which has been the economic hub through the years. Directly across from it, is Waterbury’s Green, a park once called Central Square and built in the 1800s. The Brown Building has gone through many changes. It’s been a department store, housed doctors and dental offices, retail stores, barber shops, and even a pizza joint. Today it’s the home of some quite amazing students, if we might say. For several years before 2016, our building lain dormant until Green Hub Development purchased it with the intent of making it what it is today. This change has spurred a transformation within the city and is a key component of the new revitalization of downtown Waterbury.

Meet Joe Gramando City’s biggest property developer! Along with the Brown Building and Howland-Hughes Building, is featured in The Waterbury, a website that promotes growth and new initiatives in Waterbury. Visit TheWaterbury.com website to hear why he’s inspired to invest so heavily in Waterbury.

Visit the website, meet some of the visionaries revitalizing Waterbury back to its rejuvenated future. Sign up to receive email news, at TheWaterbury.com.

We will be hosting walk-in tours every Tuesday for UConn Waterbury students interested in a tour of the Brown Building. Hours are from 9AM to 5PM. If you are a student interested in a tour we want to encourage you to walk-across the street and visit us. Any Tuesday from October to the end of November during our open hours.

Move-in-day looked different this year. But we’re happy to see new UConn Waterbury Huskies. And our returning Huskies back to the Brown Building again! @ The Brown Building Living

UConn student and Brown Building resident Stephanie Lopez joins us to welcome incoming residents on the first day of move-in.

We want to say thank you to .sanford for the amazing painting. Brock Sanford was a student at the Waterbury Arts Magnet School for seven years. WAMS is located right across the street from the Waterbury UConn Campus. Brock is now a senior at UConn’s School of Fine Arts. Brock worked over 2 months to construct and execute this creative piece. Brock explains that the color palette resonates as a symbol of diversity. Context is key, Brock says. He explains that his piece serves as a symbol of diversity. Diversity is a value we hold in common with his masterpiece here at the Brown Building and on campus. @ The Brown Building Living