About

SquashBridge is a nonprofit youth development program and community center opening at 1691 Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut in late 2025.

SquashBridge will be a one-of-its-kind athletic, educational, and community center in Bridgeport for people of all ages and backgrounds, anchored by an intensive SEA youth development program that combines academic tutoring, squash instruction, mentorship, college access, and career development. SquashBridge will pursue a ‘no barriers’ approach to programming for its students, ensuring that they have the court access, coaching, and support needed to become nationally competitive squash players and that they have the dedicated classroom time, tutoring, and academic support to excel academically and have the option to go to college.

SquashBridge will also expand the SEA model by launching seasonal and lighter dosage initiatives for children as young as five. The organization will have free and reduced-cost memberships for its students' family members and other adults in Greater Bridgeport. SquashBridge will be where anyone can play squash and all are enthusiastically welcomed. Organizational and institutional partnerships will be core to SquashBridge’s success, with participants coming from nearby youth programs, schools, colleges, churches, and other Bridgeport community organizations.

SquashBridge has been incubated by the Squash and Education Alliance, which supports a network of 27 squash and academic-focused youth development programs operating in under-resourced communities across the country and abroad. As a hub for the SEA network, the SquashBridge facility will regularly host SEA training camps and squads, staff and board retreats, meetings, seminars, and conferences.

Eight Squash Courts - 7 Indoor and 1 Outdoor Court