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Our Old Saybrook location is moving this Sunday 3/31/2024 to 139 Mill Rock Rd E, Old Saybrook, CT 06475. Take the second entrance and we are suite 100G. All lessons from 3/31/2024 onward will take place at this location. This is about a 2 min difference from our previous location, please plan travel accordingly. Our Willimantic location is moving this Sunday 3/31/2024 to 90 S Park St #13b, Willimantic, CT 06226. All driving lessons from 3/31/2024 onward will take place at this location. This is about a 6 min difference from our previous location, please plan travel accordingly.
The Next Street is a family owned, family operated driving school with a number of locations around Connecticut. We have built our business by focusing on fanatical customer service and making the process of getting your driver's license in Connecticut fun, easy and stress free. Though we are a large driving school, we are not a franchise or large corporation. We all live and work in Connecticut and love supporting the local communities where we work and live. There are a few things that we know are important to you, our customers, so we focus on being the best in the business at these important things:
The Next Street is owned
and run by the Dufour Family – a name synonymous with transportation
safety in Connecticut. Beyond The Next Street, their All-Star
Transportation business is Connecticut’s leader in School Bus
Transportation – transporting over 35,000 students each day throughout
Litchfield, New Haven and upper Fairfield counties.
The Next Street has recently been recognized as one of the Top Work Places in Connecticut for 2018. Companies in the running have been recognized based solely on surveys about the workplace completed by their employees. The Next Street is honored to receive its second Top Work Places Award and understands that without placing employee satisfaction as a top priority, that this recognition would not be possible. Our employees and outstanding work culture is our greatest and most important asset, and we couldn’t be happier.
The
Next Street has been named as one of the fastest growing privately held
companies in the United States by Inc. magazine. Since beginning as
All-Star Driver in 2012, the company now trains 10,000 more students
than the next closest competitor. While your experience will feel very
personal, volume is actually important to us – because the more people
we can train properly, the safer our roads can become.
The Next Street was recently
honored by the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce with the Harold Webster
Smith Award for Small Business of the Year. The awards are named after
the man who opened Webster Bank, and recognize those achieving
excellence in small business. It is one of several awards given to The
Next Street over the years – a testament to the quality of the team and
our commitment to the community.
The Next Street was recently awarded the 2017 "Happiest Company" Award from TINYPulse in the competitive Education category. TINYPulse awards organizations with the highest "Happiness Scores" in the USA, which are anonymously tabulated from current employees. At The Next Street, we understand that employee happiness and exceptional work culture is pivotal, and we couldn't be more proud to receive such a commemoration.