Councilwoman: City should encourage participation of the public at hearings “Another View” by Anna Duleep, printed in The Hour, March 28, 2009 As a new member of the Finance Committee of the Common Council, I would like to apologize to those members of the public who came from other towns to present information at Wednesday’s [...]

Council set to vote on Waypointe By Robert Koch, The Hour, March 24, 2009 Common Council members are poised to vote tonight on what Mayor Richard A. Moccia is describing as the first “major redevelopment” of Norwalk’s uptown area in more than a half century. Up for consideration and vote are a $103-million bond resolution [...]

This March 17, 2009 open letter to the Mayor was printed in The Hour: Considering the dramatic changes in the economic climate during the past year, it is prudent to take another look at the proposed financing of the Waypointe development. I appreciate all the effort the Planning Committee has put into working with our [...]

Company’s future uncertain as city eyes land By Robert Koch, The Hour, July 7, 2009 Jan Engstrom, president of L&L Ever-Green, Inc., says he understands the city cannot lease to him forever the Day Street land where he stores thousands of evergreens for his landscape nursery business. But Engstrom would like to rent the city-owned [...]