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The What: Merritt 7: Offices to Housing; School Budgets; Traffic Cameras; and more

The What is your look around southwest Connecticut for the week of January 20.

The What: Merritt 7: Offices to Housing; School Budgets; Traffic Cameras; and more
Stay healthy! There's way too many things going around right now... (Photo by Kelly Prinz)

Tuesday, January 20

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all had a nice weekend. We’ve been hit by a nasty stomach bug over here. While we’re all on the mend now—thankfully—it’s been a challenging few days, so this is going to be an abbreviated newsletter. 

Highlights 

This section gives a brief overview of the key items in the newsletter.

Spotlight

This section features our main reporting each week.

ICYMI: Across southwest Connecticut, former offices are becoming housing, as the need for commercial space dwindles, while the housing market remains tight. Some buildings are literally being converted from offices to housing, while other new projects are being developed on sites that were formerly office parks. 

This Week at a Glance

This section aims to highlight the most important meetings and news taking place each week. 

  • In Bridgeport, the City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. The council will be reviewing plans to implement a municipal drone program for the police department that the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Transportation and Contracts recommended be denied. 
  • In Stamford, the Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m. and approve the final plans for Phase 1 of the Roxbury Elementary School that will be put out to bid. In addition, the board will review the superintendent’s preliminary budget. 
  • Also in Stamford, the Transportation Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m. to approve a contract with Sitestream to manage the city’s speed cameras. 
  • In Norwalk, the Planning and Zoning Commission will meet on Wednesday, January 21 at 6 p.m. and review two office to housing conversion proposals—converting two of the Merritt 7 office park buildings and converting three floors at 200 Connecticut Avenue to housing.
  • Also in Norwalk, the Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20 and receive an update on the budget development.
  • In Fairfield, there will be a Board of Education Budget Meeting on Wednesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. to continue reviewing the superintendent’s recommended 2026-2027 budget request.
  • In Greenwich, the Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King Annual Conversation will take place on Thursday, January 22 at 7 p.m. The event, hosted by YWCA Greenwich, will feature author Eric Klinenberg alongside state and municipal officials and will “focus on ‘third spaces’—the public places beyond work and home that have historically strengthened communities—and how these spaces can help combat inequality, polarization, and civic decline today.”
  • In Darien, the Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. to discuss the budgets for special education and physical education and athletics.
  • In Westport, the Board of Education will meet on Thursday, January 22 at 7 p.m. and review the proposed superintendent’s budget for 2026-2027. 

Plan Your Week

This section includes a list of meetings, events, and programming happening around southwest Connecticut each week.

Bridgeport

Stamford

Norwalk

Fairfield

Greenwich

Darien

Westport

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Please note: All of these agendas and information here are current as of Sunday night. Meeting times and agendas may get adjusted throughout the week.

Have a great week,

Kelly Prinz

Founder, Reporter at Coastal Connecticut Times

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