Updated Summary of Meetings

Since the Summary of Meetings was posted on the website, we’ve met with several other groups, including the Housing Authority, At Home in Darien, and the developer of Heights Crossing. The Summary of Meetings has been updated to include outcomes of these additional meetings. You can download the latest version from the Work Products page.

Apartment Residents Survey Results

We reached out to residents of Darien’s apartment buildings to learn more about what brought them to Darien and their opinions about the town and its future. Thanks to all of the property managers who distributed the link to the survey to their tenants. We received 43 completed responses, which is not sufficient to reach any broad conclusions about apartment residents. The majority of survey respondents are single individuals or “empty nester” couples living in the apartments. Family ties are important to many of the respondents, having moved to Darien to be close to family members already living in town. You can download the Apartment Residents Survey Results from the Work Products page.

CT House Bill 8002

House Bill 8002, an Act Concerning Housing Growth, was passed by the Connecticut General Assembly on November 13. It is a comprehensive statewide framework that aims to address the State’s housing shortage by requiring municipalities to plan for housing growth, removing certain local regulatory barriers, and linking infrastructure and school construction funding to housing growth progress. The P&Z Department is currently reviewing the legislation. To see the details of the bill, click here. Also see the First Selectman’s edition of the Town newsletter that was sent via e-mail on November 14 and that will be posted in the newsletter archive on the Town’s website.

What’s Next with the POCD?

Shortly, we will begin the process of preparing first drafts of sections of the 2026 POCD for P&Z Commission review and comment. We expect this process to continue for several months, after which a full draft of the 2026 POCD will be made available to the public for review and comment.

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

A summary of the roundtable discussions at the September 4 Town Planning Workshop is now available by clicking here. Find out what topics rose to the top in terms of priority for the future. Follow the discussion on new development in Downtown and Noroton Heights. If you weren’t able to take part in the discussion that evening, but would like to share your responses to the summary, reach out through the Contact Us page.

You can also find the summary on the new Work Products page, which we created to share with you in one place the interim deliverables we’ve prepared since the beginning of this project. Take a look! It includes a summary of all of the meetings we’ve had with boards, committees, commissions, and organizations.

It was a busy night for professional sports, but the tables were full at the Mather Center during last Thursday’s Town Planning Workshop. Thank you to the more than 40 residents who participated in the workshop. For those who couldn’t attend but would like to watch a recording of it on DarienTV’s website, click here.

Stay tuned for a summary of the workshop and its outcomes. We will also be creating a page on this website that will contain links to all of the documents and deliverables produced. This includes the workshop materials (i.e., agenda, exhibit boards, presentation) and other products such as the Town-Wide Survey Results.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or ideas, please reach us through the Contact Us page.