Dear OSNA Members and Readers,
On behalf of the Old Stratford Neighborhood Association, the Officers and Members wish to congratulate Mayor-elect John Harkins; Councilman-elect Chris Barnaby (R-1); Councilman-elect Stephanie Philips (D-2); and Councilman-elect Matt Catalano (R-3) on their recent election victories in our town.
In order for OSNA to serve its membership better, we are asking for your feedback and opinions. We are encouraging our neighbors to post some of the most important issues pertinent to the Historic District, inclusive of both the Local and Federal area districts. This vicinity encompasses the areas from the North side of East Broadway, from Main Street (both sides) to Ferry Boulevard; and south to Minor Cross.
Please add your thoughts in the comments section below. This survey will run until Sunday, November 15 at which time a letter will be drafted to our new representatives for inclusion in their action items for the town in general.
Thank you all in advance for your participation! We look forward to hearing from you!
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So many people over the years have asked for the stone curbs to be put back around the Academy Hill Area. Will this be addressed, finally?
Forget Miron he did the best he could but needless to say his time in the mayors seat is history. Stratford needs to stop low income housing, improve our city's service to home owners and make quality education/schools a priority as it impacts our children and the value of each of our homes. Our town borders on being a dumping ground for the un-wanted and non productive if we are not diligent about preserving and maintaining what we have. We have a beautiful historic charming town that is negatively impacted by incompetent economic and housing development. In addition to lack of city ordinances that allow home owners to cut up a single family home and divide it into 6 rentals thereby destroying the character of our town. This ignorance leads to over crowding of our streets with cars, noise, and individuals who do not own homes but rent rooms... If I wanted to live in a community of middle aged apartment dwellers who rent rooms I would not have chosen Stratford to raise my family in! Somehow town officials don't see this... If you can not afford to keep your home sell it! Do not subject our town to desperate individuals seeking room rentals. I am empathetic and am all for helping people but not at my neighbors expense. These individuals should go to a shelter or an apartment complex that was designed for such not our bedroom community. In addition, these homeowners owners many of which are earning tax free income on these rentals why I pay a lot of money in taxes to live in this community. Wake Up Stratford!!! Economic development should focus on quality shops with health conscious attitudes such as whole foods or boutique grocers such as trader joes who have stellar reputations in the community. Enough of the bargain basement shoping town of wall mart,marshals Dollar stores etc.... When is someone in this town going take pride in developing it. The Shakespeare theater is a joke.. Tear it down and put up a recreational facility for our children put a man made lake there with benches and trees for the community to enjoy.. Greta Garbo is not coming back and theater goers go to Broadway... We can't even sell out tickets at our other theater in town stop wasting time and money on this like you have for the last 20 years.... Its time Stratford stops striving to find itself and begins focusing on defining itself as Fairfield county's up and coming best kept secret. Mayor Harkins I hope has the same attitude but he is only a small part of the picture. Town members must demand a change and stop looking the other way.
Did Catalano (D?-3) change parties already or is that a typo?
Sorry, my fault...typo!
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