News release from Mayor’s Office: This coming Tuesday, July 29, 2025, the City of Bridgeport’s Office of Planning and Economic Development (OPED) will host site
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Category: Development and Zoning
Watch: The Path To ‘Salvaging’ Success Village Includes $6 Million State Housing Loan
Attorney Barry Knott, the court-appointed manager of troubled Success Village split between Bridgeport and Stratford, provided the Stratford Town Council fresh information how the nearly
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For Longing East End Neighborhood, Waterfront, Housing, Business Revival Come Into Focus
Friday afternoon was one of those neighborhood inventory days focused on the East End: damn ticks have taken a bite out of Pleasure Beach prompting
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Watch: Finally! After Decades, Hazardous Sidewalk Being Repaired
The thing about City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez, she’s not into threading needles. She gets right to the point. Get in her face and she pushes
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Study: Older White Males Dominate Fairfield County Land-Use Boards Creating Disproportionate Representation
(OIB editor’s note: Bridgeport’s land-use boards are reflective of its community demographics) By Janhavi Munde and Ginny Monk, CT Mirror July 8, 2025 Local land-use
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Ty Bird, Ex Success Village President: ‘No Cash Ever Left Success Village For My Personal Benefit’
In an exclusive OIB commentary, Ty Bird the embattled ex president of the Success Village board of directors, shares his side of the story to
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Zoners Reject Mandatory Parking – “Tell Me, Who Can Live In A Parking Space? People Need A Roof Over Their Head.”
Despite loud protestations from most City Council members demanding mandatory parking for housing units, the Zoning Commission by a 5-4 last week rejected the regulation
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Call To Action To Require Parking For Housing Developments
Several City Council members are urging their constituents to attend Monday’s meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission to decide the future of parking regulations
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