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*** Claims have been made that the proposed new library could bring in $6.6M to local businesses. I just discovered the economic impact study behind that number is posted on the Town’s web site. It makes for interesting reading. One issue is that $6.6M is the high estimate; the low estimate is only $346K. A bigger issue is that there is a major flaw in the logic, making the results meaningless. The report summarizes how they arrived at the number.  Here’s the gist of it: Basically, they did a survey of library patrons in June-July 2019. Survey questions asked if they patronized other loc...

New Canaan P&Z chairman beckons consultant to solve persisting library argument Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The 1913 wing of the New Canaan Library on Main Street is the center of a controversy as residents try to decide if  it should be demolished or not after the new library is built next door to it. Picture taken April 19, 2021.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 The landscape will take into account native plants, pollinator pathways and  animal habitats pathway according to plans for the new New Canaan Library, which were presented at the Planni...

Moynihan backs 1913 library preservation: "Anything is possible in New Canaan" Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail The 1913 wing of the New Canaan Library on Main Street is the center of a controversy as residents try to decide if  it should be demolished or not after the new library is built next door to it. Picture taken April 19, 2021.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said he has received “very little feedback,” as of Tuesday, April 20 after he voiced support for preservation of the 1913 New Canaan Library, a topic that has sparked controversy in...

The chair of New Canaan’s Planning & Zoning Commission said during the appointed body’s most recent meeting that he’s given testimony on proposed state legislation regarding affordable housing. The arguments behind “a number of bills” under consideration by the Connecticut General Assembly is “that historical and current zoning regulations have and continue to propagate exclusionary zoning in the state of Connecticut,” John Goodwin said during P&Z’s regular meeting, held March 30 via videoconference. “Meaning the argument is they keep housing costs high and then exclude lowe...