PROFILES Fairfield

Fairfield CT Town Elections Candidate Profile Page 2023

Tom

CORSILLO

RUNNING FOR: Town Plan and Zoning (4-year term)

PARTY: Democrat

BIOGRAPHY

• Current TPZ Alternate; Successfully completed Connecticut TPZ Training
• Senior Vice President, Land Use & Public Policy at Marino PR
• 18 years of professional experience in land use and zoning
• Producer of The Housing Problem podcast
• Recognized by City & State Magazine as a Top Political Consultant (2022) and Rising Star (2018)
• Member of the Westchester County Association's Land Use Policy Playbook Steering Committee (2018)
• Resident of North Stratfield
• Married father of two boys in Fairfield Public Schools

STATEMENT

 PRIORITIES:
• Making key commercial corridors more inviting, walkable and pedestrian-friendly, with a focus on Post Road east of Beach Road and on Black Rock Turnpike
• Creating new affordable homes, with a focus on missing middle (e.g. duplexes, cottage courts)
• Preserving existing naturally affordable homes (e.g. smaller capes common in parts of Fairfield like North Stratfield)
• Implementing a form-based code, which would ensure any new development reflects and adds to the design aesthetic of the town
• Requiring new development to include and/or fund infrastructure that prioritizes pedestrians and cyclists

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