Welcome to All In for Milford

Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Please join us for All In for Milford's June Community Gathering!  This month we will check in with each other and share how we stay positive when life can be so tough. Is your glass half full or half empty? All In for Milford is a safe space to talk about it. Community resources will also be provided ... [ more ]

Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Milford Green - Come join in the fun, historical and educational significance, and celebratory aspects of America's newest national holiday on the historic Milford Green! Food vendors, musical performers, children's activities, books, games, clothing, novelty items, artwork, and Milford nonprofits ... [ more ]

Connecticut is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. This means that there are fewer affordable housing options available than people who need them. What's worse, while we work to build and convert new housing, we are losing existing affordable options. Connecticut legistators are considering expanding Just Cause Eviction Protections with H.B. 6889. The All In Alliances and our partners, CT for All, The Housing Collective and The Connecticut Project are working together to help pass this critical affordable housing bill ... [ more ]

May 13, 2025 - by Mark Pazniokas - CT Mirror - In rising last week to make his first speech to the Connecticut House of Representatives, Rep. MJ Shannon, D-Milford, stepped onto one of America's culture-war battlefields: a debate over transgender rights that President Donald J. Trump is intent on erasing.  Shannon, a 24-year-old gay man elected last fall, said he was making a gesture to aging gay-rights pioneers by volunteering to take on the task of explaining, defending and seeking passage of House Bill ... [ more ]

How Collaboration and Collective Action can Cultivate a Safe and Healthy Community
April 2025 - by Jesse Williams, All In for Milford - as published in Milford City Lifestyle Magazine - Your community is your church, your neighbors, your job, your family and your friends. But those things are not themselves the foundation of a city or town or neighborhood -- not the structures that allow it to exist and thrive. What a community is actually built on is much less abstract: housing that people can afford, food that people can access, streets that people can feel safe on ... [ more ]

February 1, 2025 - by Jesse Williams - There is nothing dramatic in Carol Martin’s tone or demeanor as she stands at the podium, in the high-ceilinged, sterile Milford City Hall chamber adorned with the usual historic frames and flags, with a row of potted faux-poinsettias adding a little color to the room. In front of her, sitting behind their high desk are ten members of the Planning & Zoning board – ten impassive faces, waiting on her ... [ more ]

June 27, 2024 - CPTV - This compelling documentary by Connecticut Public Television underscores the legacy of exclusionary zoning and redlining imposed a painful divide we see today in our state's current housing crisis. Our towns and cities are segregated by race and class because of systemic barriers that have persisted over time. Witness the struggle and determination of those fighting for change ... [ more ]

March 22, 2024 [Southington, CT] - Today the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA) presented the All In Alliances in Ansonia, Derby, Milford, Oxford, Seymour, and Waterbury with their 2024 Citizen Planner Award, at their annual awards luncheon.  The ceremony was attended by over 60 Connecticut city planners and colleagues in government, public service, and philanthropy. .  CCAPA board member Debbie Lawlor, who offered the award, said “the All In Alliances are the recognized voice for the underdog.”  She continued, “We believe in what you’re doing, and we need what you’re doing to support our efforts all around the state.” ... [ more ]

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