Welcome to All In for Milford

Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Please join us for All In for Milford's August Community Gathering!  We will learn about our current housing, food and transportation initiatives, engage with each other in small groups, and share on ways to help make the city we love a community where everyone has a place to live and food to eat; where everyone's voice is heard, and we all can thrive! [ more ]

July 24, 2025 - by Jesse Williams, All In for Milford - Everyone needs a place to live. That is something not seriously debated or disputed by Connecticut policymakers. What was debated, disputed-–and in the end, discarded–- is the idea that the places people live should not be suddenly, and without justification, taken away from them. "Just Cause" eviction protections, which prevent landlords removing a tenant without cause, already exist for seniors ... [ more ]

July 8, 2025 - by Janhavi Munde and Ginny Monk, CT Mirror - Local land-use boards, which make zoning decisions about where housing, businesses and industrial spaces get built in each Connecticut town, are disproportionately composed of older, white male homeowners — and not demographically representative of the communities they serve, a study of New London and Fairfield Counties found ... [ more ]

June 12, 2025 - by Marti LoMonaco - The Woodruff Family YMCA hosted the All In for Milford June Community Gathering, which focused on community and mental health: what local services are available, how to find them, and how to assist friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens to get the help they need. The evening was enveloped in warm hospitality from start to finish, with a delicious potluck meal, cards for everyone to fill out to make follow-up dates with folks met during the evening, and invitations to get more involved in AIFM ... [ more ]

June 6, 2025 - by James Watson, CT Mirror - In Connecticut, landlords must legally have "just cause" in order to evict a tenant who is either over 62 years old or has a disability. That includes not paying rent, not abiding by the rental contract, engaging in certain illegal activities or putting other tenants' health or safety at risk. For years, tenants and their advocates have been urging lawmakers to extend those protections to all renters in the state. The proposal has now failed three years in a row ... [ 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 ]

June 19, 2024 - Last night the Milford Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved Beth-El Center's proposed new operations site at 993 Bridgeport Avenue in Milford. In addition, there were over thirty written letters of support for the project plus fifty supporters who were present at the Planning and Zoning meeting. The Beth-El Center project had no community opposition to the planned expansion, a testament to the positive and trusting relationships built by the Beth-El Center with the community at large ... [ 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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