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NORWALK, Conn. Some Norwalk political notes for you:
Rilling on possible moratorium
Rilling’s early fundraising was highest to date
Stop the development while we consider regulations?
On Monday, after would-be operators of a Norden Place distribution center withdrew their application for the project, Farhan Memom of the Sasqua Hills Neighborhood Association suggested a moratorium on development within the R&D and Light Industrial Manufacturing Zone.
Others have suggested such a moratorium; it’s an oversight that one wasn’t enacted as the City worked on a study of Norwalk’s industrial zones, they say.
What does Mayor Harry Rilling think?
on the fox business network and he said, look, it s all about light industrial manufacturing coming back. we re starting to see that. that s usually one of the first things we see before the other jobs in management and etc. come forward and we re seeing it in certain regions, the south, the southwest and the midwest. it makes sense. these are the areas that were hit maybe as hard as any in country with the job losses and so it makes sense they might snap back first. but it s very slow going and we haven t seen enough to say yep, it s a trend. i believe in it moving forward. it s still going to take a while before we get to that point where it s really believed. the two spots on the map, not featured, the northeast and the northwest. still behind. and again, in a couple of months because the trend is so weak right now, in a couple of months, we may look at it and say wow, the nor eatheast is starting to pick up. that s where we are. we re at a point where we re starting to build jo