The City of Norwalk provides snow removal information

Winter storms can bring freezing rain, ice, snow, high winds, or a combination of these conditions. To help ensure safe and efficient road clearing and travel this winter season, the City of Norwalk is reminding residents and business owners of its snow r...

Draft - Norwalk Citywide Plan 2019-2029 POCD

The POCD (Citywide Plan) is a ten-year, state-mandated, planning document, meant to guide growth and development in our city. It also identifies strategies to protect important resources and attributes of Norwalk. The plan sets the table for many initiati...

Hearing Date Extended for Scheduling an Informal Review

On some of the preliminary property value letters recently sent to Norwalk taxpayers, one of the two websites listed contained a typo, which may have precluded someone from scheduling an informal appeal hearing. We are confident property owners have been ...

2018 Real Property Revaluation

The City of Norwalk is notifying property owners of available opportunities to participate in the process of perfecting the assessment records for their properties. Property information maintained by the Assessor’s Office has a major impact on the valuati...

Intersection Improvement Project on Rt. 1 between Strawberry Hill Ave. and County St.

Motorists can expect lane closures on Westport Ave U.S. Route 1, Strawberry Hill Avenue and County St. during night time only. Lanes will be operational during the day time. 

Mayor Harry Rilling on Special Events Permits

As Mayor, I receive comments, both good and bad, on a daily basis. It comes in the form of emails, calls, social media posts, letters, and face-to-face as I go around Norwalk. I enjoy hearing directly from residents as it helps me check the pulse of what ...

Partnership leads to increased pedestrian safety on Richards Avenue

The City of Norwalk, Norwalk Bike/Walk Commission, and Norwalk Community College (NCC) worked together to address pedestrian safety issues on Richards Avenue. The result was a cost-effective project that increased public safety by reducing vehicular speed...

The New Microtransit System ‘Wheels2U’ Launching This Week in Norwalk

The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation and the City of Norwalk are proud to announce the launch of Wheels2U, a new form of public transportation allowing residents to request rides and be picked up in shuttles, creating an on-demand transpo...

Norwalk Joins Statewide Sustainable CT Initiative

(Norwalk, Conn.) – Earlier this month, the Common Council voted to join Sustainable CT, a new initiative that supports Connecticut cities and towns. The statewide initiative includes a detailed menu of sustainability best practices, tools and resources, p...

Norwalk receives grant to preserve records that are more than 150 years old

Norwalk recently received a $9,500 grant from the Connecticut State Library Historic Documents Preservation Program to preserve death records and marriage licenses that are more than 150 years old. The grant allows for the Town Clerk’s office to protect t...

Mayor Rilling announces the sale of $30.0 million in bonds to finance capital projects

MAYOR RILLING ANNOUNCES THE CITY OF NORWALK’S SALE OF $30.0 MILLION IN BONDS TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS AT A RATE OF 2.799% 

Mayor Harry Rilling announced today that the city successfully completed the sale of $30.0 million of general obligation ...

Norwalk DPW receives award for Special Achievement in GIS

The City of Norwalk Department of Public Works received an award for Special Achievement in GIS. The DPW was selected out of a field of more than 300,000 candidates for leveraging existing GIS technology to provide a more efficient means to manage snow op...

Mayor Harry Rilling announces Norwalk has received a “Triple A” bond rating

The City of Norwalk has received a “Triple A” bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service, S&P Global Ratings, and Fitch Ratings.Top credit rating will save taxpayers more than $600,000 in interest expense.

(Norwalk, Conn.) – Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling...

Norwalk receives Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting

Norwalk was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for its Fiscal Year 2017 reporting 

The City of Norwalk was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Rep...

Norwalk Police Department receives CALEA award for 7th consecutive accreditation.

On March 24, 2018, the Norwalk Department of Police Service received its seventh reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. ("CALEA"). The award was presented to the Norwalk Department of Police Servi...

Yard Waste Site – Spring/ Summer/ Fall

Yard Waste Site – Spring/ Summer/ Fall 

The Yard Waste Site, located at 15 South Smith Street, will be OPEN for the Spring/ Summer/ Fall Season on Monday April 2, 2018. During the week of March 26^th, the Site will be open Monday to Thurs...