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Remember our Get There project? If you don’t, that’s the one where a group of us reporters gave up our cars for a week to see how navigable Fairfield County is via public transportation. Conclusion: not very! And we heard from a lot of readers who felt the same thing.

And I know, faithful reader, you were sitting there thinking, “man, I wish I could talk to some transportation policy makers about how to improve public transportation.”

Well, wish granted. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign, in partnership with the City of Bridgeport and the Fairfield County Community Foundation, invite you to attend Sustainable Streets: Promoting Safety, Promoting Growth, on April 11. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and ConnDOT Commissioner James Redeker will be featured speakers.

Jon Orcutt, Policy Director for New York City Department of Transportation, will be the keynote speaker. As Policy Director at NYCDOT, he helped implement pedestrian plazas in Times Square and elsewhere, built protected bike lanes throughout New York City and laid the groundwork for the upcoming launch of the United State’s largest ‘Bike Share’ program.

The forum is at Housatonic Community College’s Beacon Hall. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the event wraps up at noon. Email rlynch@tstc.org to register.

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TRUMBULL – - First Selectman Tim Herbst announced Monday the appointment of Edward Lavernoich as the town’s new Director of Economic and Community Development. Lavernoich succeeds Deborah Cox as the Town’s director. Lavernoich is currently Deputy Director in the Office of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Bridgeport. During his time in Bridgeport, Lavernoich has served six mayoral administrations and has been promoted five times. Lavernoich is also currently the Executive Director of the Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency, and has served on numerous boards and commissions related to economic development.

“When I interviewed Mr. Lavernoich for this position, three words immediately came to mind in assessing his candidacy – - honest, experienced and hard working,” Herbst said. “Ed has been able to navigate through a whole host of challenges and deliver on the Bijou Square Redvelopment, the Arcade Redevelopment, the West End Industrial Park, as well as high quality residential redevelopment that has occurred throughout downtown over the last few years.”

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James Blake, the number 4 ranked tennis player in the world in 2006 and 2007, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a fund-raising event for The Child & Family Guidance Center of Greater Bridgeport later this month at the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield. Blake, a Yonkers N.Y. native, has homes in Florida and Fairfield and is a graduate of Fairfield High School. His current ranking is no. 74. The Child and Family Guidance Center was founded in 1925 to address the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and their families. To this end the Center offers a wide range of outpatient mental health and substance abuse counseling services for children under the age of 18 as well as a variety of in-home supportive services to their families. The Center operates three outpatient clinics located in Bridgeport, Stratford, and Fairfield. Services are available in both English and Spanish.
For information on the event, which is scheduled for April 21, call 203-394-6529, ext. 3069, or visit www.cfguidance.org.