With Norwalk officials breaking ground on The Walk, a redevelopment project that the city says will create new public plazas and gathering spaces, residents are beginning to claim that the construction is instead wiping out the only community space they’ve relied on for decades.
City leaders have promoted The Walk as a long‑term investment meant to bring new dining, shopping and gathering spaces to the civic core, calling the Feb. 7 groundbreaking a “major milestone” in Norwalk’s revitalization.
However, many residents say the project is erasing the very spaces where the community has gathered for decades…