Simsbury Planning Commission gathers resident priorities to guide village implementation plan

The Simsbury Planning Commission hosted an open house to collect resident priorities for implementing a village plan identified in the town's 2024 Plan of Conservation and Development, planning officials said.

Erin Leonard Smith, chair of the Planning Commission, opened the meeting and thanked residents and neighborhood association members for their participation in the planning process. Planning staff and their consultant, SLR, presented the draft implementation recommendations and invited attendees to prioritize items at four poster stations.

The meeting summarized outreach and analysis completed since August 2024, when SLR was selected to assist the town. Officials said the outreach included stakeholder meetings, a mailed community survey that drew 371 responses (approximately 20% of the village population as reported at the meeting), two community workshops in September 2024 and March 2025, planning commission meetings and a project website. Staff told attendees that SLR analyzed…