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n e w h a v e n b i z . c o m | O c t o b e r 2 0 2 2 | n e w h a v e n B I Z 11 Town Profile: Woodbridge GENERAL Land area (sq. miles) 19 Median age 49.3 Population 8,779 Median household income $169,155 Unemployment rate 3.4% MAJOR EMPLOYERS • Plastic Forming Co. Inc. • Northern Pipeline • Jewish Community Center • Advantage Cleaning LLC • Bailey Moore Glazer Schaefer GOVERNMENT Total revenue (2018) $51,805,171 Per capita tax $5,051 Mill rate 42.64 Grand list (2020-21) $1,111,198,709 HOUSING STOCK Median home value $464,400 Median rent $1,375 ECONOMY Top employment industries Employers Employment Avg. Wage Health Care & Social Assistance 1,267 49 $32,179 Admin. & Support & Waste Mgmt 620 24 $27,878 Local Government 572 13 $61,929 Source: AdvanceCT/Data Haven Affordable housing dispute e new development comes as Woodbridge is facing litigation that claims there isn't enough affordable housing in the community. e civil rights lawsuit claims the town's zoning regulations restrict multifamily, affordable housing and therefore violate the state Constitution, Fair Housing Act and state zoning laws. Open Communities Trust LLC (OCT) — an affordable housing development trust launched by civil rights nonprofit Open Communities Alliance (OCA) — is one of the parties that filed the suit against the town. OCT is leasing and has an option to buy property in Woodbridge to build a multifamily, mixed-income and affordable housing development. e property owner, 2 Orchard Road LLC, is also a plaintiff. In addition, two Woodbridge residents are plaintiffs and say they are harmed by the town's lack of racial and economic diversity. Erin Boggs, founding executive director of OCA, an organization that focuses on housing segregation, said in an announcement that Woodbridge zoning has "erected unjustifiable barriers preventing lower- and moderate-income families, who are disproportionately families of color, from moving to town." Heller, Woodbridge's First Selectwoman, said the Board of Selectmen held a special meeting regarding the lawsuit and refutes its claims. In a prepared statement she said, "e town will defend this case, and we fully expect to be successful. We are a diverse and wonderful community, which will be demonstrated at trial, and I am committed to contesting the claims made by the lawyers who brought this suit." She declined to answer further questions about affordable housing, citing the pending litigation. n A site plan for the Regency at Woodbridge townhomes, which will sit on 14.8 acres straddling Bradley Road. More than commercial banking. CONNECTICUT COMMERCIAL BANKING from a bank that can take your business to the next level. Call us at 860-200-2440 or visit washtrust.com/ctbusiness. Member FDIC Julia Anne M. Slom Senior Vice President, Team Leader, Commercial Real Estate Edward O. Handy III Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James M. Hagerty Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer Anthony A. Botelho Senior Vice President, Team Leader Kevin M. Hanrahan Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Thomas D. Pizzo Vice President, Market Leader, Commercial Banking Brett W. Eagleson Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lee J. Fernandez Vice President, Commercial Real Estate