The State of Connecticut mandates that every ten years each community adopt its Master Plan as a blueprint for aspirations for growth, preservation, and sustainability. In 2015 the Planning Board adopted the Master Plan for Stamford with the vision to: “create a livable built, economic, social and political environment.” The new Master Plan directed that “the highest-intensity development and redevelopment should be focused in the Downtown, recognizing that it serves as both Stamford’s economic engine as the transportation hub of the region.” Finally, the Master Plan designated “areas adjacent to the Downtown should accommodate growth at a lesser intensity, while the character of Stamford’s neighborhoods will be supported and enhanced, but not significantly altered.”