Bridgeport has so much potential. With new leadership and a concrete plan for our future, we can live up to it. That’s why on January 24th, 2023 the Unrig Bridgeport coalition launched this year’s people-powered campaign, The Year of Change.

We love the Park City and want our children to have a good education, safe streets, affordable housing, a police department that respects us, and a thriving democracy and economy. Yet, year after year the current occupants of City Hall seem incapable of advancing a vision for Bridgeport beyond recycling old ideas.

But it’s not 1993. It’s 2023. What we need now is visionary leadership that is focused on fostering innovation and creating the right climate to attract jobs and new businesses. We need leadership that will advance good government policies, be transparent and accountable, and invest in the public institutions and services we need to live healthy, productive, joy-filled lives. 

Voters are paying attention. According to an August 2022 poll conducted by Lake Research Partners, 51% of Bridgeport voters under the age of 30 say we are headed in the wrong direction. A damning indictment that shows that in the nearly twenty years of Mayor Joe Ganim’s leadership, Bridgeport has largely become a symbol of urban failure. 

But failure doesn’t have to be our future. Click below to read more!