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How Pittsford is responding to the housing crisis

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM EDT
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Naveen Havannavar and Stephanie Townsend on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, April 3, 2025
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A local town is taking steps to help mitigate the housing shortage.

In a unanimous, bipartisan vote last week, town councilmembers approved a measure to update Pittsford's zoning codes. The move paves the way for opportunities to develop single-family attached housing, senior housing, and mixed-use districts that can include multi-family housing.

We talk with two members of the Pittsford Town Board about what's now possible and what they think is next.

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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