The Town of Wilton retained BFJ Planning to develop a downtown master plan for Wilton Center and accompanying form-base code. This work built of the Town’s 2019 Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), but involved additional outreach to the public, proprietors and property owners, and included a market analysis conducted by Urbanomics. While the Town has Village District Zoning, its downtown built environment exhibits characteristics of conventional zoning that focuses on the separation of uses and automobile-oriented commerce. Several shopping centers, including a large parcel owned and operated by KIMCO, were exploring opportunities to convert to a mixed-use environment, and the Town required a new zoning approach. BFJ developed recommendations for a new pedestrian-oriented circulation network, including a potential riverwalk along the Norwalk River, introduced new building typologies, and form-base zoning that focused retail in a more market-viable and synergistic fashion, while allowing for mixed-use and residential on secondary streets. Beyond the confines of the downtown, new overlay zoning was also created to support mixed use development and improve pedestrian connectivity along the State Rte. 7 corridor in Wilton.