The third session in a series of community conversations about Fairfield Hills will be held tonight.  Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal encouraged all residents and community stakeholders to take part in the discussion about possible options for future use of the buildings and property. 

Housing could be a possible use, with officials discussing the option of Cochran House being placed onto the tax roll.  But a recent community survey did not show support for housing, with residents wanting to keep the former psychiatric hospital campus as park-like as possible. 

The information session will be in the Newtown High School Lecture Hall, from 7pm to 8:15pm.  It will be followed by the normally scheduled Board of Selectmen meeting, in the auditorium. 

Newtown has spent $38 million to demolish some abandoned buildings and construct new buildings, including the Municipal Center Community Center.  Annual maintenance costs at Fairfield Hills is $200,000.