Westport strives to make itself one-stop for business, living
Westport’s business people are hard at work making connections, many of them former commuters all in favor of making their costal-suburban community and their professional lives one location.
“When people ask me why do business in Westport, I say look where we are,” said Richard Gordon, chairman of the board at the Westport/Weston Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a more relaxed mentality here. We are now the home of Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund in the world. You have a lot of people here who have designed their business so they don’t have to go into New York anymore.”
According to Gordon, Westport’s success as a business hub has been a byproduct of being able to make a remote connection a primary location with the use of ever advancing technologies.
“I see a real dichotomy in Westport,” Gordon said. “The people here want to do business, and they want to do it here, they love it here. You have many business people who grew up here and a great many of them live here, make their business here and love the fact that they can come home for lunch.”
Gordon said as a former New York City commuter he knows the strain that having an hour-plus long commute can place on the work he gets done as well as his family life.
“I’ve realized I can spend four plus hours traveling and you have to think if it’s worth it,” he said.
“People who are most passionate about the business community here are either the people who live here or grew up here,” he said. “I find that the people who really live here are passionate about this town.”
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