novel Wise Blood while a boarder at the home of fellow writer Robert Fitzgerald);, futurist Alvin Toffler and economist Stuart Chase, who lived in Redding from 1930 and served on the town's planning commission from 1956 until his death in 1985. Businesspeople who have lived in Redding include Alfred Winslow Jones, credited by some as "the father" of the hedge fund industry. Composers, musicians and singers who have lived in Redding include Leonard Bernstein, Daryl Hall, Jascha Heifetz, Charles Ives, Meat Loaf, Andy Powell and Mary Travers. Rankings Redding was selected as the second best small town by Connecticut Magazine in 2012. It was selected as the fourth best town to live in nationwide by CNNMoney in 2009. Transportation Metro-North Railroad's Danbury Branch has a station at West Redding. Housatonic Area Regional Transit provides local bus service. Footnotes Further reading External links Town of Redding official website History of Redding Easton Redding Region 9 school district Mark Twain Library, the town public library Towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut