Woodbury, NY The 15th Annual Long Island Smart Growth Awards took place this June at the Crest Hollow Country Club, honoring individuals and organizations and advancing successful downtown initiatives. Over 900 of Long Island’s civic, business, development and government leaders took part in the program for the best in class for 2015-2106. NYS comptroller Tom Dinapoli was the keynote speaker.
Of Long Island’s 100 downtown business districts 60 have revitalization plans and 40 are actively moving projects forward. All told over 12,000 units of transit oriented development housing have been approved over the last ten years along with countless other downtown projects.
Vision Long Island received over 40 deserving nominations and the project and organizational honorees awarded include: Scott Rechler for regional leadership; Hon. Don Barbieri for Walkability in New Hyde Park; Alma Realty Corp & the Village of Valley Stream for a Mixed UseProject in Valley Stream; Conifer Realty & Town of Babylon for Housing Choices in Copiague; Patchogue Chamber of Commerce for “Alive after Five” in Patchogue; Town of Islip & Greenview Properties for a Pedestrian Plaza in Bay Shore; LI Building Trades Council & LI Federation of Labor for Job Development; Lalezarian & Village of Mineola for Mineola Village Green & One Third Ave, two redevelopment projects in Mineola;Beechwood Organization & Village of East Rockaway for Marina Pointe, a waterfront TOD in East Rockaway; Bartone/Terwilliger & Village of Farmingdale for Cornerstone, a TOD in Farmingdale, the Gitto Group & Village of Port Jefferson for the Hills, a TOD in uptown Port Jefferson; and East End Arts and the Westbury Arts Council for creating a Sense of Place by providing arts, music and culture in our downtowns.
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