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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kingston panel favors adoption of waterfront redevelopment plan


By Ariel Zangla
Kingston Daily Freeman (NY)
November 17, 2015


KINGSTON - Initial approval has been given to the Kingston Waterfront Brownfield Opportunity Area Implementation Plan that could guide the redevelopment of 192 acres along the city’s Rondout Creek waterfront.

The Common Council’s Laws and Rules Committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution that called for the adoption of the plan and determined it would have no significant environmental impact. The resolution must still be adopted by the full council, which meets again Dec. 1.

“What this allows us to do is actually just finish this process, this year, with this council,” Gregg Swanzey, the director of the city’s Office for Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships, told the committee. He said his office is still accepting comment on the plan through Nov. 23, but to date has received nothing of significance regarding the generic environmental impact statement. The comments that have been received have been incorporated into the document, Swanzey said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20151117/kingston-panel-favors-adoption-of-waterfront-redevelopment-plan

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