The Smart Growth Saturday contingent in Rockville Centre met with Deputy Village Administrator Kathleen Murray to review Transit-Oriented Development business district, new developments, restaurant row and the villages approach to placemaking. Downtown Rockville Centre is home to more than 70 restaurants, with variety and options for all demographics. And getting to those restaurants is even easier with the help of traffic-calming measures, expanded parking and additional sidewalks. The community is among the first in the nation to use Park and Save meters; motorists receive coupons for local stores with their parking receipt. The Rockville Centre LIRR station is easily walkable from downtown and offers a 30-minute trip to Manhattan. A few blocks away, the Avalon Rockville Centre project was created as a Transit-Oriented Development. The completed first phase has 349 one- and two-bedroom apartments. The group toured the project and came away very impressed. A second phase across the street could also provide more much-needed rental housing in the village. I would like to thank Vision Long Island for helping the Village of Rockville Centre showcase everything we have to offer, commented Mayor Francis X. Murray. Our downtown business district is the most visible indicator of community pride as well as the economic health of our Village. Rockville Centre has a thriving downtown, where people can live, walk to public transportation, run their errands, have a great meal and enjoy themselves. This is a community that engaged in smart growth before the term was even invented. I was very impressed with the RVC downtown and the amount of multi-family housing and design. As someone who works in downtown revitalization, its always important to go to other communities and take back some inspiration which I definitely did today, Glen Cove Downtown BID Executive Director Fran Koehler said.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:16:50 +0000
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