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Riverhead awards $675,000 contract for new comprehensive plan
The town board yesterday voted 4-1, with Councilwoman Jodi Giglio dissenting, to hire the firm of AKRF Environmental, Planning and Engineering Consultants to develop a new master plan.
Guest Column
On studies, town should spare no expense
Research is not antithetical to good decision-making, but its source.
Guest Column
Complete rewrite of Riverhead’s master plan may not really be necessary
If just a few tweaks, patches and updates are necessary, let us, as residents, first look at those options instead of making an expensive commitment.
Guest Column
Riverhead’s next master plan must attract new talent
Master planning is about more than just land use— it's about planning for the future we want as a community. Guest column by John Fallot
Guest Column
Why Riverhead must update its master plan — now
Will Riverhead be a town dominated by more big box stores, when we know retail is retreating? Will our hamlets become a litany of faceless strip malls, when we know there are already too many vacant storefronts? Will we value open space, or cut down every last tree in the name of “progress”? Guest column by Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith
