Riverhead Community Development Agency

“This informal forum is intended to provide an opportunity for the CAT team to update Riverhead residents on their vision for the proposed project at EPCAL while the agency continues its due diligence" on the company's application for financial assistance, the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency said in a press release announcing the forum.

The public on Monday got a glimpse of what’s been taking place behind the scenes as the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency begins vetting the joint application for financial assistance made by Calverton Aviation Technology and the Riverhead Community Development Agency.

Calverton Aviation & Technology's attorney said in September his client hoped to gain approval from the IDA by the end of 2022 or early in 2023. Five months later, it's not clear whether the IDA's vetting process has even begun.

The new Riverhead Town Square, the Suffolk Theater, a mixed-use building on Griffing Avenue and five other projects in downtown Riverhead downtown will receive a piece of the $10 million New York State grant. Funding requests for the L.I. Science Center and an amphitheater plan were not funded by the state.

A proposed resolution authorizing the transfer of land at the Calverton Enterprise Park to the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency will not be on tonight’s town board and CDA meeting agendas.

Riverhead was not selected by the state as a “testbed site” for Empire State Development's Smart Cities program. Empire...

Check out these 19 architect's renderings showing possible versions of a town square connecting Main Street to the riverfront.

Riverhead Town has scheduled a regular town board meeting and a CDA meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. There will be no in-person public access to the meeting due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A divided town board voted to proceed with the sale of approximately 1,643 acres of vacant land within the Calverton Enterprise Park to a company controlled by Canadian-based developer Triple Five Worldwide.