Motorsports

Motorsports is not the answer for economic development and long-term job creation at the Calverton Enterprise Park. Guest column.

With the proposed sale of the town’s remaining 1,600-plus acres of land inside the Calverton Enterprise Park put at least temporarily on hold, motorsports enthusiasts see an opening to renew their quest for a drag strip and racing complex at the sprawling Calverton site.

Faced with vocal demand and enticed by the prospect of tax revenues and an economic bump, legislators formed an ad hoc committee to explore possible locations in Suffolk.