JENNIFER FARNSWORTH The Leader-Herald
GLOVERSVILLE Mayor Vicent DeSantis hosted an online informational meeting for the public to discuss the future of the Brownfield Assessments Projects.
The Facebook Live forum held on Thursday took a deeper look at where the city is hoping to redevelop areas that have long been considered hindrances. DeSantis met with Thomas Seguljic and Jessica Kruczek of HRP Associates in Clifton Park, and Lisa Nagle of Elan Planning, Design & Landscape Architecture, PLLC, in Saratoga.
The group discussed the process that brought them to four specific areas they are looking to tackle first, in addition to the Splash Pad park project which they plan to have completed this year.
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GLOVERSVILLE Members of the Common Council were noncommittal about a proposal from Mayor Vincent DeSantis to pursue possible state grant funds to address the Risedorph Tannery site that if secured would require a 10 percent match from the city.
DeSantis during the Dec. 8 Common Council meeting broached the subject of the former Risedorph tannery site on West Eighth Avenue which has reportedly come up while city officials gathered public input as part of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program development process.
The same steering committee is working to develop both the city’s grant funded LWRP plan and citywide Brownfields Assessment, which respectively involve water and land use assessments to develop plans for the redevelopment of sites that once complete, open additional grant funding opportunities.