Vision Long Island is proud to announce the schedule for the 2014 Smart Growth Summit! This year’s event features 24 workshop panels, a youth summit, trade show, and both breakfast and lunch sessions. We anticipate…
Did you read this week’s Smart Talk! We looked into what this week’s election means for Long Island, causes for homelessness, Port Washington mixed-use project gets the green light, and more… Nov. 1-7, 2014 …
Learning What Works Downtown On Smart Growth Saturday Another round of tours is in the books as Saturday marked another successful Smart Growth Saturday. Elected officials, community stakeholders, businesses and residents joined Vision for the…
Progress on Complete Streets across Long Island Progress on Complete Streets across Long Island Welcome to the inaugural newsletter of the Long Island Complete Streets Coalition, a group of community organizations, individuals and businesses working…
Friends of LI groups, Lindy Manpower and Neighbors Supporting Neighbors, were featured in Newsday for their work to rebuild a flooded home after August’s flash floods. Lindy Manpower and Neighbors Supporting Neighbors are among many…
RSVP Now For The Smart Growth Summit: Register Online or Click Here for the Registration Form Please join our Featured Speakers! Hon. Steve BelloneSuffolk County Executive Hon. Ed ManganoNassau County Executive Welcome back our annual State of the…
This editorial by Vision Long Island Director Eric Alexander was originally published in the Long Island Business News on Wednesday. Former House Speaker Tip O’Neill once famously stated all “politics is local.” On Long Island, it seems a…
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Inspiring afternoon at the opening of Liberty Village a project of 60 units for homeless Veterans built by Concern for Independent Living with the support of HUD, Northport VA, NYS, Suffolk County, The Town of…
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With a full house at the LI Real Estate Group, a presentation from Dr. Bruce Stillman from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory provided an interesting take on the economic benefits of their facility, research and ultimate…
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Here is an op-ed we wrote in LIBN that speaks to what life could be like on Long Island without the LIE. Clearly fantasy but the old thinking behind additional roadways needs to be transformed…
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Grassroots campaigning with a hyper-local focus dominates the environmental ad game, with many groups forming local partnerships to bring in both money and human support. Read more: http://libn.com/2014/06/16/planting-grassroots-to-market-the-environment/#ixzz38ufxgeZQ
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Like thousands of commuters, residents and small businesses we are glad to see this conflict come to a resolution. Like many potential and real conflicts this one exposed the failure of regional contingency planning for…
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Vision LI’s column in Better! Cities & Towns publication is on the need to appropriately focus on people and communities in our planning work. Placemaking begins and ends with the people… The secret of success…
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Vision’s Director had the opportunity to be part of a show “Senior Moments: The Happy Ones! – Pedestrians vs.Cars: Solution? Traffic Calming!” hosted by Bonnie Graham, her mother Ruth Dolgow and Village of Great Neck…
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Traffic Expert Tours Sunrise Highway Over Safety Concerns Long Island traffic advocates called for changes to make Sunrise Highway safer and more efficient last year, only to be stonewalled by the New York State Department…
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This downtown hotel project in Huntington finally moving forward. This use will nicely compliment the rejuvenated retail, restaurants and musical venues like the Paramount. Vision testified in support of this proposal at the zoning hearing….
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