Public hearing on redevelopment in the Rondout
“The City of Kingston needs and wants more housing to be built,” Mayor Steve Noble said prior to a public hearing this week on redeveloping a parcel in the Rondout.
The site – which consists of approximately 3.5 acres on the corner of Broadway and Garraghan Drive – “once contained hundreds of mixed-use structures, and was home to a vibrant and diverse community that was displaced by urban renewal in the 1960s,” according to the mayor. “This so-called Broadway East project demolished a neighborhood to make way for a mall that was never built and the area has never been fully restored…Broadway East has sat vacant for 50 years, and it is well past time to build more housing here.
The city’s new proposal aims to acquire the property “ideally by reaching an agreement with the property owners and without having to utilize the lengthy legal procedure of eminent domain” to develop the vacant and “underutilized properties” into mixed-use housing with approximately 200 units, and 30,000-square-feet of commercial and non-profit space.
The public hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 6pm in the Council Chambers at Kingston City Hall. The public hearing will also be live-streamed at the City of Kingston Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofKingstonNY
Written comments can be sent to the City of Kingston, c/o Housing Initiatives at 420 Broadway, Kingston, New York 12401. Written comments must be received by the close of the public hearing on October 29, 2024.
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