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By Keldy Ortiz [email protected] Updated September 17, 2020 6:30 AM Downtown Farmingdale has thrived by attracting new apartments and businesses to the village, but as the coronavirus pandemic persists and alters housing preferences and office work, two new studies suggest that communities on Long Island may need to alter land-use permits to accommodate future residential… …Continue Reading
 

Studies: Pandemic may force Long Island to rethink land use method.

By Adina Genn September 17, 2020 Two new studies offer glimpses into a post-COVID economic recovery on Long Island. In that recovery, land-use on Long Island will shift, impacting the region’s housing, retail, restaurants, entertainment venues, light industrial and recreation. And for communities that invested in downtowns such as Farmingdale, the recovery could trigger economic… …Continue Reading
 

Syosset, NY – July 23, 2020 – Long Island’s current and future aquaculture growers have a new digital mapping tool to help launch or expand shellfish farming operations and explore seaweed cultivation opportunities in the New York’s and Connecticut’s marine waters. The New York and Connecticut Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture Viewer is a newly launched… …Continue Reading
 

Group aims to build Long Island’s workforce By: Adina Genn June 19, 2020 As Long Island reopens amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say a skilled and well-trained workforce, coupled with racial equality, would go a long way towards an inclusive economy. That’s according to the Long Island Regional Planning Council and the Suffolk Industrial Development Agency, which… …Continue Reading
 

Syosset, NY – March 24, 2020 – Spring’s arrival means many Long Island homeowners will strive for a lush, green lawn. Before applying lawn fertilizer, the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC) and Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP) urge residents to follow LINAP’s recommendations for proper lawn fertilization and irrigation.   “Our foremost recommendation… …Continue Reading