
| Issue 256 | February 11, 2000 |
After weighing options, participants voted in favor of adding benches, plantings and bike lanes to the street, as well as for longer-term plans to in-fill new buildings with storefronts and reduce the parking foot-print in the neighborhood with a well-designed parking structure.
Vision Huntington's Eric Alexander said the participatory process was a healthy departure from planning-as-usual, which often sees government offer a near-finished plan that the public takes shots at from outside. Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone told Newsday he felt the town would act on some of the charrette's output, and that a similar process would be used for pending redevelopment of the Huntington train station area.
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