EXAMINER NEWS--HIGHLIGHTS, ONLY--READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT THE LINK BELOW: P’ville Residents Blast Civic Space Plan, Manville Reconstruction
January 21, 2019 By Anna Young
--Pleasantville officials strenuously defended two plans they hope will help enhance the village’s downtown despite a torrent of opposition from residents last week.
--Throughout the nearly four-hour public hearing on Jan. 14, there was virtual unanimous resistance from community members who packed the meeting room at Village Hall against transforming a portion of Memorial Plaza into a civic space.
--Some also questioned the future character of the village with proposed mixed-use apartment complexes on Memorial Plaza, Depew Street and Washington Avenue. What are you trying to do with this town?” resident Tom Rooney questioned. “This was a lovely village before and it’s just going in a direction that residents of Pleasantville, in my opinion, don’t want to see it go.”
--MORE AT https://www.theexaminernews.com/pville-residents-blast-civic-space-plan-manville-reconstruction/
I always thought Pleasantville was a beautiful town. Why change it. It was like Scarsdale North! Something smells fishy here!
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