Friday, June 16, 2006

MSA Honored in 5th Annual Smart Growth Awards

On June 16th, Vision Long Island will once again showcase the people, projects, and policies that represent Long Island’s brightest hopes for the future. The event is annually attended by a broad array of leaders and decision makers. Join them at this event. Talk to them about the issues your sector is grappling with. Let them that you are behind solutions that work.

This year’s Smart Growth Awards highlights the bottom-up thinking and local solutions needed to address the region’s most pressing concerns. The advances being made by our Towns and their communities are laudable. Across Long Island, more and more areas are ready to move forward with Smart Growth development and preservation practices. Many others are beginning to understand. This event is one of the best ways to raise the bar, to show Long Island not only what’s possible, but what’s being done. And the winners are...

Regional Leadership
Richard Bivone
Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce

Creating Mixed Use Projects
The Town of Brookhaven
Middle Country Road Land Use Plan

Utilizing Compact Building Design
Landing Avenue LLC
Country View Estates at Smithtown

Creating Affordable Housing Opportunities
Pulte Homes
Copper Beech Villages, Patchogue

Fostering Distinctive, Attractive Communities with a Strong Sense of Place
Town of Oyster Bay & the Oyster Bay Main Street Association

Creating Walkability
Coalition for a Safer Manhasset

Preserving Open Space and the Environment
Village of Port Washington North
Bay Walk Waterfront Park

Revitalizing Communities
Village of Mineola
Comprehensive Master Plan

Providing Transportation Choices
Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Making Development Decsions Fair and Predictable
Town of Southampton
Riverside Hamlet Center

Clean Energy & Green Building Development
Albanese & Albanese LLC