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03.25.2022 Government

Village Board, citing parking, traffic, votes down parklets returning in 2022

Greenport Village trustees voted unanimously against the return of parklets at Thursday’s regular board meeting. Mayor George Hubbard Jr. emphasized after the vote that trustees are not “against business”...

03.24.2022 Editorials

Editorial: Greenport should renew parklets for another season

The parklets in Greenport Village began in the summer of 2020 to help Main Street and Front Street businesses recover from the severe economic damage inflicted by the COVID-19...

03.23.2022 Government

Greenport trustees may vote against parklets’ return

Some Greenport Village trustees indicated they are likely to vote against the return of parklets, despite requests from business owners for the pandemic-era dining plan this coming season. Others...

02.24.2022 News

Greenport BID seeks the return of parklets

The Greenport Village Business Improvement District requested the return of a pandemic-era dining plan in a letter to village trustees last week. BID asked the village to approve and...

09.14.2021 Government

Greenport parklets will shutter by end of this month

A pandemic-era outdoor dining plan in Greenport will wrap up this month, despite a request from the Business Improvement District to continue the program through October. Permits for the...

05.24.2021 Government

Front Street will close to traffic Wednesday so parklets can return

Al fresco dining is slated to return to Greenport by Memorial Day, but volunteers are needed to make it happen. According to village officials, Front Street will be closed...

04.16.2021 Government

Parklets in Greenport Village expected to return by Memorial Day

Parklets — seen as a lifeline to struggling businesses in Greenport Village amid the pandemic last summer — are expected to return in time for Memorial Day. At a...

03.22.2021 Government

Survey says public wants parklets to return in Greenport this summer

As vaccines become available to more adults and economic reopening continues, some are looking forward to a “normal” summer. “There’s a strong light at the end of the tunnel,”...

03.01.2021 Government

Should parklets be used in Greenport again this summer?

An innovative solution to increase public space in Greenport last summer was celebrated as a pandemic success story. But village officials want to know: should the parklets return in...

10.30.2020 Business

Greenport BID wants parklets in place through end of the year

Last May, when COVID-19 and executive orders from Gov. Andrew Cuomo had severely impacted businesses in Greenport, an idea was floated to allow “parklets” along the north edge of...

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