What’s New and News... 

Spring has sprung, summer is near and the BID is in full gear! Competitive “bid” packets went out recently for the garden area maintenance in our municipal parking areas for the 2011 summer season. The winning bid came from Rolling Rock Landscaping with work to get started on April 15th. Our Beautification Chairman, David Vigliotta, recently checked on our flowering geranium hanging basket pots being cultivated at Fantastic Gardens and reports back that they are growing nicely and will be a great addition to our Village later this spring. The Village “watering truck” has been re-“tired”, the men to man it are in place and we’re ready to get started with our summer season.

The BID is also actively marketing our $500,000 NY Main Street Grant with local newspaper ads and our direct mailings. The targeted area is the west side of South Ocean Avenue from Church St to the Four Corners and the south side of West Main Street from the Four Corners (South Ocean Avenue) to River Avenue. Five applications have been handed out thus far and are expected back for review by the Grants Committee shortly. We’re hoping to enjoy the same success as we did with the 2008 NYMSG and grow it three to four fold.

Various Village building projects are moving along at quite a brisk pace. The Art Space project on Terry Street is completely finished with about one half of the building’s tenants moved in and some retail space occupied as well. Local developer Mike Kelly and the people from Clare Rose have received all approvals to go ahead with the development of 160 residential owner occupied townhouses on West Avenue. Demolition of most of the existing buildings has already taken place with construction to follow shortly thereafter.

The largest project that the Village has on the planning board is the redevelopment of the entire block form the Four Corners down West Main Street to Havens Avenue and back north to Lake Street. This entire project is estimated to cost close to one hundred million dollars and is being developed by Tri-Tec Real Estate. The building located at 31 West Main Street has recently been renovated by Tri-Tec and the plan calls for demolition of most of the reaming buildings with the new buildings slated to house rental apartments and condo type residential rentals, as well as, retail space, office space and green ‘village square’ community space. Parking is planned to be both above and below ground level.

That’s quite a lineup of ambitious undertakings that will surely transform the look of Patchogue Village in the years to come, but let’s not forget that as we approach the summer months, look to Patchogue for our array of annual events. Alive After Five kicks off on July 1st for four dates, the other three being July 15th, July 29th and August 12th.  Family Fun Night is on Thursday July 7th, and Carnival Sidewalk Sale Days are the first weekends in July and August. Please call The Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce at 631-207-1000 for additional details. The annual music festival will be held the weekend of July 15th, 16th and 17th and be sure to check with the Patchogue Village Department of Parks and Recreation at 631-475-4302 for our Shorefront Park concert series held most weekends during the summer. And, please join us as we salute America with our annual Forth of July Parade, proudly sponsored by the Patchogue Lion’s Club.

Let’s not forget that Patchogue is always open for business with our many fine and varied retail shops and specialty boutique shops. Our Theatre for the Performing Arts is bustling with performances every weekend and also on many weekday afternoons and evenings. With over forty restaurants and eateries operating seven days a week, it’s easy to find a great place to eat with choices of many varied cuisines. Many of these restaurants offer live music on weekends and some week nights. If you’re looking for some quiet time, the Patchogue –Medford Library is one of the biggest and finest in all of Suffolk County.

So, check us out real soon. We look forward to seeing you!