New York’s Staten Island. The Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex’s administrator, Lauren Primerano, stated on Friday that something has long been lacking from the facility.
Since it debuted in 2015, the complex has grown to be a popular regional track and field venue; yet, Primerano stated that visiting athletes have long complained about the general dearth of facilities in the neighborhood.
She and a group of leaders from Staten Island revealed a plan to change that on Friday.
Since the children are sometimes around for twelve hours a day, we frequently witness them door-dashing and grub-hubbing. “Deliveries arrive at the facility all the time,” Primerano stated. Particularly for individuals who travel [from] out of town, they are constantly searching for something to do.
In search of entertainment, tourists occasionally travel as far as to leave the island, depriving potential Staten Island companies of revenue.
A $50,000 Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) study examining potential investments in the region will be funded by Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R-East Shore/South Brooklyn) in order to address that.
Thousands of sportsmen and their families travel to this amazing facility to compete in various arenas and sporting events, according to Tannousis. The problem we face is that, regrettably, there is nowhere for them to go in the neighboring communities. They might go shopping, grab something to eat, or have dinner with their families.
According to SIEDC President and CEO Michael Cusick, the research will examine commercial investment options as well as potential residential development in the Father Capodanno Boulevard neighborhoods.
Tannousis said many of the neighborhoods have struggled to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
After the storm, Ocean Breeze had widespread state-sponsored residential buyouts with stringent redevelopment limitations.
As the federal government builds the East Shore Seawall, a mammoth $2.3 billion project that witnessed its first groundbreaking in October, Tannousis hinted that such limits might eventually be eliminated.
We expect that many of those restrictions will be able to be changed after the sea wall is constructed. We’re hoping that many of these areas won’t require flood insurance after the seawall is constructed, he said.
Tannousis said the study would be a means of rekindling the discussion about the potential for economic growth in the neighborhood, which he and other elected officials, like as Borough President Vito Fossella and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), had long wanted.
Growing up in South Beach, Fossella recalled a time in the past when the Island’s beach towns were a popular summertime destination for tourists from all over the country.
“There is a footprint already in place, and we should try to revisit that,” Fossella said, referring to the fact that people traveled from all over the country, not just New York City, to vacation here. The residents of Staten Island, in my opinion, deserve that we start, get started, and create a plan and blueprint for how this corridor will develop over the next fifty years or so.
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