Jan 18, 2012 11:16 AM
A public hearing on a proposed Southampton Village law that would allow supermarkets to be built in certain lots attracted a large crowd on Thursday. COLLEEN REYNOLDS
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Southampton Village Board members this week indicated that they are leaning in favor of proposed legislation that would pave the way for a supermarket to be built at the site of a closed car dealership on Hampton Road, despite a nearly two-hour public hearing last week during which opponents of the measure spoke loudly.
Village Mayor Mark Epley said Tuesday he supports the plan and that he believes it still has a good chance of being approved.
The measure calls for a change to village code to allow supermarkets to be built on parcels zoned highway business. It is being considered, primarily, because The Fresh Market has an arrangement with the owners of the Hampton Road parcel, the Glennon family, to build a grocery store there. The Fresh Market already lists the... more
Village Mayor Mark Epley said Tuesday he supports the plan and that he believes it still has a good chance of being approved.
The measure calls for a change to village code to allow supermarkets to be built on parcels zoned highway business. It is being considered, primarily, because The Fresh Market has an arrangement with the owners of the Hampton Road parcel, the Glennon family, to build a grocery store there. The Fresh Market already lists the... more
Additionally, the site is zoned "highway business" - this zoning does NOT allow for a grocery store and should not be changed to accommodate one man's vision.
This talk of "needing" a new grocery store is absolutely ...more ludicrous. Have we grown so lazy that a 10 or 15 minute drive to Hampton Bays Shop and Stop is simply too much of a burden on our lives? What other convenience can we not live without? Should we simply allow zoning changes every time we feel a "need" to make our lives simpler or, in demanding convenience are we actually destroying what makes life out here tolerable?
39 is quickly becoming the poster child of suburban strip mall ugliness. There is simply no "need" for a new grocery store.
Overdeveloped, ...more overpopulated, and oversexed. Welcome to "The Hamptons".
Country life was about properly stocking the pantry. It was about a certain commonwealth, that seems to be missing, in a way. Commonwealth. ...more A word I was reminded of this morning.
What is "it" now some parties consider, "Hamptons Country"?
"The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry."
~ Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore)
If you want a real throwback, check out the aerial views in the LIAM film on the Vanderbilt cup racing website. Trying to pick out the intersections, and streets is pretty interesting. There are now & then photos as well.
He who has the gold, makes the rule.
The Fresh Market would be a good thing for Southampoton. The Schmidt ...more Bros. do not have to worry. The distance is enough that many of their present customers are not going to travel over to Flying Point Road when Schmidts is so much closer to those customers side of the Village. The issue of delivery trucks at whatever time? There are delivery trucks at Schmidts aren't there? There are homes in that neighborhood too so what's the beef?
Besides when I found Tate's Cookies in the Fresh Market in The Villages I knew it was a good thing.
Y'all sound like a bunch of chickens squabbling over new feed.
That was pretty much the end of a good thing, and the beginning of exploitation beyond any dreams of avarice.
Let's build a second home haven, 'cause farms, who the h*** needs them?
After the Emperor of Southampton Village enforces the Golden Rule?