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Tuckahoe King Kullen Plans Won't Deter Village Push For New Grocery

Publication: The Southampton Press
BY MICHAEL WRIGHT   Mar 7, 2012 6:42 AM
Mar 7, 2012 9:51 AM
The renewed proposal for a King Kullen supermarket on the northern boundary of Southampton Village shouldn’t deter the village from seeking to tweak its zoning code to encourage the development of a grocery store on the fringes of the village business district, lawmakers said this week.

Members of the Village Board said this week that they don’t see the King Kullen proposal in Tuckahoe as negating the need for another grocer within the village itself and said that, pending a traffic study by village consultants, they plan to press ahead with the legislation.

“I don’t think we just need it a little, we need it a lot,” village Trustee Bill Hattrick said this week. “If you introduce the King Kullen, I don’t have an answer for that, but there’s no way of... more

And what about the village citizens who live near the proposed site on County Road 39? Wickapogue, Old Town Road, Hampton Road? They don't count?
By localcitizen (18), Southampton on Mar 7, 12 5:22 PM
Why not build one on every corner? All the proponents of both proposals make this ludicrous argument that generating new traffic actually decreases traffic. What? They speak of this great "need" for a grocery store. If only they focused an equal amount of energy on the need for affordable housing, the need to get golf courses to pay school taxes. The need to attempt to maintain some quality of life and to stop catering to wants and convenience. The town's CR 39 study is nothing more than a permission ...more
By progressnow (473), sag harbor on Mar 7, 12 5:35 PM
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At the risk of belaboring the points previously made:

-- this location is probably the WORST
By Nero (131), Sag Harbor on Mar 7, 12 7:14 PM
Turning the place into a dump!
By ride the truth wave (124), southampton on Mar 8, 12 9:24 AM
The map above appears to indicate three of the six properties which would meet the minimum lot size requirements of the proposed zoning change.

Where are the other three?

Is the property south of 27 and north of the Hillcrest Ave. neighborhood (near the new nursing home behind 7-11) one of the other three eligible properties?

Who owns this parcel?

Is there any relationship between the owners of this parcel and the village officials, in particular Mayor Epley, ...more
By Nero (131), Sag Harbor on Mar 12, 12 8:33 PM
Correcton: nursing home behind McDonalds.
By Nero (131), Sag Harbor on Mar 12, 12 8:37 PM
Morrow's plan is an arrogant attempt to lead the charge of over-development and suburban blight. We have three grocery stores within a five mile radius and a large number of specialty stores including summer fruit and vegetable stands. For people who think Stop and Shop is too far way, order your food using Pea Pod delivery service which only charges a $3.00 fee and means less cars on the road.

What a society of spoiled convenience seekers we've become. CR39 is a mess. Adding a 40,000 ...more
By progressnow (473), sag harbor on Mar 13, 12 4:17 PM
I do not define progress as a march towards strip mall suburbia. If you do, then perhaps you should consider Nassau county.
By progressnow (473), sag harbor on Mar 14, 12 7:55 AM
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