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Express Sessions: Extolling the Success of Westhampton Beach Revitalization

Three Years in Westhampton Beach — How To Remake a Main Street

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Westhampton Beach Village Deputy Mayor Ralph Urban at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Westhampton Beach Village Deputy Mayor Ralph Urban at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Panelist Lillian Schon, owner of Lillian's Hair Salon, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Panelist Brad Hammond, Westhampton Beach Village Building and Zoning Administrator. DANA SHAW
Panelist Lillian Schon, owner of Lillian's Hair Salon, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
The panel, Michael Brunetti, Lillian Schon, Brad Hammond, Ralph Urban and Maria Moore, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Realtor Aimee Martin poses a question at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
The panel, Michael Brunetti, Lillian Schon, Brad Hammond, Ralph Urban and Maria Moore, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Audience member Liz Lederer makes a statement at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Panelist Michael Brunetti, owner of Brunetti Pizza, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW
Panelist Michael Brunetti, owner of Brunetti Pizza, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Three Years in Westhampton Beach — How To Remake a Main Street

Westhampton Beach Village Deputy Mayor Ralph Urban at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Panelist Lillian Schon, owner of Lillian's Hair Salon, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Panelist Brad Hammond, Westhampton Beach Village Building and Zoning Administrator. DANA SHAW

Panelist Lillian Schon, owner of Lillian's Hair Salon, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

The panel, Michael Brunetti, Lillian Schon, Brad Hammond, Ralph Urban and Maria Moore, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Realtor Aimee Martin poses a question at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

The panel, Michael Brunetti, Lillian Schon, Brad Hammond, Ralph Urban and Maria Moore, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Audience member Liz Lederer makes a statement at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

Panelist Michael Brunetti, owner of Brunetti Pizza, at the Express Session at Buoy One on January 26. DANA SHAW

In many ways, the successful revitalization of Main Street in downtown Westhampton Beach was a case of snowballing projects. Village Mayor Maria Moore reflected on the ambitious, and ultimately successful,... more

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