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Remsenburg-Speonk Residents Speak Out Against Workforce Housing Proposal At Community Forum

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Dave Gallo, President of Georgica Green Ventures, LLC, speaks to a room of over 130 Remsenburg and Speonk residents about a proposal to build workforce housing in Speonk. GREG WEHNER

Dave Gallo, President of Georgica Green Ventures, LLC, speaks to a room of over 130 Remsenburg and Speonk residents about a proposal to build workforce housing in Speonk. GREG WEHNER

Southampton Town Housing Authority Chairman Curtis Highsmith speaks to Remsenburg and Speonk residents about a potential development in Speonk that will create 50 units of workforce housing. GREG WEHNER

Southampton Town Housing Authority Chairman Curtis Highsmith speaks to Remsenburg and Speonk residents about a potential development in Speonk that will create 50 units of workforce housing. GREG WEHNER

Remsenburg resident Christian Killoran addressed the developer and Southampton Housing Authority members, claiming a site plan was submitted to the Town of Southampton, even demanding to see the plan. GREG WEHNER

Remsenburg resident Christian Killoran addressed the developer and Southampton Housing Authority members, claiming a site plan was submitted to the Town of Southampton, even demanding to see the plan. GREG WEHNER

Dave Gallo, President of the development company Georgica Green Ventures, LLC, said the forum was intendeded to be a conversation to find out what the community wants to see in a proposed development in Speonk. GREG WEHNER

Dave Gallo, President of the development company Georgica Green Ventures, LLC, said the forum was intendeded to be a conversation to find out what the community wants to see in a proposed development in Speonk. GREG WEHNER

Tim Dahlen, Sr. of Speonk moved from Merrick in the 1960's and worries that the new workforce housing development being proposed will only create more traffic, hurting the quality of life that he moved to Speonk for. GREG WEHNER

Tim Dahlen, Sr. of Speonk moved from Merrick in the 1960's and worries that the new workforce housing development being proposed will only create more traffic, hurting the quality of life that he moved to Speonk for. GREG WEHNER

authorGreg Wehner on Dec 3, 2015
More than 130 residents of Remsenburg and Speonk attended a public forum last week to discuss a proposed workforce housing project in Speonk, most of whom seemed to come with... more

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