North Hempstead wins $757K in state grants

Noah Manskar

Four town initiatives in North Hempstead will get a boost from state grants worth a total of $757,950.

The grants from the state’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative will help fund two infrastructure mapping projects and two “master plans” to aid environmental and cultural initiatives in the town.

“The more than $757,000 in funding will serve as a great economic engine for our town,” Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement.

Some $316,250 of the money will fund a storm water mapping project to help the town identify which septic systems are creating water quality problems in Little Neck Bay, Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor.

$270,000 will go toward the creation of a digital map of the town’s infrastructure that will track the age, condition and location of roads, sidewalks, street lights, trees and other “surface features,” a town statement said.

The system, created in partnership with the Village of Port Washington, will also measure the life cycles and maintenance costs of those pieces of infrastructure.

$122,000 will help fund the town’s “Environmental Master Plan,” which will create strategies for conservation and combatting climate change.

It will also develop plans for a new recreational area containing 83 acres of beach parks with about 6,000 feet of shoreline.

The other $49,500 will fund the town’s “Cultural Master Plan,” which will support arts initiatives in the town and help give local artists more exposure.

The grants come from one of 10 regional economic development councils established in 2011 that fund region-specific projects and plans aimed at boosting economic growth.

Other businesses and municipalities within North Hempstead’s borders — including the North Shore-LIJ Health System, Winthrop-University Hospital, the Village of Roslyn and the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District — won grants totaling more than $3.6 million.

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