Our Views: Town seals deal on park at Roslyn Country Club

The Island Now

At long last after years of negotiation, Nassau County is moving forward with a plan that will allow for the formation of new Town of North Hempstead park district making the best possible use of the Roslyn Country Club property.

The deal, approved this month by the Nassau County Planning Commission, will create new recreation space for the county at minimal expense to county residents. 

Under this creative arrangement, the property will be divided into a 320,231 square-foot space for the new Roslyn Country Club park district and 134,906 square feet for Corona Realty Holdings, which will maintain the Royalton at Roslyn Country Club catering hall.

The town will purchase the site that closed two years ago for $2 million and restore it as a club with a pool area, tennis courts a new locker room facility, playgrounds and basketball court.

Residents living nearby will pay a median $1,320 assessed valuation in 2017, based on a home valued at $730,800.

It took time and a great deal of difficult negotiations, but, in the end this is a winning arrangement for the residents of North Hempstead. 

The quality of its parks and recreation space helps to make Nassau County one of the best places in America to raise a family.

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