Hempstead's Redevelopment Plans
By Kristina Trnka
Nassau News Staff Writer
The Village of Hempstead, seeking to reinvigorate its core, considered UrbanAmerica for an ambitious $2 billion redevelopment plan, which would have ripped up much of downtown and replace it with 2,500 condominiums, 600,000 square feet of stores and a performing arts hall.
Nassau News Staff Writer
The Village of Hempstead, seeking to reinvigorate its core, considered UrbanAmerica for an ambitious $2 billion redevelopment plan, which would have ripped up much of downtown and replace it with 2,500 condominiums, 600,000 square feet of stores and a performing arts hall.
The discussion over the plan was intense, drawing crowds to hearings lasting long into the night and sharply dividing the Village Board. But not everyone was enthusiastic, especially those who feared the flipside of urban renewal -- displacement and gentrification.
Mayor Wayne Hall, the proponent of the plan, couldn't get the village leaders to accept the plan and he withdrew the proposal in late 2007.
Now the community is still evaluating proposals from many development groups and has still yet to decide on a new direction.
Kristina Trnka produced this video report, speaking with Hempstead residents, by using the video camera in her cellphone and the Photobucket.com online service.
- This multimedia article was reported as a final individual project for JRNL 80, Online Journalism, Section A, Fall 2007, Professor: Mo Krochmal, Hofstra University (e-mail: maurice.krochmal at hofstra.edu).
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