This isn’t do or die, but the New York Islanders will have a good indication as to what the community is looking for from any RFP, Request For Proposal, submitted for Belmont Park today.
Community members, and just about anyone with a vested interest will be able to take a maximum of three minutes to give their opinions on what an RFP should include.
To give you a sense of what some in the community are looking for here’s a list of what one community group (We Are Elmont) wants. It’s pretty large and all-encompassing but it gives you a good preview of what’s to come:
provides tech start-ups, educational facilities, commercial, retail, restaurants, transit-oriented housing for young professionals and empty nesters, quality of life recreational and green spaces for the surrounding communities, without placing tax burdens on local residents.