On March 26, the Long Island 2035 Visioning Initiative convened an Island-wide workshop at the Long Island Regional Planning Council's first annual Planning Summit. With nearly 150 participants comprised of Long Island's elected officials, civic, business and environmental leaders, the diverse group worked side by side to allocate projected population and employment growth through an interactive planning exercise. The results, which will be summarized in a forthcoming report, include 13 distinct, whole-island growth concepts with common themes such as intensification of existing downtowns and concentrated growth in places like the Nassau Hub; protection of open space on the East End; and new and improved transportation infrastructure to accommodate sustainable growth. These results will be synthesized into two or more alternative scenarios and evaluated for their impact on economic, environmental and social indicators.
On March 26, the Long Island 2035 Visioning Initiative convened an Island-wide workshop at the Long Island Regional Planning Council's first annual Planning Summit. With nearly 150 participants comprised of Long Island's elected officials, civic, business and environmental leaders, the diverse group worked side by side to allocate projected population and employment growth through an interactive planning exercise. The results, which will be summarized in a forthcoming report, include 13 distinct, whole-island growth concepts with common themes such as intensification of existing downtowns and concentrated growth in places like the Nassau Hub; protection of open space on the East End; and new and improved transportation infrastructure to accommodate sustainable growth. These results will be synthesized into two or more alternative scenarios and evaluated for their impact on economic, environmental and social indicators.