Quoted from 147

So much for your public lenten celibacy.  Must be HH that taught you it was "ok" to break it whenever you want.

Hypocrite.

God told me he had coffee with DVOR and that he told him it was OK to post.....

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God told me he had coffee with DVOR and that he told him it was OK to post.....

I don't believe God has an opinion or the other on the subject.

I would like to see that building being used  instead of being another vacant building in Rotterdam

Quoted from B GAGE

I would like to see that building being used  instead of being another vacant building in Rotterdam

I would love to see the old grand union used again  -- lack of sewers has been a major stumbling block when trying to sell the building.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I would love to see the old grand union used again  -- lack of sewers has been a major stumbling block when trying to sell the building.

Funny, sewers didn't seem to be an issue for the last buyer in 2006

SEP 14, 2006    2696 HAMBURG ST., LLC

It's sold several times since it was a Grand Union

Oh, in case there was any doubt, Yes, Chazen Companies is related to that address:
http://www.hamburgstmerchantsassociation.com/2011_02_07%20Meeting%20Binder.pdf

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

  -- lack of sewers has been a major stumbling block when trying to sell the building.

broken record.........sewers......gee, where have we heard that before and from whom!!!!

I went to alot of those meetings.....and there was a nice schematic.....but, DUD!!!!!! FIZZLE!!!!!!

Quoted from 147

Funny, sewers didn't seem to be an issue for the last buyer in 2006

SEP 14, 2006    2696 HAMBURG ST., LLC

It's sold several times since it was a Grand Union

Exactly!!!! Hamburg St was a busy street with many more substantial businesses WITHOUT PUBLIC SEWERS!!!
And ALL of these businesses DID NOT leave because of sewers!!!

they left because they were OLD.......close the senior center get some sidewalks, fix the damn road.....style patina class.......not some hamburgler
mayor crap.......the future is coming.....

smoke and mirrors, and carrots on a stick. A fake central dispatch plan that won't ever go there, lots of BS to keep the Hamburg St Merchants happy with dreams of a better day ahead that will never come. Fake promises and lies telling them they will build mega-governmental buildings on their property so just "be patient" and "help the next democrap campaign."

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ROTTERDAM
Police station cost at $8M
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

    For roughly $8 million, Rotterdam could transform the long-dormant Grand Union into a new police station and courthouse.
    The cost outlined in a recently completed study is about $2 million lower than a previous estimate but above the $7 million figure town officials had targeted in April. Deputy Supervisor Robert Godlewski said the new study reduces the size of the proposed station by about 7,800 square feet and limits some of the amenities initially proposed.
    “They crunched numbers quite a bit,” he said of the $4,000 Clough Harbor & Associates study, which will be presented to Town Board members during their meeting this evening.
    The cost estimate doesn’t factor in the sale price of the privately owned Grand Union property on Hamburg Street. Dave Simmons and Skip Renaud purchased the Grand Union for $450,000 in 2006 but have been unsuccessful in redeveloping the property.
    Now it’s up to the board to decide whether they want to move forward with the plan to use the Grand Union. Later this month, they’re expected to take up a resolution that would allow Supervisor Frank Del Gallo to begin negotiating a sale price with Simmons and Renaud.
    “The board has to decide if this is an option they want to pursue,” Godlewski said. “There’s no sense in spending any more money on engineering studies.”
    If board members do decide the Grand Union property is the way to go for a new police and court facility, Godlewski said the town could bond the project in August. He understands that the economic climate isn’t conducive to a large capital project but doesn’t see much of a choice considering the state of the police and courts building on Princetown Road. He said the cost of utilities coupled with the cost of maintenance makes the former school building very costly to maintain. ................................>>>>........................>>>>............................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00903&AppName=1

    For roughly $8 million, Rotterdam could transform the long-dormant Grand Union into a new police station and courthouse. I fear that renovating the old building will just become another building in constant need of repair in the future, build a new building instead and do it right.

And it's SUCH a centralized location in the town.

The town already owns the Curry Road Shopping Plaza  ---- that site is more centrally located --- that site is large enough to build a  Municipal Center with  a Town Hall, Police Station, Justice Court,  Multi-generational Community Center  and space for the Highway Department.

Move all these town operations onto one campus --- that is already off the tax rolls --- as the municipal center is built   .. sell off the old police station, town hall, senior center , highway department building  -- and put them back on the tax rolls.

As for the grand Union building --- bite the bullet and invest in sewer lines down Hamburg Street from the bridge to Fort Hunter Road   --- let that corridor have the infrastructure it needs to prosper and flourish.