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MONTROSE VA GROUNDS -- Local politicians fear VA will award prime Hudson River frontage property to developers.
It's good to know that local politicians are trying to stop the VA from awarding prime land to developers in Montrose, NY. This is a beautiful campus and should be maintained for veterans. For more about the Montrose VA, use the VA
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http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti Story below:
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Push continues for 'Veterans Village' in Montrose
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"We've come up with all
kinds of ideas, and we have a number of developers and contractors who are
interested in working on this with us,'' said Ronald Tocci, commissioner
of veterans affairs for the state Department of Labor and head of a
veterans village advisory committee appointed by Spano. "We can obtain the
funding for this. All we need is for the VA to give us the go-ahead.''
The plan has the support of virtually all veterans organizations in the
region.
"Veterans Village would meet virtually every need of veterans,'' said
Dan
Griffin, a member of the advisory committee and executive director of
Westchester's Chapter 49 of the Vietnam Veterans of America. "It would be
the first of its kind and serve as a model for the rest of the country,
and it wouldn't cost the VA anything."
Tom Meier, director of the Westchester County Veterans Service Agency,
said that while the proposal has been well received by the VA, "They've
had two secretaries and an acting secretary in the past nine months. We've
had meetings with them, and County Executive Spano has written to all of
them, but it's been tough to get a definitive answer. In May we were told
that they were going to put out a RFP this month.
"We're concerned that if big-money developers come in, the VA may make a
short-sighted decision to grab the big bucks instead of doing what's best
for veterans who live in the Hudson Valley.''
Spano said that if the VA does request development proposals, "We will be
ready, and we will be involved in that process. We were hoping to avoid
it, but we believe we have the best plan to serve veterans."
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