The Blissville Civic Association looks forward to engaging in conversation with CB2 Land Use Committee to discuss our community of Blissville in Long Island City Queens.
We were advised the evening of the kick-off by several of the table monitors and Alexis Wheeler that the Land Use Committee of CB2 will play and instrumental role in recommending what neighborhoods within the "Context Area" will be included in the One Long Island City project along with which "Areas of Focus" will be identified for those neighborhoods.
We were pleased to learn that Blissville is in fact contained within the "Context Area" albeit some of the maps presented last night incorrectly identified the neighborhood of Blissville being located in Sunnyside - we are not, we are in LIC zip code 11101 (that feedback provided directly to Alexis Wheeler).
The Blissville Civic Association (BCA) has sent a request to CB2 of Queens to meet with the Land Use Committee. Our 2023 Items of Significance developed by the BCA along with our other expressed needs over the last few years... such as the Blissville Greenway, the Dutch Kills Loop, Tree coverage, Sewer needs and the like... each of these items sets a strong foundation for our desired discussions with the Land Use Committee --- as we believe each of the BCA items nicely aligns with each of the Areas of Focus spoken of in the One LIC Project and specifically as it relates to communities within the context area.
In addition, we have taken guidance from recent dialogue with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez's office advising us that the Congresswoman has obtained the funds from the federal government for infrastructure investments in our area but it is up to the local government to decide where and how to spend.
We very much want to be part of any discussions at the community board level along with any dialogue with Councilmember Won on where and how investments, programs and the areas of focus will be applied within the context area. We want to see investments in our community of Blissville.
In closing, we thought the evening of the kick-off event was great, we learned much and were pleased to receive confirmation that Blissville is within the scope of the project. The Blissville Civic Association Leadership Team awaits a response to our request to CB2 for the opportunity to speak with the land use committee about our community's needs and the support we seek from the Land Use Committee in supporting Blissville's stated needs in the context of the focus areas that will be applied to the communities within the context area.
The Blissville Civic Association looks forward to engaging in conversation with CB2 Land Use Committee to discuss our community of Blissville in Long Island City Queens.
We were advised the evening of the kick-off by several of the table monitors and Alexis Wheeler that the Land Use Committee of CB2 will play and instrumental role in recommending what neighborhoods within the "Context Area" will be included in the One Long Island City project along with which "Areas of Focus" will be identified for those neighborhoods.
We were pleased to learn that Blissville is in fact contained within the "Context Area" albeit some of the maps presented last night incorrectly identified the neighborhood of Blissville being located in Sunnyside - we are not, we are in LIC zip code 11101 (that feedback provided directly to Alexis Wheeler).
The Blissville Civic Association (BCA) has sent a request to CB2 of Queens to meet with the Land Use Committee. Our 2023 Items of Significance developed by the BCA along with our other expressed needs over the last few years... such as the Blissville Greenway, the Dutch Kills Loop, Tree coverage, Sewer needs and the like... each of these items sets a strong foundation for our desired discussions with the Land Use Committee --- as we believe each of the BCA items nicely aligns with each of the Areas of Focus spoken of in the One LIC Project and specifically as it relates to communities within the context area.
In addition, we have taken guidance from recent dialogue with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez's office advising us that the Congresswoman has obtained the funds from the federal government for infrastructure investments in our area but it is up to the local government to decide where and how to spend.
We very much want to be part of any discussions at the community board level along with any dialogue with Councilmember Won on where and how investments, programs and the areas of focus will be applied within the context area. We want to see investments in our community of Blissville.
In closing, we thought the evening of the kick-off event was great, we learned much and were pleased to receive confirmation that Blissville is within the scope of the project. The Blissville Civic Association Leadership Team awaits a response to our request to CB2 for the opportunity to speak with the land use committee about our community's needs and the support we seek from the Land Use Committee in supporting Blissville's stated needs in the context of the focus areas that will be applied to the communities within the context area.