Links for Hempstead Redevelopment Project

http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-business_bizdown,0,1349376.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
This article is about the history of Hempstead. It talks about how Hempstead was founded and who some of its key figures are in its history. It also talks abouts its history as a shopping center. This aspect of the article was particularly important to my story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/30villageli.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=hempstead+village&st=nyt&oref=login
This article talks about how the mayor had revise the redevelopment plan. Hall revised to make some concessions with business owners. It also included quotes from ACORN and other business owners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01hemp.html?scp=6&sq=hempstead+village&st=nyt
This New York Times article talks about how the village is divided on the redevelopment plan. Affordable housing was at the center of the debate. The problem with the project was that most of the community opposed it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/realestate/25lizo.html?scp=9&sq=hempstead+village&st=nyt
This article gives some background on the Village of Hempstead, and how much the new condos would cost. It provides details on how the residents of Hempstead would be affected by this redevelopment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/07villageli.html?scp=8&sq=hempstead+village&st=nyt
This Times article tells why the Hempstead redevelopment plan was left behind. Mayor Hall did not have enough support for the plan, and the housing crisis also may have hurt the amount of taxes the village would have realized from the project.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/opinion/nyregionopinions/LI-Hempstead.html?scp=7&sq=hempstead+village&st=nyt
This article gives some details on what challenege Mayor Hall has before him, and the issues he will face in trying to get the plan to go through. It gave me some good ideas.
http://www.ferrandinoandassociates.com/projects/recentprojects072007.pdf
This gives people some background on some of the details of the project, and includes plans, and visuals of the Urban America Project
http://spacedoutli.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/hempstead-redo-redux/
this article provided me with an update on where the redevelopment plan is and where it was going. I also have found the name for a potential interview in claude gooding head of the planning commission.
http://nassaunews.org/news/2008/01/affordable_housing_on_long_isl_1.html
This article gave me some visuals of what was going to happen, and showed me some models of the types of homes that Mayor Hall wanted to put in. It also provided me with the idea of Baghdad Journalism. But it helped keep me informed on what had been going on
http://nassaunews.org/news/2008/01/hempsteads_redevelopment_plans.html
This article was specifically about the downtown Hempstead redevelopment plan, and what was going on with it. One of the problems with the plan was that there was a lot of controversy.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=837
This article gave me some specific facts on the History of Hempstead, and since history is partly the driving force behind redevelopment I though that this website was important. It gives me many facts.
http://libizblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/say-goodbye-to-urbanamerica-so-whos-next/
This is a blog that alks about what is going to happen next for the downtown redevelopment area. It talks about the problems and the challenges going forward.
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/lon/lmbr/lmbr200704.asp
This link provided me with a study on how Hempstead Village would be affected by the redevelopment plan. One of the problems it said the plan had was that a lot of people might be displaced.
http://longislandgenealogy.com/hempstead.html
This further provided me some more facts about the history of Hempstead and how it was settled. For my story it is very important for one to understand where Hempstead was, where it is, and what the future may be.
http://www.saccschiff.com/pdf/Housing/Hempstead%20Vill%20Master%20Plan%20etc..pdf
Hempstead like many other Long Island cities has a master plan that it wants to implement. This will let the reader know where the master plan fits in with what Hempstead is trying to do with their downtown rebuilding project.
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-business_bizdown,0,1349376.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
This article talks about the History of downtown Hempstead and how many people around Long Island are trying to rebuild their downtown areas. Right now it is very popular for many towns across the Island to rebuild their towns.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb2004/20040428/not1.html
This small article provided me with information on where exactly the rebuilding is going to take place. This article provided with a guide on where I needed to shoot footage for my story. If one wants to know where the rebuilding is going to take place they should look at this article.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CEFDE1330F93AA35754C0A9609C8B63&scp=1&sq=100+black+men+and+100+main&st=nyt
This articles talks about a land owner who is fighting the Hempstead redevelopment project because his business would be displaced by the plan. There are not many stories that are available about business owners who are fighting the redevelopment plan. This article helped me get some more insight into who is fighting the plan.
http://www.villageofhempstead.org/government/downtown%20revitalization%20scoping%20document.pdf
This provides with the results of the envioremental review that was done on the downtown Hempstead redevelopment project. It provides some guidelines for how far the plan should go and how large the buildings should be.
http://www.libn.com/article.htm?articleID=37901
This article talks about some of the hurdles that Mayor Hall will face in rebuilding the Village. There are many lawsuits for this project to get off the ground, and the mayor plans on having to face a lawsuit from a previous construction project.
http://www.hempsteadcda.org/
This provides a health report from the village of Hempstead, and it incorporates how the new project will affect the lifestyles, and overall health of its citizens.