At the meeting of the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners yesterday, HHA executive director Jeffrey Dodson confirmed that the previously announced "Redevelopment Open House with Work Session on Green Space"--now being called simply a "'Greenspace' Workshop"--will in fact happen today from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at Bliss Towers, 41 North Second Street.
Although the event lasts for three hours, attendees aren't expected to be there for three hours. There will be a presentation at 4:30 p.m. and another, presumably repeating the same information, at 6:00 p.m. Eu Zambuto, of Mountco, predicted the event will be "an exciting share." Exciting being the adjective most often used (and overused) by those involved to describe this project.
Dodson reported that, in the value engineering process recommended by the state to bring down the estimated $220 million cost of the project, two modifications have been made: the height of the buildings has been reduced to no more than five stories, to allow them to be framed in wood instead of steel and concrete, thus reducing the cost by an estimated 10 percent; the amount of underground parking has been reduced to one level. Dodson indicated that the modified plans have been submitted to Homes and Community Renewal for further feedback.
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Having a greenspace workshop for this plan is like having a nutritional workshop for diabetics at McDonalds. Who are they kidding?
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