Our neighbors to the east have taken steps for creating an incorporated Village of Mastic Beach. (Note: no decision has been made yet regarding the village name) Two community organizations, Concerned Citizens of Mastic Beach and Pattersquash Creek Civic Assocation have been actively raising money and have retained municipal attorney Joseph Prokop to begin the process. The exploratory committee includes members of Concerned Citizens of Mastic Beach, Pattersquash Creek Civic, Mastic Beach Property Owners and other local organizations and churches.
Mastic Beach is our neighboring beautiful waterfront community who have had the lion's share of problems with absentee landlords, lack of enforcement of zoning, housing and rental codes in recent years. Their main street, Neighborhood Road, is in the beginning stages of a revitalization and the proposed Village could possibly be just the stimulus needed for investment in the business districts of the Mastic Beach community.
The attorney, Mr. Prokop will be setting up an escrow account for the group to continue raising the funds needed as they move forward with this project. We wish them all the best.
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Dear Smith Point Neighborhood News;
I have read the Mastic Beach news article of them becoming a village I think that is the best idea for that community. The town of brookhaven has too much on their plate to care for an area 2 miles large. I think that the village is the best idea so things can become better. It would be nice to open the Newspaper and not hear of bad articles about Mastic Beach rather I would like to open Newsday and read about cleaning up our village...etc.
Thank You for letting us have a voice.
Sincerely
Neal C.
Dear Unkyneal,
Thank you for your comments. We agree, it would be great to see the names of Smith Point, Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach in the news in a positive light. We certainly could use the boost to the community pride.
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