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About SAVE SAG HARBOR
Save Sag Harbor was started as a community-based effort to keep Sag Harbor from becoming overrun by big chain stores, and to make sure that family-and locally-owned businesses can continue to thrive here. We want to protect the sustainability of Sag Harbor's many small stores and the social, cultural, and environmental aesthetics of the Village. Their proprietors are our friends and neighbors, and if they are pressured to close their doors, the character, and in fact the "brandable" nature of our village, will change irrevocably. This realization has evolved into the larger goal of maintaining the scale and quality of life in and around the village in both commercial and residential terms. Save Sag Harbor's first public meeting was held on July 15th, 2007.
Mission Statement
The purpose of Save Sag Harbor, a not-for-profit organization, is to inform the citizens of Sag Harbor of the endeavors necessary to insure historic, environmental, and aesthetic preservation of Sag Harbor and to collaborate with those citizens in this undertaking. Save Sag Harbor is trying to prevent the overdevelopment of Sag Harbor Village and its waterfront, by supporting re-zoning and a comprehensive plan that will strengthen our zoning and clarify the historic district boundaries, and recognize and protect its unique character and composition.
To this end, Save Sag Harbor has hired legal and planning experts and advisors and is pursuing a multi-pronged approach to help educate ourselves and the community and work with Village officials. Save Sag Harbor is pursuing creative, non-partisan solutions that will benefit our community economically and culturally.
Save Sag Harbor shall undertake all civic and educational activities necessary to achieve the following in this historic Village:
· Public awareness activities to encourage village property owners to become involved in the issues and the public process, including petitions and letters;
· Public relations activities to encourage village residents and others to "shop locally" in order to support our existing merchants;
· Seminars and panel discussions using planners, lawyers and other consultants to facilitate delivery of information to merchants and village owners on materials relating to Main Street programs, historic preservation, comprehensive planning and other relevant issues.
· Creation of a Village trust to assist in economic development and sustainability efforts.
· Dissemination of information from continuing investigation into contingent aspects of issues facing the Village, including maintaining Village infrastructure, housing concerns, transportation, traffic circulation, environmental impact, and general sustainability.
Thank you for having:
signed our petition
given a donation
otherwise supported and
shown interest in
Saving Sag Harbor!
Save Sag Harbor is an incorporated not-for-profit organization.
Our 501(c)3 status is pending.
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We deeply mourns the passing of Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, who bravely gave his life
in serving our country. We send the Haerter family our sincerest condolences.
YOU CAN HELP DECIDE THE FUTURE OF SAG HARBOR!
Mayor Ferraris and the Board have released a draft of the Zoning Code
and have announced a future plan for the Village! including:
- A Comprehensive Plan for Sag Harbor Village that will involve goals, needs,
land use, historical & cultural resources, population changes, transportation issues, infrastructure, housing resources, location of health facilities, and other uses pertinent to the local community, and
- A revision of the current zoning code that will divide the Village into new districts,
including the Main Street district, an outlying Office District, a waterfront district, etc.
They hope that this will help preserve the current character of Sag Harbor.
How can you learn about this?
The Village's new proposed zoning MAP may be downloaded HERE.
The Village's UPDATED red-lined version of the zoning code revisions may be downloaded HERE.
Where did all this come from?
You may want to review the October 24th, 2007 Work Session Meeting Notice, which clearly
includes points the Village has used in helping formulate its current direction HERE.
The Mayor and the Village Board of Trustees have proposed frequent meetings over the next
several months to allow you, the public, to give your opinions and input. They welcome letters to
PO Box 660, Sag Harbor, NY, 11963, and emails may be sent to: clerk@sagharborny.gov
We urge you to join us and all concerned citizens in openly discussing, and
determining, what these changes can mean for the future of Sag Harbor.
The new zoning code revision is available printed out for purchase at the Village Hall, and
we have made it available for free at the John Jermain Memorial Public Library at 121 Main St.
The next meeting hosted by the Village of Sag Harbor will be AUG 4th at 6 PM.
PLEASE CHECK at the Village Hall at 55 Main St. for a posting of the date & time of future
public meetings, and on their online calendar at www.sagharborNY.gov
Also, please check our "developments" page for excellent articles on the meetings
held thus far discussing the zoning code revision: HERE.
Main Street can't remain intact without
your purchasing power! Please think
twice before going to a big box store!
Your donation helps us pay for legal consultation, communications, PR,
mailings, and meeting spaces.
We appreciate your support!
Donations in the form of a check or money order for legal counsel to oppose the
Ferry Road Project can be sent to:
SAVE OUR WATERFRONT
P.O. Box 1243
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
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