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' i B3 IK HIGH I Lions t Wedc Q^ger ) finish ) years' match p.'® I cloud Eagles I^ve- points. 1 while e. Jack taking oppon- ime by ! got a ved the j score. ;hievich in this Charley nt over Paria ) -c a I : s € rr! I I. Y. ants lii B'-' ISII 11 II I:-; I'--' p i f . - :. ■:3 r-':' p i ; l mm P i m FREEPQR1- 2lii Code 11520 BALDWIN ; ; 2ip code lisio ‘ 't . T ‘ r'.'; r>’ . i’ ' I iH 1 ■ /li - • % ' >■ 11 i . .. . • ™. ;r' ' ■. i ' ' * V' ■ • I • Inside Freeport by John Mack ^prie ;?ure ^tefepte will )e.made to rela^ 'our zoning codes so that additional high-rise apart ments, can be bunt '^ e ^ b r t ientere strong laws to protect-ih suM rbanlreside^^ alwhys I this way. Just teri years ago, we_;were ih the midst^ 6 J\ bt^ding’ M that threatened to end fdrbver^the private-home ria- '': .;ture''of our Village. The boom in fact; did alter Freeport greatly,.. liicreasing the ratio of apartments to 28% of our total dwelling units/ Ibfe;.:.present Village Administration stopped the apartment boom and passed laws to protect our residential character. But no admin istration is going to end the pressure for more tall apartments. For one thing apartments are very profitable to the developers. For an other, the demand for apartments by the millions of people living in ... -the New York metropolitan area- is enormous. And for still another reason, the apartment issue is a popular one with local political opportunists who try to sell the electorate on the idea that apart ments will lower taxes (even though the record shov/s' that they have exactly the opposite effect). And one other reason advanced, frequently, in fact being circulated right now, is that more high-rise apartments are needed in Freeport to provide liying quarters to yoimg marrieds and retried bidstere. fo this cqlump? !: w with the: fallacy; Of this' latter'argument: T tia;ubt^ ijt; also is;heartless'- becausW:'it ^'raisea' falsbihope^':- ■; Bbmper Sale DnvbSahirday A 'Buinp^ Sales :!Drive; ;tp:jrai?e,: funds for the i^eeport PTA CouhcU’s J, Wesley Southard Student Fund w ill take place Saturday, \^jan. 24 throughout the Milage. Parents aiid teachers will drive teams of high school students to every neighborhood and canvass ,€Very house, selling bumper Stickers. The money donated will be used for student loans and scholarships. n A C of C. Auxiliary To HolcJTove-in^ The Ladies Auxiliary of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to a waiian Love-In” on. Sunday, Feb| ruary 8, at the PuttiggM Restahr • 93 ^ The way that young married couples,—and old timers, will find their apartments in Freeport is through the steady availability of apartment units through normal turnover. During 1969, for example, 500 of the existing 3200 apartment units “fumed over.” This means that 500 tenants moved out and 500 new tenants moved rn. During every one of the twelve months a substantial number of Freeport apartments received new tenants, ranging from a low of 31 in October 1o a high of 89 in July. Thus there is a steady availability of apart ments here, month after month, caused by the continuous process of apartment residents moving out. During 1969 an additional 150-plus apartment units became available in Freeport through completion of the new “Boatport\ apartment complex on West End Avenue. It would be a very in teresting project for our Planning Board to study the actual make up of the tenancy of this new luxury apartm ^ development. I will wager that extremely few young marrieds or retired oldsters leased these new apartments, which are reported to have the highest rental costs in the Village. (Which figures, because they were con structed in this high-cost era). In fact the high costs of money, labor, materials and everything else assure that any new, large-scale apart ments buUt here would be of the luxury type >fith rentals beyond the react of most young and old. The Timing Doesn't Work When a couple wants to get married they set a .bate. 'That’s when they need their apartment. The owner of a new building is not going to hold a unit vacant at his loss, until they are ready. Not when he has a long line of out-of-towners with cash in hand begging for the apartment. So it would only be sheer coincidence if a new apartm^t was available when any specific young-married paid need it. The same applies to older couples who decide to sell their big house and move info ah apartment. They don’t just move out and leave their house empty. They put it on the market, and when they get a buyer they seek their apartment. Again, by coincidence, a new apartment might just be getting completed when they needed their rooms. But that’s a matter of sheer chance. In other words the argument “M t s build more high-rise apartments to make homes for young marrieds and old timers” is a weak one because other people always end up in the apartments. On the other hand, Freeport already has provided the means for people of-all ages arid various income levels to obtain apartments, by having in our housing inventory a large number of apartments. Through the normal working of turnover, which in our Village figures out to around 16% a year, an average of forty to forty-five apartnients become available monthly. This fact enables the young couple getting wed in June, or the couple who have set the sale date,of their home for,October, to contact apartoents of their choice and start negotiating for units that wiU be coroing a v ^ - able at that time. It is not, of course, an ab^lutely certain soluUon to their housing needs. But it’s far better than a solution that holds out no promise at aU: It all seems to bear out the adage that even the darkest doud has a silver, lining. While^ the overbuUdi^ of taU apartments m toe tote Fifties; a^^ Sixties tor^ ten^ to engulf our coriimunity, it was this boom that now the substantial flow of vacancies arid makes lo<^ apartment living avail able to many of tho.se who it rant, So; Main: Streep Freeport; I. ' from 5 V t o : 9 :p.m. ,Ydur dbriatlpn 11 of $3,50 per person entitles you to, hors dtoeuvres; hot buffetv JW^^ rrilisic and eriteirtetomriritir^P^ What better way to spend a winter Sunday evening than with friends and neighbors in a con genial atmosphere? Tickets may be purchased from any of the members of the Chamber Aux iliary or by calling the President Norma Braun at 623-1857 or Marion Knoeller at the Chamber office. industrial park in Freeport, Flanking him (from left) are A1 Blank, president of firm; CoL Walter L. Weltner of U. S. De fense Dept., which has awarded the firm a contract In tele-com munications field, and Freeport Mayor Hobert J. Sweeney. Fu- turonics. 26th firm to locale at the Freeport site since its was de veloped three years ago by the town's Local Development Cor poration. is currently located in Port Washington. Freeport QOP To Have Village Officials Night The Freeport Republican Club will kick-off its 1970 meeting schedule with “Village Officials Night” in what promises to be a year of community involvement and awareness. Acceptances have already been received from Mayor Bob Sweeney and the Villag : I Board who will be introduced by Executive Leader Julie Mintz am. Inspection Automobiles must be inspected once a year. The month of inspec tion is indicated by a punch hole in the inspection sticker on the car’.s windshield (the same month each year). Refer to Section 301 Vehicle and Traffic Law. EVERY WHERE AT 0N(E . I - : .‘. . . I .. . . . . . • ■■ ■', •' - 1 . ' ' • ^ ' ill -■ ■ -I,'.’ .V■ - ’ng A film fhown'tp to* Canuntvo* lunrihWii meeting held oi the Villa B omu 244 E. Merrick lUL, In FreeporL thle Aim ahpws pur \finwt\ In aetlpn all over Freeport. (L. to R.) Chief Anthony Etor, Freeport Police Depto Michael H.'Keirip, Pres, of the Chamber and Mr. T. Matthews, Pres, of Target Films, producer of ibis film* Club President Berk Swezey. Au drey Hendrickson is progran- chairman. Mayor Sweeney will deliver a short address which will be followed by remarks from ‘he Trustees. The program to be held on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 8:30 p.m., at the Masonic Temple on W. Mer rick Road, will mark the first time in a number of years that the local administration has ap peared as a body and will serve to point out the inter-relation ship of village government, fra ternal, service and political or ganizations. Door prizes, refreshments and a dark horse prize will also be part of the program. Free Breakfast Saturday Mornings Bethel A.M.E. Church, 59 Helen Ave., Freeport, will serve free breakfast every Saturday morn i between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m. AU persons of the com munity are invited to participate, especially the unchurched and the underprivileged. The break fast program will begin January 24th.
