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Clarkstown Awarded $5M Federal Grant For Nanuet TOD Infrastructure Improvements

There’s nothing like starting a week on a positive note and I’m happy to report that the Town of Clarkstown received some really great news on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 courtesy of Congressman Mike Lawler. In a press conference held outside the Rockland County Sheriff’s office, Congressman Lawler announced that Clarkstown would receive $5,000,000 in federal grants for infrastructure improvements in Nanuet as part of $33,000,000 in overall funding the

Congressman worked hard to secure for various projects in our area. This funding will provide a tremendous boost toward bringing Nanuet’s TOD revitalization to life.

Back in 2019, the Town Board officially voted to create a Transit Oriented Development zone in the hamlet center of Nanuet. This zone was created to encourage mixed-use development and workforce housing near the commuter railway station in Nanuet aimed at revitalizing the hamlet’s Main Street area into a thriving “live, work, play” community. Since then, the Town has continued to work collaboratively with property owners, residents, community associations, and businesses to identify potential enhancements that could be made in the area to encourage investment.

In addition to a global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and inflation, the need for infrastructure upgrades in the TOD zone has been an obstacle to development. The $5,000,000 in federal funding will allow the town to put a number of improvements in place to better set the table for a vibrant, walkable downtown center. This grant will be applied to infrastructure improvements to facilitate a rebirth of Nanuet. In the coming weeks and months, the Town will be working with all its community partners to optimize the allocation of these funds.

I am extremely grateful to Congressman Lawler for this significant award. The competition for federal funding is fierce, as there are many worthy projects across many different municipalities and only so much money to go around. We are fortunate to have a project that not only checks a lot of boxes in being a priority for federal funding, but also has the potential to make a real transformation in Nanuet. A thriving TOD enhanced by the work that can be done with these funds will boost the small businesses along Main Street, beautify the streetscapes, and create more walkable connections between the train station, residential areas, and the major shopping district along Route 59.

It has been a long and deliberate road to get to this point and I am encouraged by the recent level of renewed interest of some key property owners in the zone. And once again, I cannot thank Congressman Lawler enough for bringing this funding into our area in general and into the

Town of Clarkstown to breathe new life into the hamlet of Nanuet.