Friends,

The New York Times captured what's at the heart of the debate over the Strong's yacht warehouse project on Mattituck Inlet:
"And in the tiny hamlet of Mattituck, a marina owner now plans to strip a hillside of 600 trees and remove hundreds of millions of pounds of sand to make way for 88 yachts on the edge of the hamlet’s tidal inlet.
 
Longtime locals see the plan as not just a threat to their fragile coastal environment, but a battle over the character of the entire North Fork of Long Island."

Read the full article here.

The public meeting on the Strong’s warehouse project on Mattituck Inlet continues on June 5 at 6 p.m. at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Rd, Southold. It is very important that we have another big turnout and another long line of speakers. Please join us.

And, it is critically important that we keep sending letters to the Planning Board. Send comments to Jessica.Michaelis@town.southold.ny.us or jessicam@southoldtownny.gov. Use subject line: Strong's Yacht Warehouse Project.

This tweet from the NY Times reporter nicely captures what's at stake:
 
Speak out at the public meeting on June 5!