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Board meeting showcases procedures for St. Paul’s survey
HONORING THE FALLEN
BY RIKKI MASSAND
Boy Scout Troop 243 of St. Joseph’s Parish in Garden City placed American flags along 7th Street for Memorial Day. They ensured the flags were up before the parade and retired them in an evening ceremony. Troop 243 has upheld this tradition for years, honoring fallen heroes.
The Garden City Village Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, March 23, featured a presentation from Brandstetter Carroll Inc. (BCI), consultants hired for community engagement work, conducting research on a viable future proposal for the historic St. Paul’s main building. Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan welcomed BCI’s Senior Planner, Keith Rodenhauser, who presented to the Board and audience over Zoom.
BCI’s current process involves setting up the master planning, starting with an inventory of existing Garden City parks, recreational facilities, and programs. This includes reviewing the community’s population and trends and previous studies related to village parks and St. Paul’s. The process will also involve benchmarking to other agencies and a level of service analysis, along with researching and evaluating case studies of adaptive reuse of historic structures for community recreational See page 31
Trustee suggests overhaul, Village plans patriotic family cleanup of parking areas
festival on Flag Day evening BY RIKKI MASSAND
Family fun is returning to Garden City’s Seventh Street business district on a Friday night in June, but not in the form of the Belmont Festival or the Friday Night Promenades. Instead, a new “Patriotic” themed festival is planned for Flag Day 2024 – Friday, June 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. The event, titled Garden
City’s “Patriotic Kickoff to Summer,” will feature multiple activities and forms of entertainment, especially for families with elementary school-aged children or younger. Two members of the Village Board of Trustees, Jessica Tai and Judy Courtney, shared plans for this special community
event at the Board’s May 23 meeting. Trustee Courtney announced the transfer of funds necessary for the village to hold the festival, describing it as “what will hopefully be the first of several festivals we can hold in town over the summer months.” She said the event See page 32
BY RIKKI MASSAND
At the Board of Trustees meeting on May 23, new Trustee Vinny Muldoon shared updates and information with a crowded room of residents, highlighting his “deep dive” into improving Garden City’s downtown business, shopping, and dining district. Muldoon has particularly scrutinized the poor condition of parking field 7S, which has long been a concern due to its limited spaces, tight driving lanes, refuse and large waste containers, and the increasing number of food establishments on the south end
of Seventh Street, creating the village’s appealing “restaurant row.” Muldoon emphasized that the surface of Village Parking Lot 7S “is in bad need of being redone as soon as we can get a design.” He outlined the need for the Board and village staff to evaluate options over the next six months, aiming for better parking allotment and an improved appearance for the parking lot and main business district. During his business community update, John Wilton, president of the Garden City Chamber of See page 32
Schools appoint new assistant director PAGE 6 Garden City remembers its fallen heroes PAGE 22