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  A thoughtful approach for a better experience

  by Sonia Hounsell, about 2 months ago

  I have lived in Rye for 13 years, since my twins were 7 years old. The Rye Arts Center was an integral part of our lives and the shaping of my twins over these years. It is an incredible place with good, thoughtful people working and running it for the betterment of our community. They have worked tirelessly to make the experiences of families like mine special, to make living in Rye a special place. Like any organization, change is necessary to meet evolving needs and improve the experience of its community. This is what the Rye Arts Center is... Continue reading
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  A Great and Necessary Enhancement to the Rye Community

  by Aeckstein, 2 months ago
  As an RAC board member, Rye resident for nearly a decade and the parent of two RHS graduates and art students, I am very supportive of the Rye Arts Center's proposed project. The RAC is an institution that enhances the quality of life of everyone in Rye through its classes and art exposure for pre-K to seniors citizens.

  The RAC team and board is deeply committed to working with the Rye community to solicit input and ensure that the community's thoughts are heard and help to shape the project. To this end, we have reached out to local residents for... Continue reading
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  In Support of The Rye Arts Center’s Proposed Zoning Change

  by Tom Stokes, 2 months ago

  I have been a Rye resident for 12 years and am a current supporter and board member of The Rye Arts Center (“RAC”). I support the RAC’s proposed zoning amendment at 25 Milton Road. I believe that the new RAC will be of great benefit to all of our community - through improved Arts educational facilities, enhanced cultural offerings (art gallery, music and performing arts spaces), an after-school space for teens, an upgraded maker space and a wonderful outdoor green space (sculpture garden and plein air painting space).

  I have two teenage daughters who have grown up in Rye -... Continue reading
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  RAC Expansion - A Modern Box Devoid of Character and Beauty

  by John Nugent, 2 months ago

  There is hopefully a time when an organization attains a momentous point in its life that requires either more personnel, more space or both to ensure it can continue to fulfill its mission. RAC is one such organization, requiring more space to support the very community it has served for decades. I applaud that they've arrived at this point and seek to build upon its successful past to accommodate the future.

  However, an organization must carry forward a vision that supports its mission that considers both the social and physical aspect of its footprint.

  As of this writing, the RAC... Continue reading
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  RAC Fiscal Success

  by User2353, 2 months ago
  Upon our first meeting with RAC they stated that the RAC would be open to all of Westchester and they would bus chidden in for programs. Clearly this impacts traffic and parking in an already congested residential neighborhood but there is a bigger point this highlights and is one brought up in the zoning meeting, That of fiscal survival. It is my understanding that RAC's last budget ran in the red. Now add the larger facility construction demands, staffing increases, program cost increases and maintenance, the only way RAC can meet these demands is to increase revenue through programs and... Continue reading
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  RAC Should Reconsider Proposed Upgrades

  by Bonnie Council, 2 months ago

  While I am fine with the Rye Art Center expanding, and while I understand the property next door into which it plans to expand was donated to the Center to use as it chose, I think the proposed expansion, as we’ve seen in the architectural rendering, will be completely out of place in the surrounding neighborhood. As I think I understand it, the Center already does not conform to the zoning requirements of that area, but more or less grew into its present location without a zoning change really being addressed. But the current Arts Center is in a house... Continue reading
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  Rye Arts Center

  by User2353, 2 months ago

  While the Art Centers opportunity to expand is desirable, the current concept is totally out of character for the historic nature of the neighborhood. The initial concept of a modernistic design instead of something that complements the surrounding area is a huge misstep in seeking community support. What's more, proposing a parking lot in the front of the building establishes the Center as a commercial zone, not a residential neighborhood, something they stated they wanted to maintain. Rye's business district and churches typically have parking in the rear maintaining the community’s character and appeal.

  Please do not approve any zoning... Continue reading
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  Objection to Proposed Zoning Change - Major Safety Concerns

  by Anna Nazarenko, 2 months ago

  As a neighbor and a mother, I am deeply concerned with the proposal to rezone the residential neighborhood to include a large parking lot in the midst of an already busy intersection. If the Rye City Council Members and the members of the Rye Planning Commission visited the site for the proposed project on a weekday morning or late afternoon, it would become abundantly clear that it is an accident, and likely many accidents, waiting to happen, next door to the nursery school and residential houses with small children. It would be a reckless decision ignoring the safety and well-being... Continue reading
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  Objections to RAC Rezoning and Expansion

  by Nancy Vincent, 2 months ago

  My name is Nancy Vincent and I am a resident of the Blind Brook Lodge. I concur with the Board’s Disapproval of RAC’s proposed zoning change and expansion at 25 Milton Road, as stated in their letter dated February 7, 2025. Having read the RAC Petition Submission dated December 10, 2024, I would like to add my own concerns and objections to the proposed zoning change and expansion.

  Creighton Manning Traffic Impact Study

  “The proposed building will provide parking based on the parking demand of the existing building, which was approximated through a parking utilization study detailed herein.”

  Creighton Manning... Continue reading
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  I'm firmly against the expansion for safety reasons

  by marilyn balamaci, 2 months ago
  Unless you regularly cross from 66 Milton Road to the parking lot, you would not have a true understanding of the perils. Cars ignore the crosswalk, lights blinking. They exceed the speed limit. If a car stops, the other behind it just moves to its right, approaching the curb, and swings by, at speed. For a pedestrian, that's a blind spot. And, dangerous.

  
  

  I had surgery January 6 and needed a walker. It was even more unsafe. One time, as I entered the stripe, with yellow lights blinking from the 66 Milton Road parking lot—I kept my eyes on a... Continue reading