Our Work in Sleepy Hollow

• Introduction
• History
• Developer Plans
• Traffic Issues
• Density Issues
• Community Issues
• Environmental Issues
• Parks Issues
• Hudson Access Issues
• Pocantico Issues
• Quotes

UPDATE: December 2007

GM announces search for new developer for Lighthouse Landing More...

UPDATE: July 2007

Village of Sleepy Hollow approves Lighthouse Landing findings statement More...

Introduction

For nearly a decade, Scenic Hudson has been helping village officials and residents of Sleepy Hollow create a vision for developing for the historic 97-acre site of the former General Motors plant – the largest undeveloped waterfront parcel in the lower Hudson River Valley.

In 2001 Roseland Property Co. of New Jersey was named developer of the site. Its plans for the project, dubbed Lighthouse Landing, incorporated about 80 percent of the recommendations generated from community discussions initiated by Scenic Hudson -- including a mix of housing and retail, a waterfront park that all can enjoy and a 200-foot buffer between the development and adjacent Kingsland Point Park.

People from all over Westchester enjoy the Hudson waterfront.

Remaining Concerns about Lighthouse Landing

We’ve made tremendous progress. Still, several crucial issues remain unresolved. Click on these ongoing concerns voiced by residents, then read about possible solutions.

1. Too much traffic.
2. Too crowded.
3. Buildings don’t blend with village’s existing architecture.
4. Site contamination not fully explored.

Roseland about to submit its fourth set of plans

“Those of us living on the east side of the Hudson need to be thinking of 100 years from now—what can we be doing for our grandchildren?” —Nicholas Robinson, Sleepy Hollow Planning Board

Since 2001 Roseland has presented three revised plans for Lighthouse Landing. The village has rejected each for not adequately reflecting the concerns of residents and local officials. Some time this fall the developer will submit a fourth Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), which will contain the latest plans for the site. Public hearings on the FEIS are expected in the fall.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity should not be squandered

Kingsland Point LighthouseAnyone who stands by the river at the Lighthouse Landing site, taking in the panoramic view that spans the Palisades down to the Manhattan skyline, can envision the possibilities. Sleepy Hollow has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a very special place – for residents of the new development, the village and the entire Hudson Valley. It would be a terrible misstep not to get this right.

Will GM make good on environmental commitment?

“GM’s practice is to return surplus properties and sites to productive use. The main focus is to ensure suitable redevelopment in relation to the site’s location and to restore and promote wildlife and biodiversity,” notes GM's Web site. It continues: “A key element of the [Sleepy Hollow] project -- the design of the open space at the development -- is being performed jointly with the village of Sleepy Hollow.”