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Update: Former Cara Nurseries lot to become self-storage facility, with Nassau tax breaks

Here is a tentative timeline of construction progress: December 2014 March 2015 Source: Extraspace.com An industrial development agency in Elmont, Nassau County on Long Island, unanimously agreed to give a prospective self storage facility a sales tax exemption. The exemption consists of $258,750 and $20,475 off the mortgage recording tax. Also, the propertyContinue reading “Update: Former Cara Nurseries lot to become self-storage facility, with Nassau tax breaks”

History (Part 1)

In 1650, Christopher and Thomas Foster purchased a large plot of land controlled by Dutch settlers with the intention of raising cattle and sheep. They named this place “Foster’s Meadow” — a name which would remain for the next 200 years of the village’s history. Control of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam shifted to England in 1664, markingContinue reading “History (Part 1)”