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Huntington Village: Long Island’s Surprising Green Side

This past weekend’s New York Times Real Estate column “Living In” featured a glimpse of suburban Huntington Village on Long Island. While the storybook downtown and long commute to Penn Station aren’t totally surprising, Huntington’s progressive green initiatives are. Last year, the town became the first in New York State to offer incentives to residents who own hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicles. Parking on the street and in the town’s four commuter railroad station parking lots is free for residents with a “Keep Huntington Green” car decal, and they also receive free beach passes.

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26Feb2008 | Meredith Taylor | 3 comments | Continued

Monday LEEDoff: Unity Village Hotel & Conference Center- Midwest’s First LEED-Certified Hotel

At least to date, and for a number of different reasons, green hotels have been relatively hard to come by. A spate of announcements about projects here in New York City during 2007 (including 53 West 53rd Street and 330 Hudson Street) continue to help the local cause, but the hospitality industry at large still […]

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17Dec2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued