Collected articles and letters: Whether to allow banks in first floor space

Updated: August 14, 2009
Entries are listed chronologically, from newest to oldest.

The town board has spoken: Ban remains on additional first floor banks in downtown
August 14, 2009

Merchants’ views on whether to allow banks in first floor spaces downtown
August 7, 2009

Correspondence about lifting the restriction on additional banks in downtown Chappaqua
July 3, 2009

Letter to the Town Board: Reinstate the retail-only moratorium
June 12, 2009
by Joan Ripley

Supervisor Barbara Gerrard’s report from June 9 town board meeting
June 12, 2009

Public hearing on downtown retail space restrictions will reconvene on July 14
June 12, 2009

UPDATE: Public hearing Tuesday, June 9, on allowing banks to rent space in downtown Chappaqua
June 8, 2009

Au revoir, not good-bye, from The Second Story
March 20, 2009
by Joan Ripley

Economic meltdown thaws freeze on downtown uses
March 6, 2009

Merchants disagree, but town board freezes first floor uses for six months
September 12, 2008

Town will set date for hearing on six-month moratorium on first floor uses
July 18, 2008

First floor uses: Town board gives OK to real estate
July 11, 2008

Catching real estate offices in first-floor prohibition net, town board seeks to amend law, impose moratorium
June 27, 2008

Chasing a first-floor use that’s out of favor, bank returns with fancy plans
May 23, 2008