Walters supports redeveloping existing properties

With the announcement a few weeks ago that Best Buy was withdrawing their plans to build a new store on an undeveloped piece of land on Milestrip road near the Thruway entrance came an interesting quote by new Town Supervisor Steven J. Walters:

Walters added: “I’d like to see some of these empty plazas filled… before we start taking any more greenspace from the town.” (from The Sun)

This is great news for Town of Hamburg residents. The Town and Villages of Hamburg have a lot of out-of-use buildings that should be redeveloped before we start clearing more land, especially a parcel that borders up to residential areas and has been a point of concern regarding flooding in that area. I commend Mr. Walters and hope he continues with this line of thinking in the future.