Washington Irving Boat Club RFQ/RFI Responses
The Village has embarked on a process to update its Village Owned property at 238 Green Street with these overarching goals in mind: open/accessible to the public, improve overall infrastructure at this site (particularly as it relates to flooding and sea level rise), and maximize the benefit to the Tarrytown community. To perform the update the Village has in mind, the Village publicly-issued a Request for Qualifications / Request for Interest, to invite experienced and motivated groups to present their team and show how they are the best fit for this property. Some particular points that we have to make and reinforce are as follows:
- The property is declared Village parkland.
- The Village has no intent to build housing or a hotel on this parkland.
- The Village is seeking more reasonable market rate rents that will provide revenue to the Village to offset the property tax bills for Tarrytown residents.
- The Village wants creative approaches to upgrade the property for park-based uses, including but not limited to:
- Park amenities
- Restaurant
- Marina
- Docks
- Bike Rentals
- Kayak Rentals
- Other water-related and land-related recreational uses.
- Part of the Village’s and the State’s required approaches include a walkway along the edge of the property, along the Hudson River, that will be part of the Hudson RiverWalk. The long-term goal is connecting the Tarrytown waterfront path(s) with the Shared Use Path on the bridge over the Hudson River.
Below you will find the original Request for Qualifications/Request for Interest and links to five responses submitted by various entities/teams from around the region.