School Bond Project Gets Print in State Investment Journal

A $78 million capital improvements project upgrading buildings within the Riverhead Central School District received statewide press recently after the New York Real Estate Journal featured the project on its pages.

Last October, to fund the project, while a majority of voters rejected an additional measure which at the high school.

School Superintendent Nancy Carney told the journal that a large part of the reason why the bond passed was architectural firm BBS Architects' ability to work closely with a group the district formed to gain feedback and illustrate the committee's concerns in the final design.

"BBS competently addressed and arbitrated both the educational needs of the district and financial concerns of Riverhead residents," Carney told the journal.

Last October's bond approval came nearly a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly rejected a $122 million capital improvements proposal by nearly a two-to-one count.

Click here to read the write-up in the New York Real Estate Journal.