David and Albert Pelusio, the new owners of Spencerport’s Village Plaza would like the community to be involved in the exciting new development of the village’s plaza, by coming up with a new name for it.
Their current plan includes removing the two buildings in the back of the plaza and replacing them with a new L shaped structure that will have stores, including a True Value Hardware on the first floor and apartments above which will look out over the Erie Canal. They plan to invest more than $20,000,000 which will include a second exit for the plaza next to the Spencerport Volunteer Ambulance. Eventually, another dock on the canal to serve boaters in season will be added.
They will begin to seek proper building permits soon and hope for approval by sometime this spring.
“This large investment in our village will certainly enhance our economy and will be a boon to not only residents but also to current businesses on Union Street and in the plaza now. Look at what having Tops here has done for us. I believe that what they are planning will be beneficial in more ways than one,” says Mayor Joyce Lobene. “The exit on Lyell, originally planned through a study done some years ago, will now become a reality with no cost to our taxpayers. To me, that is a win-win situation for the village.”
The contest for a new name will run from December 8 to 31, with winners announced on January 4. Prizes are a $200 shopping spree for First Place with two Second Place winners of $50 each for any business in the village. Send an entry to Plaza Name Contest, o/c Schultz Associates, Engineering, P.O. Box 89, Spencerport, New York 14559.
