Riverhead announces $2.4 million grant to finish town-square playground

Supervisor opened the meeting by congratulating the Community Development Agency and Don Thomas on an awarded grant: "I would like to take a moment to congratulate our CDA department, Don Thomas, and her staff on an incredible ... being awarded another grant for $2.4 million to uh complete our uh playground adjacent to our town square." The board acknowledged the award and thanked CDA staff for the work that secured the funding.

The announcement was presented as part of the meeting's opening announcements rather than a formal agenda item. No vote or additional action was recorded in the transcript; board members offered brief praise and moved on to other business. The town indicated the grant is to complete the playground adjacent to the town square but did not provide a project schedule, contractor names, or a timeline in the transcript.