Peconic Landing Donates Generator To Greenport School District

GREENPORT, NY — With an eye toward public safety on the North Fork, Peconic Landing has donated a "gently used" generator to the Greenport School District.

Peconic Landing, currently in the final phase of its expansion, has repurposed its current set of generators and donated a Kohler 230kw generator to the district.

The generator, with an estimated value of $20,000, is 15 years old but has less than 600 hours of recorded use; it was used to power Peconic Landing's Health Center, a release from Peconic Landing said.

Peconic Landing adhered to weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance schedules, keeping it well maintained, the release said.

The generator was delivered to the school on December 6.

“On behalf of the Greenport School community and the Board of Education, we are very grateful for this extremely generous donation for the health and safety of all of the students, staff, and local residents,” said David Gamberg, superintendent of Greenport Schools. “This clearly something that takes us to a whole other level of safety and we are very appreciative of Peconic Landing.”

Robert J. Syron, president and CEO of Peconic Landing said the decision was a win-win. “The school serves as an emergency evacuation center for the town, and this generator is going to enable critical areas to operate 24 hours a day in any given emergency," he said. "Now it will be a more complete evacuation center.”

Peconic Landing will repurpose the second generator at Brecknock Hall, which serves as an evacuation site for local Eastern Long Island Hospital.

During Hurricane Sandy, Peconic Landing helped shelter 70 neighbors from the community, including patients from Eastern Long Island Hospital, relocated to Brecknock Hall, the release said.

“The addition of a generator will allow us to better serve our neighbors during emergency situations,” Syron said. “Our members are proud to be able to enhance the safety and security of our North Fork natives during such times of need.”