BRIGHTON, N.Y. — The Whole Foods Plaza project has long drawn fire from some Brighton residents. Despite this, the town board has decided to take the next step with the proposal.

This latest development in the Hole Foods saga comes after community members and attorneys with opposition groups asked for a delay at a meeting Wednesday night. 

Board members say this is a project they've studied closely and they support the changes developers have made. So they voted to approve the findings statement under the state environmental quality review act. They also approved the incentive zoning application by the developers. This includes an agreement to reduce the size of the project by 6,300 square feet. 

Board members say that decision was made to buffer neighborhoods and create green space. It also prohibits traffic from entering or leaving the place from Clover Street and Allen Creek Road.

The Daniele brothers, who are the developers, say now they're looking for the community’s support. 

“I think choices are good," said Anthony Daniele. "I think it’s good for this community and we’re committed to making this thing happen. I guess I would reach out to the community to make that heard as well. We need your support now. The town has said yes. We need the community to say yes so that we could move forward with this project.”

Now that the proposal has cleared this hurdle, it still needs to go to the planning board, and get building permits to start the project.

Brighton's attorney added the site could not be a potential delivery hub for Whole Foods' owner Amazon.