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History
In the fall of 2000, Tim Vilinskis, a local builder who was concerned about the economic and environmental consequences of sprawl, met with Scenic Hudson to discuss ways that developers and environmentalists might work together to prevent the impacts of sprawl in the region. These conversations led to the convening of a roundtable of diverse interests representing the environmental, planning, real estate and development communities.
This group continued to meet over the next year during which time they developed a set of guiding principles that expressed its shared concerns regarding long-term growth patterns in the Hudson Valley. It also agreed to form an alliance of independent organizations that would endorse these principles, and to hold a regional conference on Smart Growth to bring its unique burgeoning partnership to municipal planners, policy makers and other parties interested in addressing these important growth issues. See "Stopping Sprawl in It's Tracts".
Endorsing Organizations
Builders Association of the Hudson Valley
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
David W. Daub, Architect, P.C.
Dutchess County Agriculture & Farmland Protection Board
Dutchess County Association of Realtors
Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation
Dutchess County Department of Planning & Development
Dutchess County Planning Federation
Dutchess Land Conservancy
Farm Development Corporation
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Marist College Bureau of Economic Research
Matthew Bialecki Associates
Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress
Mohonk Consultations
Orange County Planning Department
Pace University Land Use Law Center
River City Abstract
Scenic Hudson
Sustainable Hudson Valley
Warwick Quality Communities Project
Winnakee Land Trust
Woodstock Land Conservancy
If you would like to become an official Endorsing Organization, download the Endorsement of the Smart Growth Principles Resolution in PDF-format (417KB) or text format (2.95KB) and fax it to Scenic Hudson at (845) 473-2648, Attention Heather LaVarnway.
For more information contact Heather LaVarnway at (845) 473-4440, ext.
276, or hlavarnway@scenichudson.org. |
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