Connecting People + Place

How to Get Outside and Embrace the #WinterIsWarm Mindset

Everyone loves the long summer days, which make favorite activities like hiking, biking, and running easy (and inexpensive, with less clothing and gear needed). But as the air cools off and daylight hours get shorter, too many people start to...

The Top 10 Favorite Viewfinder Stories of 2022

A place whose past you know, present you appreciate, and future you can envision. That’s how we see the Hudson Valley. And that’s what we’ve tried to share this year through the HV Viewfinder. The full range of what this...
From left: Jess Clark (Photo: Courtesy Willow Vale Farm), Ceyanto Family (Photo: Courtesy Ceyanto Family), Jonathan Kline (Photo: Courtesy Jonathan Kline)

Fresh Takes on Ancient Traditions: Weaving Natural Baskets

Baskets are as nostalgic as they are functional. Woven baskets from natural fibers have been around for millennia, and the tradition has been carried through different cultures around the world, including by Indigenous groups in North America. Although they’re among...

Get in on the #ClimateAction: Hands-On Volunteering Opps

All that bad news is really partly good news … but it still feels bad sometimes. The news coverage of human-caused climate change has definitively increased over the past decade. That’s a positive in that it’s beginning to spur real...

Seeding Poughkeepsie’s Healthy Future at Pershing Farm

“I used to walk by this park all the time and never thought there would be a farm here.” That’s Nick Jackson talking about the Pershing Avenue Neighborhood Farm + Gardens, located in Poughkeepsie’s Northside neighborhood, a historically redlined part of...