Vol. 37, No. 18 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019
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Feedback:
Shawangunk residents want more
restaurants and coffee shops
By TED REMSNYDER
In January, the Town of Shawangunk
held a pair of open house meetings to
gather feedback from local residents on
potential changes to the municipality’s
comprehensive plan. The town is weighing
the first changes to the plan since 2003 in
order to possibly make zoning changes in
the hamlets of Wallkill and Walker Valley,
and at a special town board meeting on
April 25, Shawangunk Planner Bonnie
Franson presented the findings gathered
from the public during the workshops
and the accompanying online and paper
surveys that were filled out by residents.
The Shawangunk Rezoning Committee
will craft a plan in the coming weeks
based on the public input collected so far.
Thursday’s meeting included the first of
two public hearings on the matter, with
another hearing slated to be held at a
later date before any zoning changes are
adopted. “Once we have a plan together,
that will be posted on the web, and we’ll
have another public hearing to say ‘Did
we get the recommendations right? Do
you agree with these recommendations?’”
Franson told the attendees. “We’re before
that stage. We’re going to be developing
a plan over the next month that will
then ultimately go out again for public
consideration.”
The town received fewer survey
responses from Walker Valley and the west
side of the town, with more than 70 percent
of the online questionnaires coming from
the Wallkill hamlet and the east side. “The
turnout for this side of Shawangunk was
excellent, and it’s a really good indicator
of what the community wants in terms of
public input,” Franson noted.
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Clean waters
8th annual Wallkill Riverkeeper Sweep set for Saturday
File photo
Volunteers clear trash from a section of the Wallkill River.
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The 8th annual Riverkeeper Sweep, an
event that beautifies the Wallkill River
and its tributaries through trash pickup,
will take place on Saturday, May 4.
Volunteers sign up to clear trash and
pull tires from their local shoreline. The
state-wide event will hold 615 projects
along shoreline from Brooklyn to the
Adirondacks.
“It’s a day of volunteerism that
beautifies our community,” Climate
Smart Gardiner member Rebecca
Carucci said.
There will be clean-up sites at Ward
Park in Newburgh, Quassaic Creek in
New Windsor, Kowawese Unique Area
at Plum Point Park in New Windsor,
Walden Riverfront Park and Boat
Launch and Majestic Park in Gardiner.
Climate
Smart
Gardiner
is
co-sponsoring the sweep in Gardiner.
While volunteers will meet at Majestic
Park, there will be another location for
paddlers at Farmer’s Turnpike Fishing
Access to enter the water and collect
trash.
Carucci said the event builds
community spirit between volunteers,
beautifies an important resource to the
community and promotes ownership
of the Wallkill. It also promotes the
work of Climate Smart Gardiner and
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SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL