The Town of Fort Edward is a predominantly rural waterfront community in New York’s Washington County. The Town is situated along the eastern shoreline of the Hudson River approximately 45 miles north of Albany. Part of the Hudson River Valley, the 35-square mile town has long been and continues be a viable agricultural community with […]
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Recreation planning is becoming more complex and contentious, and will likely only become more so in the future. Parks, trails and open space are vital assets to every community and have been lauded for protecting and preserving a community’s natural features, promoting social and mental health and generally bolstering a community’s quality of live. In
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Since the early 1990’s the Victory/Schuylerville Board of Water Management had been developing a plan to upgrade their water treatment system and when the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued a consent order to comply with the “Surface Water Treatment Rule”, it became vital. Until this year both communities have received their water from
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Many municipalities currently have professionals such as legal counsel and accountants on retainer, or on standby, to provide advice or representation when needed. Having a municipal engineering consultant firm on board works in much the same way. Building a relationship with an established municipal engineering consultant firm will pay off. Whether your town has a
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Successfully Secure Grant Funding Integrate Your Regional Council’s Goals Into Your Master Plan Understanding your Regional Council’s goals is critical to secure grant funding in New York. In order to stimulate economic development in New York State, a new holistic and targeted approach was created to address unique economic needs both regionally and statewide. Ten
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“If you build it, they will come.” That may have been true of a baseball diamond carved our of an Iowa cornfield in the 1989 movie The Field of Dreams, but the concept is not necessarily applicable to Downtown Revitalization. As we move towards improving our community centers, the question has become – “What should we
