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Developers have the right to do what they want!
One of the most often repeated mantras heard from those in their uncritical acceptance of private commercial development is “developers have the right to do what they want with their own land.” This is incorrect for many reasons…
Posted in Letters to the Editor Tagged developers, land use, regulations, saugerties, village 1 Comment
Everything will be fine, he’s a good man.
Everyone says don’t worry everything will be fine and we should rely on the reputation of the developers. I am diligently positive about the project, as I think it will be good for Saugerties, but I do want the applicants to follow the law.
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A HOLD UP OR AN END RUN?
We are a community organization formed to support the Partition Street Project and to improve it. We are in no way anti-business or trying to “hold up” the developer or kill the project. In fact, our position is quite the opposite.
Partition Street Project Resembles Budget Motel Chain
Take your pick; does the simulation of the partition Street project resemble a motel chain, college campus or West Point Military Academy?
Posted in Project Drawings Tagged budget motel, college campus, design, fortress, hampton inn, marriott, motel, red roof, super 8 Leave a comment
Partition Street Project Private with $780,000.00 Public Money
This private project has $780,000 of public money in it that was granted on an application submitted by the Village of Saugerties on behalf of this project. The original application was for $2.5 million.
The SEQR Process Simplified
Adopted in 1976, SEQR (aka SEQRA) is the State Environmental Quality Review Act – Review process which local government follow in order to issue permits for projects which may have an impact on the host community.
Posted in Ways To Help Tagged environmental justice, new york, new york state, planning board, saugerties, seqr, seqra, village Leave a comment
Saugerties’ “Natural Wonder” is in Hands of Congressman Hinchey
Professor and well-known naturalist writer, Robert Titus, PhD writes a personal letter to New York Congressman Hinchey asking him to reconsider the imminent destruction of a Saugerties Ice-Age rock formation into a parking lot.
Posted in Latest News, News Articles Tagged congressman hinchey, hartwick college oneonta, ken burns, natural wonders, robert titus, saugerties 1 Comment
TOWN AND VILLAGE OF SAUGERTIES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Comprehensive Plan for Saugerties Village and Town was adopted in December of 1999 which detailed future land use and zoning laws. Its purpose was to guide future development in order to maintain, preserve and foster the community in which we live.
Posted in Facts and Fiction Tagged comprehensive plan, gate way, land use, saugerties, town, village, zoning Leave a comment
Citizens for Smart Development Calls Upon Hinchey To Help
Saugerties Citizens urge Congressman Hinchey to advocate for a more thorough review of the Partition Street Project in the Village of Saugerties
OSI – Open Space Institute