Battenkill Conservancy Annual Meeting:
"Bringing the Waterfront to the Forefront of our Communities"
The Battenkill Conservancy will hold its annual meeting Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 at the Battenkill Country Club off Rt 29 in Greenwich, New York beginning at 6:00 PM. At this year's meeting, John Behan of Behan Planning & Design will speak on the topic "Bringing the Waterfront to the Forefront of our Communities." The presentation is an effort to expand a dialogue on how to better showcase our communities’ water-related resources including rivers, streams and wetlands. Behan Planning & Design have worked with numerous towns, counties, and civic organizations to help design, implement and bring to fruition waterfront revitalization plans and parks. Mr. Behan is an advocate for balancing new growth with resource conservation and using our water resources as economic catalysts for community revitalization. BkC hopes that Behan's talk will spark Greenwich as well as surrounding communities to better showcase their water-related resources. The goal is to enhance both visibility and accessibility of a community's waterfront for the benefit of all residents.
BkC is concentrating on creating a Battenkill Corridor that would highlight various places along the river beginning with public access areas located just outside the Village of Greenwich and extending to the soon to be opened Dix Bridge just north of where the Battenkill flows into the Hudson. The hope is to eventually promote a bike and pedestrian friendly trail of parks, pull-offs and scenic overviews connecting the various gems that exist along this lower stretch of the Battenkill. BkC's call for a bike path between the Village of Greenwich and the Town Beach is currently being studied by the Adirondack Glen Falls Transportation Council, a necessary first step in making the bike path a reality.
In the early 1900's, historic documents show how tourists from as far away as Troy came to ride the electric trolley that crossed the dramatic 90-foot drop that makes up Dionondehowa Falls. Today the equally dramatic but shorter 40-foot water falls for which the hamlet of Middle Falls is named are hidden by the concrete bridge that spans the Battenkill between Easton and Greenwich. Reminding current residents of these gems by creating proper signage and improved accessibility is the goal of the Battenkill Corridor project. Please join us on Thursday, October 3, 2013 to hear how other towns have brought their waterfronts to the forefront in their community.
This presentation is supported in part by a Conservation Capacity Grant administered by The Land Trust Alliance.
BkC is concentrating on creating a Battenkill Corridor that would highlight various places along the river beginning with public access areas located just outside the Village of Greenwich and extending to the soon to be opened Dix Bridge just north of where the Battenkill flows into the Hudson. The hope is to eventually promote a bike and pedestrian friendly trail of parks, pull-offs and scenic overviews connecting the various gems that exist along this lower stretch of the Battenkill. BkC's call for a bike path between the Village of Greenwich and the Town Beach is currently being studied by the Adirondack Glen Falls Transportation Council, a necessary first step in making the bike path a reality.
In the early 1900's, historic documents show how tourists from as far away as Troy came to ride the electric trolley that crossed the dramatic 90-foot drop that makes up Dionondehowa Falls. Today the equally dramatic but shorter 40-foot water falls for which the hamlet of Middle Falls is named are hidden by the concrete bridge that spans the Battenkill between Easton and Greenwich. Reminding current residents of these gems by creating proper signage and improved accessibility is the goal of the Battenkill Corridor project. Please join us on Thursday, October 3, 2013 to hear how other towns have brought their waterfronts to the forefront in their community.
This presentation is supported in part by a Conservation Capacity Grant administered by The Land Trust Alliance.
Battenkill Conservancy - Preserving & Enhancing the Battenkill Watershed