A Call to Action

Last week, HudsonValley360 published a letter to the editor from Ned Sullivan, president of Scenic Hudson. The letter begins with this dire warning: "The 'Landscape that Defined America' could be turned into Demolition Debris Alley if proposed riverfront facilities in the towns of Catskill and Athens gain approval." 

Sullivan is talking about "plans for a construction and debris disposal site in Catskill that could hold up to 600,000 tons of waste and a facility in Athens that would store and process as much as 12,000 cubic yards of similar material each day." He juxtaposes these plans with a positive recent development: Skywalk, which he says "already has begun strengthening the tourism potential of this cradle of American art."  

The letter concludes: "I hope residents of Catskill, Athens and Hudson will get involved in the permitting process for both facilities and make their voices heard about their vision for their waterfronts." The entire letter can be read here.
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