A Plan Coming Together

In May, Gossips reported that the Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC) was seeking to acquire land in North Bay that belonged to the Hudson Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The parcel in question is labeled C on the map below. It is immediately adjacent to the Hudson Dog Park, located on the City-owned parcel labeled E on the map. 

Today, the IDA unanimously approved a resolution to issue a negative declaration in the SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review) process. The purchase agreement, which will convey the property for $1, will be voted on at the IDA meeting in January.

When CLC originally made its proposal to the IDA, the plan was to build trails to connect Charles Williams Park to the Greenport Conservation Area and to the network of trails that goes all the way north to Harrier Hill. The plan now includes a dog friendly trail from the Hudson Dog Park down to the river, to give the dogs and their humans a nature trail walking experience in addition to the dog park experience.

Photo: Jonathan Simons

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